Panasonic Dmc Fz2500 Operating Instructions Manual

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Applicable modes: 
This allows the focusing method that suits the positions and number of the subjects to be 
selected.
Auto Focus Mode
([Face/Eye 
Detection]) The camera automatically detects the person’s face 
and eyes.
An eye closer to the camera will be in focus, while 
the exposure will be optimized for the face.
(When [Metering Mode] is set to [ ])
• Up to 15 faces can be detected. Eyes that can be 
detected are only those of the face that is in focus.
• You can change the eye to be in focus. (P93)
• Position and size of the AF area can be changed.  (P96)
([Tracking])The camera focuses on the subject you specify.
The exposure will be optimized for the subject.
(When [Metering Mode] is set to [ ].)
Focus and exposure will keep on following the 
subject even if it moves. (Dynamic tracking) 
(P93)
([49-Area])Up to 49 AF areas can be focused.
This is effective when a subject is not in the center 
of the screen.
• You can select areas to be in focus. (P97)
, etc.
([Custom Multi]) From among 49 AF areas, you can freely set the 
optimum shape of the AF area for the subject. 
(P94)
([1-Area])The camera focuses on the subject in the AF area 
on the screen.
• Position and size of the AF area can be changed. 
(P96)
([Pinpoint]) You can achieve a more precise focus on a point 
that is smaller than [
Ø].
If you press the shutter button halfway, the screen 
that lets you check the focus will be enlarged.
• The focus position can be set on an enlarged 
screen.  (P97)
Pressing the shutter button halfway to adjust the composition
When the subject is not in the center of the composition in [ Ø], you can bring the 
subject into the AF area, fix t he focus and exposure by pressin g the shutter button 
halfway, move the camera to the composition you want with the shutter button pressed 
halfway, and then take the picture.
(Only when the focus mode is set to [AFS].) 
						

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∫Restrictions on Auto Focus Mode• The AF Mode is fixed to [Ø ] in the following cases.
– When using the Digital Zoom
– [Miniature Effect] (Creative Control Mode)
• The Auto Focus Mode is fixed to [ š] when [4K Live Cropping] is set.
• It cannot be set the Auto Focus Mode in the following cases. – When recording with the Post Focus function
– When [Pull Focus] in [Snap Movie] is set to [ON]
([Face/Eye Detection])
• It cannot be set to [ š] in the following cases.
– [Clear Nightscape]/[C ool Night Sky]/[Warm Glowing Nightscape]/ [Artistic Nightscape]/
[Glittering Illuminations]/[Handheld Night Shot]/[Appetizing Food]/[Cute Dessert] (Scene 
Guide Mode)
([Tracking])
• [ ] cannot be used with [Time Lapse Shot].
• In the following cases, [ ] operates as [ Ø].
– [Glistening Water]/[Glittering Illuminations]/[Soft Image of a  Flower]/[Monochrome] (Scene 
Guide Mode)
– [Sepia]/[Monochrome]/[Dynamic Monochrome]/[Rough Monochrome]/[ Silky Monochrome]/
[Soft Focus]/[Star Filter]/[Sunshine] (Creative Control Mode)
– [Monochrome] ([Photo Style])
([Pinpoint])
• In the following case, [ ] operates as [ Ø].
– When recording motion pictures
– When recording 4K photos
• It cannot be set to [ ] in the following cases.
– [AFF]/[AFC] (Focus Mode) 
						

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When the camera detects a face, the AF area and the mark 
indicating the eye to be in focus are displayed.
AThe eye to be in focus
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 a reas are also focused.
∫ Changing the eye to be in focus
Touch the eye to be in focus.
• Touch the eye in the yellow frame. If you touch any other 
location, the AF area setting screen will be displayed.  (P96)
• If you touch [ ] or press [MENU/SET], the eye focus setting  will be canceled.
Aim the AF tracking frame over the subject, and press 
the shutter button halfway.
A AF tracking frame
• AF area will turn green when the camera detects the subject.
• The AF area turns yellow when the shutter button is released.
• Lock is canceled when [MENU/SET ] is pressed.
Touch the subject.• Perform the operation after canceling the touch shutter functi on.
• The AF area turns yellow while the subject is locked.
• Lock is canceled when [ ] is touched.
About [ š] ([Face/Eye Detection])
• The Eye Detection cannot be ch anged when [4K Live Cropping] is  set.
• The camera may not detect faces in certain situations, such as  when the subjects are moving 
fast. In such situations, the camera performs the operation of [].
Locking the subject to be tracked ( [Tracking])
Button operation
Touch operation
• If it fails to lock, AF area will flash in red, and disappear.
• In situations where AF Tracking does not work correctly due to  certain recording conditions, 
such as when the subject is small or the location is dark, the  operation of [Ø] is performed. 
						

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Selecting from 49 AF areas, you can freely set the optimum shape of the AF area for the 
subject.
1Press  2 ().
2Select a Custom Multi icon ([ ], etc.), and press 3.3Press  2/1  to select a setting.A The current shape of the AF area
4Press  4.
5Select AF areas.• The selected AF areas are displayed in yellow.
Setting the shape of the AF area ([Custom Multi])
([Horizontal 
Pattern]) Horizontal line
This shape is 
convenient for taking 
panning shots or 
similar shots.
([Vertical 
Pattern]) Vertical line
This shape is 
convenient for 
recording objects, 
such as buildings.
([Central 
Pattern])Cluster placed at the 
center
This shape is 
convenient when you 
want to bring the 
center area into focus.
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([Custom1]/
[Custom2]/
[Custom3]) You can select a customized setting.
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When selecting [ ]/[ ]/[ ]
When selecting [ ]/[ ]/[ ]
Drag your finger over the parts you want to set as AF 
areas.
• If you touch one of the selected AF areas, the selection of the area will be canceled.
Press  3/4/2 /1  to select the AF area, and then press [MENU/SET] to set (repea t).• The setting is canceled when [MENU/SET] is pressed again.
• If you press [DISP.], all the selections will be canceled.
6Press [Fn5].
∫ Registering the set AF area to [ ], [ ]
 or []
1On the screen in step 3 on  P94, press 3.
2Press  3/4  to select a destination to which the setting will be registere d, and 
press [MENU/SET].
Button operationTouch 
operationDescription of  operation
3/4/ 2/1Touching Moves the 
position
/Pinching in/out
Changes the size
(3 levels)
[DISP.][Reset]Restores the 
default setting
Touch operation
Button operation
• Turning off this unit will return the setting adjusted with [ ]
/[ ]/[ ] back to the default 
setting.
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Applicable modes: 
When [š], [ ], [ Ø], or [ ] in Auto Focus Mode  is selected, you can change the 
position and size of the AF area.
• Perform the operation after canceling the touch shutter functi on.
• You can also display the AF area setting screen by touching th e recording screen. (When 
[Touch AF] of [Touch Settings] in the [Custom] menu is set to [ AF])
Position and size of the AF area can be changed.
1Press 2 ().
2Select [ š] or [Ø ] and press  4.
3Change the position and size of the AF area.
4Press [MENU/SET] to set.• AF area with the same function as [ Ø] is displayed in the touched position, when the [ š] 
is selected.
Setting of the AF area is cleared when [MENU/SET] is pressed or  [ ] is touched.
Setting up position of the AF area/changing size of the AF area
• The spot metering target can also be moved to match the AF are a when the [Metering Mode] 
(P198)  is set to [ ].
Not available in these cases:
• This function is not available in the following cases:
– When using the Digital Zoom
– When [4K Live Cropping] is set
When selecting [ š], [Ø ]
Button 
operationTo u c h  
operationDescription of operation
3/ 4/2/1Touching Moves the AF area.
Pinching out/in Enlarges/reduces the AF area in small steps.
sEnlarges/reduces the AF area in large steps.
[DISP.][Reset] Resets the AF area back to the center.
• If you press the button again, the frame size will 
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You can set the focus position by selecting the group of AF areas.
The 49 AF areas are divided into  groups, each consisting of 
9 areas (on the edge of the screen, 6 or 4 areas).
1Press  2 ().2Select [ ] and press  4.3Press  3/4 /2 /1  to select an AF area group.
4Press [MENU/SET] to set.• Only [ i] display (center point of selected group) will remain on 
the screen.
• Setting of the AF area frame is cleared when [MENU/SET] is  pressed or [ ] is touched.
You can set the focus position precisely by enlarging the scree n.• The focus position cannot be set at the edge of the screen.
1Press 2 ().
2Select [ ] and press  4.3Press  3/4 /2 /1  to set the focus position and then 
press [MENU/SET].
4Move [+] to the position to be in focus.
• When the picture is displayed i n windowed mode, you can enlarg e/reduce the picture by 
approximately 3
k to 6k; when the picture is displayed in full screen, you can enlarge/
reduce the picture by approximately 3k to 10k.
• You can also take pictures by touching [ ].
5Press [MENU/SET] to set.
When selecting [ ]
When selecting [ ]
Button 
operationTouch 
operationDescription of operation
3/ 4/2 /1Touching Moves [+].
Pinching out/in Enlarges/reduces the screen in small steps.
sEnlarges/reduces the screen in large steps.
s
Switches the enlarged display (windowed/full screen)
[DISP.][Reset] Resets [+] back to the center.
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Applicable modes: 
You can move the AF area displayed on the viewfinder by 
touching the monitor.
• Press the shutter button halfway to determine the focus position.If you press [DISP.] before determining the focus position, the  AF area frame returns to the 
center position.
• To cancel the AF area frame when the Auto Focus Mode  (P91) is set to [ š] ([Face/Eye 
Detection]), [ ] ([Tracking]) or [ ] ([49-Area]), press [MENU/SET ].
Setting the AF area position with the Touch Pad
>[Custom]  > [Touch Settings]  > [Touch Pad AF]
[EXACT] Moves the AF area of the 
Viewfinder by touching a 
desired position on the Touch 
Pad.
[OFFSET] Moves the AF area of the 
viewfinder according to the 
distance you drag the touch 
pad 
(P48) .
[OFF] —
• The Touch Shutter function (P49) is disabled when using [Touch Pad AF].
Not available in these cases:•The [Touch Pad AF] does not function in the following cases:
– When [4K Live Cropping] is set
– When [Pull Focus] in [Snap Movie] is set to [ON]
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Applicable modes: 
You can optimize the focus and brightness for the position you have touched.
1Select the menu. (P51)
2Touch the subject you want to optimize the 
brightness for.
• The brightness optimization position is displayed on the 
center of the AF area. The position follows the movement 
of the AF area.
• [Metering Mode] is set to [ ] , which is used exclusively  for the Touch AE.
• Touching [Reset] returns the brightness optimization position  and the AF area to the 
center.
3Touch [Set].
• The AF area with the same function as [ Ø] is displayed on the touched position.
• Touching [ ] ([ ] when [ Ø] is selected) will cancel the [AF+AE] setting.
Optimizing the focus and brightness for a touched position
>  [Custom]  > [Touch Settings]  > [Touch AF]  > [AF+AE]
When the background has become too bright, etc., the 
brightness contrast with the background can be 
adjusted by compensating the exposure.
• When recording with the Touch Shutter, the focus and brightnes s are optimized for the 
touched position before recording takes place.
• At the edge of the screen, the metering may be affected by the brightness around the touched  location.
Not available in these cases:
• [AF+AE], which optimizes the focus and brightness, does not wo rk in the following cases.
– When using the Digital Zoom
– When the AF area has been set by using the cursor button
– When [4K Live Cropping] is set
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Adjusting Focus Manually
Applicable modes: 
Use this function when you want to fix the focus or when the distance between the lens 
and the subject is determined and you do not want to activate A uto Focus.
1Set the focus mode lever to [MF].
2Press 2 ().
3Press 3/ 4/2/1 to adjust the focus position, 
and press [MENU/SET].
• The assist screen is displayed, enlarging the area. (MF  Assist)
• You can also enlarge the area by rotating the focus ring 
or pinching out  (P48) the screen or touching the screen 
twice.
• You can also adjust the focus position by dragging  (P48) the screen.
• Pressing [DISP.] resets the focus position back to the center.
4Operate the focus ring to set the focus.
Rotate to  A side:
Focuses on nearby subject
Rotate to  B side:
Focuses on faraway subject
A MF Assist (enlarged screen)
B Peaking
C MF Guide
• The in-focus portions will be highlighted. (Peaking)
• You can check whether the point of focus is to the near  side or to the far side. (MF Guide)
A
B
AF
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