Checking The Depth Of Field - Panasonic LUMIX DMC-L1K Operating Instructions Manual

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• The MF assist disappears in the following
cases.
– About 10 seconds after you stop
pressing 3/4/2/1 or rotating the focus
ring or the command dial
– When the shutter button is pressed
halfway
• The MF assist returns to the centre of the
screen when the camera is turned off and
then on again.
• You cannot use MF assist when using the
digital zoom.
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Checking the Depth of
Field
You can check the depth of field (effective
focus range) before taking a picture by closing
the leaf shutter to the aperture value you set.
] A (aperture stopping
Press [
down button).
A
• While you are pressing [
stopping down button), the brightness
of the screen is automatically adjusted
and you can check the depth of field
without the screen becoming dark when
the leaf shutter closes.
∫ Depth of field properties
Aperture
Small
value
Focus
¢1
length of Tele
the lens
Distance to
Near
the subject
Depth of field
Shallow
(effective focus
(Narrow)
range)
¢1 Recording conditions
¢2 Example: When you want to take a
picture with a blurred background etc.
¢3 Example: When you want to take a
picture with everything in focus
including the background etc.
• The screen may become dark depending
on the subject, settings on the camera etc.
• [ ] (aperture stopping down button) is
not activated when taking pictures with the
Viewfinder.
] (aperture
Large
Wide
Distant
Deep
¢2 ¢3
(Wide)