Panasonic AGHMC150PJ User Manual - Page 37

Shooting Using focus assist Pressing the FOCUS ASSIST button enlarges the center of the screen or displays a frequency distribution graph in the top right of the screen, enabling the focus to be aligned more easily, and therefore particularly useful when using manual focus. The screen display that appears after pressing the FOCUS ASSIST button can be changed with the FOCUS ASSIST setting in the settings menu SW MODE screen. (Page 89) FOCUS ASSIST button EXPANDED: The central part of the screen will be enlarged by a factor of about 4 in the vertical direction and by a factor of about 6 in the horizontal direction. "EXPANDED" is displayed on the screen during the expanded display. • The center of the angle of view is shifted slightly from the center of the LCD monitor. GRAPH: Frequency distribution graph will be displayed in the top right of the viewfinder or the LCD monitor. Adjust the lens focus ring so that the graph area expands toward right as shown below. Iris adjustments IRIS dial IRIS button RING (FOCUS/IRIS) switch 1 Use the AUTO/MANUAL switch to set to manual mode. (Page 36) 2 Press the IRIS button to switch how to adjust the aperture of lens. AUTO IRIS: Adjust the iris automatically. MANUAL IRIS: Adjust the iris manually. 3 Turn the IRIS dial to adjust the aperture of lens when in the manual iris mode. • In the auto iris mode, the lens iris can be corrected using this dial. • Set the direction of the IRIS DIAL and aperture control in the setup menus, SW MODE screen, IRIS DIAL. (Page 88) • If you have set ON under A.IRIS item on the setting menu AUTO SW screen, auto iris will be forcibly selected when auto mode has been established. (Page 90) • The lens aperture can be adjusted in the focus ring by setting the RING (FOCUS/IRIS) switch to IRIS. However, as this will make it impossible to adjust the focus in the focus ring, please set the focus control method to A (AUTO) with the FOCUS switch. (Page 36) Focus not aligned White area moves to the right as focus is aligned BOTH: Display both enlargement and graph at the same time. • This function cannot be used while the digital zoom function is in use. • Press the FOCUS ASSIST button again to return to the original screen. • The graph cannot be displayed in both the viewfinder and the LCD monitor at the same time. To display the graph in the viewfinder, please close the LCD monitor. When this camera's lens aperture is open, the F-value will be F1.6 when the lens zoom is set to maximum wide-angle (W), and F3.0 when set to maximum telescopic (T). While the lens aperture is open, the iris displays on the viewfinder or LCD monitor will show OPEN when the lens zoom is set to maximum wide-angle (W), and F3.0 or OPEN when set to maximum telescopic (T). 37