[Af Mode] - Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ37 Operating Instructions Manual

Application (Record)
• For the setting procedures of the menu.

[AF Mode]

Method of aligning focus can be changed according to position and number of
subjects.
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Settings: /
Taking front-on
pictures of people
(Face Detection)
Automatically locking
the focus on a
moving subject
(AF Tracking)
Subject not centred in
picture
(23-area-focusing)
Determined position
for focus
(1-area-focusing)
(Spot-focusing)
/ / /
Recognises faces (up to 15 people) and adjusts exposure and focus
accordingly.
Touch the subject
• Perform these operations with the touch shutter function
released.
• To release AF Tracking → Touch
• Focus range (same as macro recording)
• You can also use
Focus on the subject in the forefront of a wide range area (up to
23-area-focusing) on the recording screen.
1-area-focusing: Focuses on AF area in centre of picture.
Spot-focusing: Focuses on smaller, limited area.
(→54)
AF area
Yellow: When the shutter button is pressed
halfway, the frame turns green when
the camera is focused.
White: Displayed when more than one face
is detected. Other faces that are the
same distance away as faces within
the yellow AF area are also focused.
AF Tracking frame
When the subject is recognised, the AF
Tracking frame changes from white to yellow,
and the subject is automatically kept in focus.
If AF Lock fails, a red frame flashes.
to perform this function.
(Recommended when focus is difficult to align)
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Using the [Rec] menu
(→32)
.
(→78)
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