Panasonic DMC-FX35 User Manual
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Advanced (Recording pictures)
About [š]
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 areas are also focused.
•
Under certain picture-taking conditions including the following cases, the facial recognition
function may fail to work, making it impossible to detect faces. [AF MODE] is switched to [•].
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When the face is not facing the camera
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When the face is at an angle
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When the face is extremely bright or dark
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When there is little contrast on the faces
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When the facial features are hidden behind sunglasses, etc.
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When the face appears small on the screen
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When there is rapid movement
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When the subject is other than a human being
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When the camera is shaking
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When digital zoom is used
About [
] or [ƒ]
•
You can focus on the subject more quickly than in other AF modes.
•
The picture may stop moving for a moment before being brought into focus when you press the
shutter button halfway. This is not a malfunction.
Note
•
The camera is focusing on all the AF areas when multiple AF areas (max. 9 areas) light at the
same time. If you want to determine the focus position to take pictures, switch the AF mode to
[ƒ], [Ø] or [Ù].
•
If the AF mode is set to [•] or [
], the AF area is not displayed until the picture is brought
into focus.
•
Switch the AF mode to [
ƒ
] or [Ø] if it is difficult to focus using [Ù].
•
The camera may detect the subjects other than a person as the face. In this case, switch the AF
mode to any modes other than [š] and then take a picture.
•
The AF mode cannot be set in [FIREWORKS] in scene mode.
•
It is not possible to set [
š
] in the following cases.
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In [NIGHT SCENERY], [FOOD], [STARRY SKY], [AERIAL PHOTO] and [UNDERWATER] in
scene mode.
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In motion picture mode.
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