Panasonic DMC-FZ18 - [Cont.af]; [Af Assist Lamp]

Advanced (Recording pictures)
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– When the shutter speed becomes
slower to take pictures indoors or in dark
places.
Be careful of camera jitter when you press
the shutter button.
• The setting is fixed to [OFF] in
[STARRY SKY] in scene mode.
• The setting cannot be set to [OFF] in the
intelligent auto mode [ ].
• In motion picture mode [ ] or
[PANNING] in scene mode, [MODE2]
cannot be set.
Press [ ] to display the [REC] mode
menu and select the item to set. (P71)
This mode allows you to compose a picture
more easily by always focusing on the
subject.
The time required for focusing when the
shutter button is pressed halfway will be
reduced when the AF mode is set to
[ ], [ ] or [ ].
• The [ ] indication appears when it is set
to [ON].
• The battery will be consumed faster than
usual.
• It may take time to focus on the subject if
you rotate the zoom lever from Wide to
Tele or suddenly change the subject from
a distant one to a nearby one.
• Press the shutter button halfway again
when it is difficult to focus on the subject.
• The [CONT.AF] setting is fixed to [ON] in
the intelligent auto mode [ ] and fixed to
[OFF] when either [NIGHT PORTRAIT]
mode, or [PANNING], [STARRY SKY] or
[FIREWORKS] in scene mode, as well as
during manual focusing.
Press [ ] to display the [REC] mode
menu and select the item to set. (P71)
Illuminating the subject makes it easier for
the camera to focus when recording in low
light conditions that make focusing difficult.
• If the AF assist lamp is
set to [ON], an AF area
with a size wider than
usual is displayed and the
AF assist lamp  turns
on when you press the shutter button
halfway in dark places etc.
• Be careful about the following when using
the AF assist lamp.
– Do not look at the AF assist lamp at
close range.
– Detach the lens hood.
– Do not cover the AF assist lamp with
your fingers or other objects.
• When you do not want to use the AF
assist lamp (e.g. when taking pictures of
animals in dark places), set the
[AF ASSIST LAMP] to [OFF]. In this case,
it will become more difficult to focus on the
subject.
• The setting for [AF ASSIST LAMP] is fixed
to [ON] in intelligent auto mode [ ].
• A vignetting effect may appear on the
circumference of the AF assist lamp
because the AF assist lamp may be
obscured by the lens, however, this does
not cause a problem with the performance
of the camera.
[CONT.AF]
Continuously focusing on a
subject
MENU
SET
[AF ASSIST LAMP]
Focusing in low light conditions
becomes easier
[ON]
The AF assist lamp turns on in low
light conditions. At this time, the
AF assist lamp icon [ ] appears
on the screen. The effective range
of the AF assist lamp is 1.5 m.
[OFF]
The AF assist lamp does not turn
on.
MENU
SET