Panasonic DMC LZ1 - Lumix Digital Camera Operating Instructions Manual

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32VQT1L86BasicWhen you want to take a picture of asubject outside the AF area (AF/AELock)When recording a picture of people with acomposition like the following picture, youwill not be able to focus the camera on thesubject because the people are outside theAF area.10 M1919PIn this case,Aim the AF area at the subject.Press the shutter button halfway tofi x the focus and the exposure.The focus indication lights when thesubject is focused.Press and hold the shutter buttonhalfway while moving the camera asyou compose the picture.Press the shutter button fully.You can repeatedly retry AF/AE lockbefore pressing the shutter button fully.F3.3F3.3 F3.3F3.3P PISO1001/1001/100 ISO1001/1001/100We recommend you to use face detectionwhen taking pictures of a person. ( P73)■12•34••Direction detection functionIf you take pictures by holding the cameravertically, the information of the rotationon the pictures is automatically added andrecorded to the pictures.When [ROTATE DISP.] ( P94) is set to[ON], you can rotate and display pictureson the screen or the TV according to theinformation of the rotation on the pictures.This function may not work properly onpictures recorded by aiming the cameraup or down.Motion pictures taken with the cameraheld vertically are not displayed vertically.Preventing jitter (camera shake)Be careful of jittering when pressing theshutter button.The jitter alert 1 appears when theshutter speed is slow and the chances ofblurring are greater.F3.3F3.3 1/101/10PISO4001When the jitter alert appears, use a tripodfor best results. By combining the use ofa tripod with the self-timer ( P47 ), you canavoid blurring caused when you pressthe shutter button.Shutter speed will be slower particularlyin the following cases. Keep the camerastill from the moment the shutter button ispressed until the picture appears on thescreen. We recommend using a tripod.[NIGHT PORTRAIT], [NIGHTSCENERY], [PARTY], [CANDLELIGHT], [STARRY SKY],[FIREWORKS] modeWhen slowing down the shutter speed■••■••••––