Panasonic Digital Camera Dmc Zs60 Owners Manual For Advanced Features

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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.
 • To release 

AF Tracking → Press [MENU/SET].
 • Focus range: same as macro recording [  ]
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.
 • To 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.  (→
183)
 ●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. (→158) 
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Taking pictures with Auto Focus
ZS100 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.
1Set the menu
 →  [Rec] → [AF Mode]
2Select a Custom Multi icon ([  ], etc.), and press  • When you press , the AF area setting screen appears.
Current AF area shape
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.
 /  / (Custom)
You can set a custom registration shape.
4Press  • The AF area setting screen appears. 
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Taking pictures with Auto Focus
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.
Operation Touch 
operation Description
   Touch
Moves position
Pinch out /
Pinch in Changes the size (3 stages)
[DISP
.] [Reset] Restores to the initial 
settingsSelected AF  area
When selecting [  ] / [  ] / [  ]
With 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. • To cancel all the settings, press the [

DISP.] button.
With touch screen operationsTouch 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 4 on (→153)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 off. ●The settings adjusted in [  ],  [  ] or [  ] will be restored to the default settings when the 
camera is turned off.
 ●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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Taking pictures with Auto Focus
ZS100 Determined position for focus  (1-area-focusing) /   (Pinpoint-focusing)
ZS60 Determined position for focus  (1-area-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. (→157)
Locking the focus
If a subject you want to record is not in the center, 
follow the steps below. (Only when [AFS/AFF/AFC] 
in [Rec] menu 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
ZS100  (Pinpoint-focusing)Enables more precise focusing on a smaller point than [  ]  (1-area-focusing).
 ●You can set the focus position using the enlarged screen.  (→159) ●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. 
(→160)
 ●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 [AFS/AFF/AFC ] in [Rec] menu is set to [AFF] or [AFC] 
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Taking pictures with Auto Focus
Changing the position and size of the AF area
Recording mode: 
ZS100When [  ],  [  ],  [  ], or [  ] in Auto Focus Mode is selected, you can change the position 
and size of the AF area.
ZS60When [  ],  [  ] 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].  (→61)
Enabling/disabling use of cursor button to move the AF area
 →  [Custom] → [Direct Focus Area] → [ON] / [OFF]
ZS100When [  ],  [  ], or [  ] is selected, you can move the AF area and whe n [  ]  is 
selected, you can move the enlarged position.
ZS60When [  ],  [  ], or [  ] is selected, you can move the AF area.
 • Use the Quick menu (→

68) to set functions to be assigned to the cursor button, such as 
Drive mode and Exposure Compensation.
 ●When you set [Metering Mode] (→183) 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 • When [4K Live Cropping

] is set
 ●The position and size of the AF area cannot be changed in the Digital Zoom range. 
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Taking pictures with Auto Focus
 ■When selecting [  ] / [  ]
You can change the position and size of the  AF area.
Set the menu
 →  [Rec] → [AF Mode]
Select [  ] or [  ] and press  • The AF area setting screen appears. • You can also display the  AF area setting screen by touching 
the screen.
To change the AF area
Operation Touch operation Description
   TouchTo move the position of the AF area.
— Pinch out /  
Pinch in Enlarges/reduces the AF area in small steps.
ZS100 —
Enlarges/reduces the AF area in large steps.ZS60 
[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, when the [  ]  is 
selected. 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 [  ]
You 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
Set the menu
 →  [Rec] → [AF Mode]
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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Taking pictures with Auto Focus
 ■ZS100 When selecting [  ]
You can enlarge the screen to perform more precise settings of the focus \
position.
 • You cannot set the focus position at the edges of the screen.
Set the menu
 →  [Rec] → [AF Mode]
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    
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
ZS100 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 [  ].
ZS100 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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