Panasonic Dmc Fz300 Owners Manual

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Adjusting the focus and brightness (exposure)
Taking pictures with Auto Focus
Taking front-on pictures of people  (Face/Eye Detection)
The camera automatically detects the faces and eyes of subjects. The camera adjusts 
the focus on the eye that is closer to the camera and the exposure using\
 the face (when 
[Metering Mode] is set to [
  ] (Multi Metering)). • The camera can detect up to 15 faces. The camera can detect only the eyes of faces to 
be focused on.
When the camera recognized a face, the AF area and eye 
used for focusing are displayed.
Yellow:
 

   
When the shutter button is pressed halfway and the 
subject is focused, the frame turns green.
White:
 

   
Displayed when more than o
 ne face is detected. 
Other faces that are the same distance away as faces 
within the yellow AF area are also focused.
Eye used for focusing
 ■Changing the eye to be in focus
Touch the eye to be used for focusing
If you touch a location outside the yellow frame, the AF area setting 
screen will be displayed.  (→138)
 • If you touch [  ] or press [MENU/SET], th e eye focus setting will 
be canceled.
 • If the yellow frame moves to another face or the frame disappears  after you change the composition or do something similar

, the eye 
focus setting will be canceled.
 ●This function is not available in the following cases:  • [Clear Nightscape], [Cool Night Sky], [W arm Glowing Nightscape], [Artistic Nightscape], 
[Glittering Illuminations], [Handheld Night Shot], [Appetizing Food], [Cute Dessert] (Scene Guide 
Mode)
 ●If conditions prevent the face from being recognized, such as when the m\
ovement of the subject is 
too rapid, the AF Mode setting switches to [  ] (49-area-focusing). 
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Adjusting the focus and brightness (exposure)
Taking pictures with Auto Focus
Automatically locking the focus on a moving subject  (Tracking)
With cursor button operations
Align the AF Tracking frame with the subject and press 
the shutter button halfway
When the subject is recognized, the AF Tracking frame changes from 
white to yellow, and the subject is automatically kept in focus.
 • T

o release AF Tracking → Press [MENU/SET].
 • In the Intelligent 

Auto Plus Mode or the Intelligent Auto Mode, 
every time you press 
 or the side button*, AF Tracking and Face 
Detection are switched.
*  When the [Side Button Setting] in the [Custom] menu is set to  
[AF  /FOCUS].
AF Tracking frame
With touch screen operations
Touch the subject
Perform these operations with the touch shutter function released.
The AF area turns yellow while the subject is locked.
 • T

o release AF Tracking → Touch [
  ]
 ●If AF Lock fails, a red frame flashes for a while and then turns off. Retry the locking operation. ●When you set [Metering Mode] to [  ] (Multi Metering), the camera adjusts the  exposure using a 
locked subject.  (→158)
 ●Under certain recording conditions, such as when the subject is small or\
 dark, [  ] may not 
operate correctly
. When [  ] does not work, focus will be on [  ] (1-area-focusing). ●This function is not available in the following case: • When using [T ime Lapse Shot]
 ●In the following cases, [  ] performs the operation of [  ] (1-area-focusing). • [Glistening W
ater], [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]) 
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Taking pictures with Auto Focus
Subject not centered in picture  (49-area-focusing)
Focuses on the subject in the wide range area (up to 49-area-
focusing) on the recording screen.
 ●You can select the focusing area. (→138) 
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Adjusting the focus and brightness (exposure)
Taking pictures with Auto Focus
Setting the shape of an AF area , etc. (Custom Multi)
You can set the preferred shape of an AF area by selecting 49 points in the AF area, 
based on the subject.
1Press [  ] button (  )
2Select a Custom Multi icon ([  ], etc.), and press  • When you press , the AF area setting screen appears.
3Use   to select the setting item
([Horizontal 
Pattern])Horizontal line shape
Ideal shape for panning, 
etc.
([Vertical 
Pattern])Vertical line shape
Ideal shape for recording 
structures, etc.
([Central 
Pattern])Shape distributed over 
the center
Ideal shape for focusing 
around the center.
([User 
Defined])
Custom shape
 / (Custom)
You can set a custom registration shape.
Current AF area shape 
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Taking pictures with Auto Focus
4Press  • The AF area setting screen appears.
5Select the AF area
When selecting [
  ] / [  ] / [  ]You can set the size and position of the area in the vertical direction 
when [  ] is selected, in the horizontal direction when [  ] is 
selected, and in all directions when [  ] is selected.
Button 
operation Touch 
operation Description
   Touch
Moves position
 Pinch in / 
Pinch out Changes the size (3 stages)
[DISP
.] [Reset] Restores to the initial 
settingsSelected AF  area
When selecting [  ] / [  ] / [  ]
W
ith cursor button operations
Use     to select AF area and press [MENU/SET] to set 
(repeat)
 • If you press [MENU/SET] again, the setting will be canceled. • T

o cancel all the settings, press the [DISP.] button.
With touch screen operationsDrag 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.
6Press [Fn2] button
 ■Registering the set AF area in [  ] and [  ] (Custom)
 Press  on the screen of step 3 on (→134) Use   to select the registration target icon and press [MENU/SET]
 ●The settings registered in [  ] and [  ] will be retained even if the camera is turned of f. ●The settings adjusted in [  ], [  ], [  ] or [  ] will be restored to the default settings when 
the camera is turned of
f.
 ●If you press the cursor button when [Direct  Focus Area] in the [Custom] menu is set to [ON], the 
AF area setting screen will appear. 
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Adjusting the focus and brightness (exposure)
Taking pictures with Auto Focus
Determined position for focus  (1-area-focusing) /  (Pinpoint-focusing)
 (1-area-focusing)Focuses on AF area in center of picture. (Recommended when focus is difficult to align) • You can change the position and size of the AF area.  (→138)
Locking the focus
If a subject you want to record is not in the center, 
follow the steps below. (Only when the focus mode 
is set to [AFS].)Focus display
( When focus is aligned: illuminated 
When focus is not aligned: flashing)
AF area
(When focus is aligned: green)
1Adjust focus according to 
subjectAlign  the AF 
area with the  subject
Hold down halfway
2Return to desired composition
Press fully
 (Pinpoint-focusing)Enables more precise focusing on a smaller point than [  ] (1-area-focusing).
 ●You can set the focus position using the enlarged screen.  (→139) ●When you press the shutter button halfway, an enlarged display of the focus position appears. ●You can set the timeout for the enlarged display using [Pinpoint AF Time] in the [Custom] menu. 
(→140)
 ●If [  ] (Pinpoint-focusing) is selected while recording motion pictures or 4\
K photos, the setting is 
changed to [  ] (1-area-focusing). ●Cannot set to [  ] (Pinpoint-focusing) in the following case: • When the focus mode is set to [AFF] or [AFC] 
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Adjusting the focus and brightness (exposure)
Taking pictures with Auto Focus
Changing the position and size of the AF area
Recording mode: 
When [  ], [  ], [  ], or [  ] in Auto Focus Mode is selected, you can change the position 
and size of the AF area.
 ●Perform these operations with the touch shutter function released. ●When setting with touch operation, set [ Touch AF] in [Touch Settings] of the [Custom] 
menu to [AF].  (→52)
Enabling/disabling use of cursor button to move the AF area
 →  [Custom] → [Direct Focus Area ] → [ON] / [OFF]
When [
  ], [  ], or [  ] is selected, you can move the  AF area and when [  ] is 
selected, you can move the enlarged position.
 • Use the Quick menu (→

59) to set functions to be assigned to the cursor button, such as 
Drive mode, [White Balance] and [Sensitivity].
 ●When you set [Metering Mode] (→158) to [  ] (spot-focusing), the metering target will move 
along with the 
AF area. When the AF area is moved to the edges of the screen, the metering 
operation may be affected by the surrounding brightness.
 ●[Direct  Focus Area] is fixed to [OFF] in the following cases: • [Glistening W ater] (Scene Guide Mode)
 • Creative Control Mode ●The position and size of the AF area cannot be changed in the Digital Zoom range. 
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Adjusting the focus and brightness (exposure)
Taking pictures with Auto Focus
 ■When selecting [  ] / [  ]
Y
ou can change the position and size of the AF area.
Press [  ] button (  )Select [  ] or [  ] and press  • The AF area setting screen appears. • Y ou can also display the AF area setting screen by touching 
the screen.
To change the AF area
Button operation Touch operation Description
   TouchTo move the position of the AF area.
Pinch in / Pinch out Enlarges/reduces the AF area in small steps.
—Enlarges/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 
be reset to the initial setting.
 • If you set the 

AF area to an eye in the yellow frame when [
  ] is selected, the eye to be used 
for focusing will be changed.
Press [MENU/SET] • AF area with the same function as [  ] is displayed in the touched position, whe n the [  ] is 
selected. Setting of the AF area is cleared when [MENU/SET] is pressed or [  ] is touched.
 ■When selecting [  ]
Y
ou can set the focus position by selecting an AF area group. The 
AF area, which is configured with 49 points, is divided into groups 
consisting of 9 points each (6 points or 4 points for the groups 
located at the edges of the screen).Examples of group
Press [  ] button (  )Select [  ] and press  • The AF area setting screen appears.Press     to select an AF area group • You can also select a group by touching the screen.Press [MENU/SET] • Only the [+] indications (center points of the selected group) remain \
on 
the screen.
 • Setting of the 

AF area is cleared when [MENU/SET] is pressed or [
  ] 
is touched. 
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Adjusting the focus and brightness (exposure)
Taking pictures with Auto Focus
 ■When selecting [  ]
Y
ou can enlarge the screen to perform more precise settings of the focus \
position.
 • Y

ou cannot set the focus position at the edges of the screen.
Press [  ] button (  )Select [  ] and press Use     to set the focus position and press 
[MENU/SET]
 • The enlarged assist screen will appear for setting the focus 
position.
 • The assist screen can also be displayed by touching the subject.
Move [+] to the focus position with    
Button 
operation Touch operation
Description
   TouchMoves [+].
— Pinch in / Pinch out Enlarges/reduces the AF area in small steps.
—Enlarges/reduces the AF area in large steps.
—
Switches the enlarged display. (windowed/full 
screen)
[DISP.] [Reset]Resets [+] back to the center.
 • The image of a part of the screen can be enlarged or reduced approximate\
ly 3 to 6 times. 

The 
image of the entire screen can be enlarged or reduced approximately 3 to\
 10 times.
 • If you use the HDMI output during recording, the screen cannot be enlarg\
ed in windowed  mode.
 • On the assist screen, it is also possible to record a picture by touchin\
g [  ]. 
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Adjusting the focus and brightness (exposure)
Taking pictures with Auto Focus
Changing the display of the assist screen
 →  [Custom] → [Pinpoint AF Display]
[FULL]:
 

 
Enlarges 
 the assist screen using the entire screen.
[PIP]:
 

 
Enlarges the
  assist screen on part of the screen.
 • The display of the assist screen can also be switched by touching [  ].
Setting the timeout for the enlarged display
 →   [Custom] → [Pinpoint AF Time] → 
[LONG] (approx. 1.5 seconds) / [MID] (approx. 1.0 second) /  
[SHORT] (approx. 0.5 seconds) 
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