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Recording pictures (basic) ∫ AF/AE Lock (AF: Auto focus/ ∫ Tips for taking good pictures AE: Auto exposure) To take pictures without blurring: • Hold the camera gently with both hands, 2560 5 keep arms stationary at your side and stand with your feet slightly apart. • Make sure that camera shake does not occur when you press the shutter button. • Do not cover the photo flash or microphone (DMC-LZ2 only) with your When recording a picture of people with a composition as the above picture, you finger or other objects. • Do not touch the front of the lens. cannot focus on the subject because it is out of AF area in usual operation. In this case, 1 Aim the AF area at the subject. 2 Press the shutter button halfway to fix the focus and the exposure. • When the subject is focused, the focus indication lights. 3 Keeping the focus and the exposure fixed, move the camera as you compose the picture. 4 Press the shutter button fully. • You can repeatedly retry AF/AE lock before pressing the shutter button fully. F2.8 1/25 1: When holding the camera sideways 2: When holding the camera vertically A: Photo flash • Especially in the following cases, the shutter speed will be slower. Keep the camera still from the moment you press the shutter button until the picture appears on the screen. We recommend using a tripod. - Slow sync./Red-eye reduction [ ] (P40) - [NIGHT SCENERY], [NIGHT PORTRAIT], [FIREWORKS] and [PARTY] in scene mode (P57) - When the shutter speed is slowed in [SLOW SHUTTER] (P68) F2.8 1/25 32 VQT0P65

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Recording pictures (basic)
32
VQT0P65
∫
AF/AE Lock (AF:
Auto focus/
AE:
Auto exposure)
When recording a picture of people with a
composition as the above picture, you
cannot focus on the subject because it is
out of AF area in usual operation.
In this case,
1
Aim the AF area at the subject.
2
Press the shutter button halfway to fix
the focus and the exposure.
• When the subject is focused, the focus
indication lights.
3
Keeping the focus and the exposure
fixed, move the camera as you compose
the picture.
4
Press the shutter button fully.
• You can repeatedly retry AF/AE lock
before pressing the shutter button fully.
∫
Tips for taking good pictures
To take pictures without blurring:
• Hold the camera gently with both hands,
keep arms stationary at your side and
stand with your feet slightly apart.
• Make sure that camera shake does not
occur when you press the shutter button.
• Do not cover the photo flash or
microphone (DMC-LZ2 only) with your
finger or other objects.
• Do not touch the front of the lens.
1
:
When holding the camera sideways
2
:
When holding the camera vertically
A
:
Photo flash
• Especially in the following cases, the
shutter speed will be slower. Keep the
camera still from the moment you press
the shutter button until the picture appears
on the screen. We recommend using a
tripod.
– Slow sync./Red-eye reduction [
]
(P40)
– [NIGHT SCENERY], [NIGHT
PORTRAIT], [FIREWORKS] and
[PARTY] in scene mode (P57)
– When the shutter speed is slowed in
[SLOW SHUTTER] (P68)
2560
5
1/25
F2.8
1/25
F2.8