Taking Pictures With Manual Focus - Panasonic LumixDMC-FZ45 Operating Instructions Manual

[REC] Mode:

Taking Pictures with Manual Focus

Use this function when you want to fix the focus or when the distance between the lens
and the subject is determined and you do not want to activate Auto Focus.
Press and hold [AF/AF#/MF] until the focus switching screen
appears.
Press 3/4 to select [MF] and then press [MENU/SET].
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[MF] is displayed while in Manual Focus Mode.
Press the rear dial a few times to enable
the manual focus operation.
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Enabled operation will switch every time the rear
dial is pressed.
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Manual focus operation is enabled when [
the bottom right of the screen changes to orange.
Rotate the rear dial.
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Focus range is displayed.
Press
2/1
on the subject.
A Focus range
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It may be difficult to make fine adjustments when
using the rear dial. If you have any difficulty, we
recommend adjusting using the cursor button.
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Pressing and holding down the cursor button
causes the focus position to move continuously.
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MF assistance disappears about 2 seconds after you stop operating the rear dial.
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Focus range disappears about 5 seconds after you stop operating the rear dial.
Take the picture.
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To cancel, select the [AF] in step
Advanced (Recording pictures)
or rotate the rear dial to focus
] at
2
.
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