[Af Mode] - Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS15 Owner's Manual

• For [Rec] menu setting procedures (→39)
Method of aligning focus can be changed according to position and number of subjects.
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Recording mode:
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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 centered
in picture
(23-area-focusing)
Determined position
for focus
(1-area-focusing)
(Spot-focusing)

[AF Mode]

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Recognizes faces (up to 15 people) and adjusts exposure and focus
accordingly.
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.
Align the AF Tracking frame with the subject, and then press
AF Tracking frame
When the subject is recognized, the AF Tracking frame changes
from white to yellow, and the subject is automatically kept in focus.
If AF Lock fails, a red frame lights up.
• To clear AF Lock, press
• Focus (same as macro recording) (→55)
Focuses on up to 23 points in each AF area.
1-area-focusing: Focuses on AF area in center of picture.
Spot-focusing: Focuses on smaller, limited area.
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(Recommended when focus is difficult to align)
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Using the [Rec] menu
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