Panasonic Lumix DMC-LS60 Operating Instructions Manual

Also see for DMC-LS70S - Lumix Digital Camera: Instrucciones de funcionamiento

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27VQT1C63Basic■ 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 fi xthe focus and the exposure.• The focus indication lights when thesubject is focused.3 Press and hold the shutter buttonhalfway while moving the camera asyou compose the picture.4 Press the shutter button fully.• You can repeatedly retry AF/AE lockbefore pressing the shutter button fully.■ Direction detection function• If you take pictures by holding thecamera vertically, the information of therotation on the pictures is automaticallyadded and recorded to the pictures.When [ROTATE DISP.] (P74) 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.• In motion picture mode [i], you cannotuse the direction detection function.■ 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.• When the jitter alert appears, take specialcare with the shooting methods describedon P25, or use a tripod for best results.By combining the use of a tripod with theself-timer (P43), you can avoid blurringcaused when you press the shutterbutton.• 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] in scene mode (P47)1197M11919