Priortoattachingthelenshoodtoyourcamera,usersareencouragedtopoweroff
theflashandthecamera.Theusershouldthenalignthemountingmarksonboththe
lensandthehoodandattach;rotatingthehoodinaclockwisedirectionuntilitclicks
securelyintoplace.Whenthehoodclicksintoplacethemountingmarksonboththe
hoodandthebottomofyourcamerashouldbealigned.
26.AttachingtheLensCap
Thisfeatureisdesignedtoprotectthelenswhenthecameraisnotinuse.To
securelyattachthelenscap,takethestringfromthegroupofcameraaccessories
andinsertoneendintotheholeonthecamera.Theotherendofthestripshouldthen
bepassedthroughthelenscapandthelenscappassedthroughtheloopofthestring
beforebeingtightened.Thelenscapcanthenbeattachedtothefrontofthelens.
27.TheModeDial
ThemodedialfortheFZ300kcanbefoundtotoprightofthecamera.Thefeatureis
designedtoallowausertoselectthedesiredmodeforuseduringphotoshoots.
28.ModesofOperation
ThemodaloptionsfortheLumixFZ300kcameraare IntelligentPlusmode,
IntelligentAutoPlusMode,ProgramAEMode,Aperture-PriorityAEmode,
Shutter-PriorityAEMode,ManualExposuremode, CreativeVideoMode,
CustomMode, PanoramaShotMode, CreativeControlModeand Scene
GuideMode.
29.FocusModeLever
ThefeaturecanbefoundtoprearofthecamerabesidetheElectronicviewfinder.It
isdesignedtosethowfocuswillbeachievedwhentheshutterreleasebuttonis
pressedhalfwaydown.Therearethreefocusoptionsavailabletousers;MF,AFC
andAFS/AFF.AFCisoneformofautofocusonthedeviceandrepeatedlyattempts
focusforsubjectsthatareinmotion.AFSandAFFallowthecameratoautosetthe
focusandadjustwherenecessarywhentheuserpressestheshutterreleasebutton
halfwaydown.MFspeakstoamanualfocusoperationwhenthedevicefor
whateverreasonisunabletoachievefocusautomatically.
30.SideDial
Thisdialislocatedtotheleftsideofthecamera’slens.Itcanberotatedtomodifyor
adjustfocus;bothautoandmanual.Theautofocusadjustmentcanhoweveronlybe
modifiedwiththesidedialwhenthefocusmodeleverissetto‘AFF/AFS’.Thedial
shouldberotateddowntoachievefocusonanobjectthatisfarawayandpushed
backupwhentheuserwishestofocusonanobjectthatisnearby.
31.RearDial
Thereardialcanbefoundtothetoprightofthecameraandcanberotatedtoadjust