Panasonic DMC-FX2GN User Manual

Recording pictures (advanced)

Illuminating the subject with 
the AF assist lamp allows 
the camera to focus on the 
subject in low light 
conditions. When you press 
the shutter button halfway in 
dark places or other situations, an AF area 
wider than usual appears and the AF assist 
lamp 

1 turns on.

• Be sure of the following points when the 

AF assist lamp is in use.
– Do not look in to the AF assist lamp 

closely.

– Do not cover the AF assist lamp with 

your fingers.

• In simple mode [

], the setting on the 

[AF ASSIST LAMP] is fixed to [ON].

• In [SCENERY], [NIGHT SCENERY], 

[FIREWORKS] and [SELF PORTRAIT] in 
scene mode (P51), the setting on the [AF 
ASSIST LAMP] is fixed to [OFF].

• When you do not want to use the AF 

assist lamp (e.g. when you take a picture 
of a subject in a dark place), set the [AF 
ASSIST LAMP] to [OFF]. In this case, it 
becomes difficult to focus on the subject.

• When the AF assist lamp turns on, the AF 

area is displayed with a size wider than 
usual and set only to a point on the centre 
of the screen.

The shutter speed can be automatically 
adjusted. However, you can take pictures 
brighter than usual by changing the longest 
shutter speed. This mode is especially 
effective when you want to record both the 
background and the subject brightly.
You can select the slow shutter from 1/8 
second, 1/4 second, 1/2 second and 1 
second.

• Usually, set to [1/8–] to take pictures.
• When you set the shutter speed longer on 

[SLOW SHUTTER], we recommend using 
a tripod because jitters become easier to 
occur. 

ON

The AF assist lamp turns on under 
low light conditions. In 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.

Brightness

Darker

Brighter

Jitter

Less

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