Panasonic Lumix DMC-LS2 Operating Instructions Manual

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Basic24VQT0V10∫ Tips for taking good pictures• Hold the camera gently with both hands,keep your arms still at your side and standwith your feet slightly apart.• Make sure the camera does not shakewhen you press the shutter button.• Do not cover the flash with your fingers orother objects.• Do not touch the front of the lens.• If the LCD monitor screen is difficult to seebecause of light from the sun etc. shiningon it, we recommend using your hand oranother object to block the light whenusing the camera.1: When holding the camera sideways2: When holding the camera verticallyA: Flash∫ Direction detection functionPictures recorded with the camera heldvertically are played back vertically(rotated). (Only when [ROTATE DISP.](P67) is set to [ON])• Pictures may not be displayed vertically ifthey were taken with the camera aimed upor down.• Motion pictures taken with the cameraheld vertically are not displayed vertically.∫ When you want to take a subjectoutside the AF area (AF/AE Lock)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.In this case,1 Aim the AF area at the subject.2 Press the shutter button halfway to fixthe focus and the exposure.• The focus indication lights when thesubject is focused.3 Press and hold the shutter buttonhalfway while moving the camera as youcompose the picture.4 Press the shutter button fully.• You can repeatedly retry AF/AE lockbefore pressing the shutter button fully.∫ Focusing• The focus range is 50 cm (1.64 feet) to ¶.Use macro mode when recordingclose-up pictures. (P47)• If the distance between the camera andthe subject is beyond the focus range ofthe camera, the picture may not beproperly focused even if the focusindication lights.• In the following cases, the camera will notfocus on subjects properly.– When there are both near and distantsubjects in a scene.– When there is dirt or dust on glassbetween the lens and the subject.– When there are illuminated or glitteringobjects around the subject.– When taking a picture in dark places.– When the subject is moving fast.– When the scene has low contrast.– When jitter occurs.– When recording a very bright subject.31/25F2.81/25F2.8