Panasonic DMC-ZS19 User Manual

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Focus is fixed to 

 (1-area-focusing) in the following cases:

 

• [High Speed Video] scene mode

 

• [Miniature Effect] in [Creative Control] mode

 

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Use 

 (1-area-focusing) if focus is difficult to align with 

 (Spot-focusing).

 

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Cannot set to 

 (Face Detection) in the following cases:

 

• Scene Modes ([Panorama Shot] [Night Scenery] [Handheld Night Shot] [Food] 

[Underwater])

 

• [Creative Control] Mode ([Soft Focus])

 

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If the camera misinterprets a non-human subject as a face in 

 (Face Detection) 

setting, switch to another setting.

 

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If conditions prevent the face from being recognized, such as when the movement of 
the subject is too rapid, the [AF Mode] setting switches to 

 (23-area-focusing).

 

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 Under certain recording conditions, such as when the subject is small or dark, 

 (AF 

Tracking) may not operate correctly.

 

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When 

 (AF Tracking) does not work, focus will be on 

 (23-area-focusing).

 

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Cannot set to 

 (AF Tracking) in the following cases.

 

• [Panorama Shot] Scene Mode

 

• [B&W] and [SEPIA] in [Color Mode]

 

• [Creative Control] Mode ([Sepia] [Dynamic Monochrome] [High Dynamic]

[Toy Effect] [Soft Focus])

 

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When 

 (23-area-focusing) or 

 (Spot-focusing) is set, the [AF Mode] setting at the 

time of motion picture recording switches to 

 (1-area-focusing).

 

• For [Rec] menu setting procedures (

The focus is automatically adjusted when camera blurring is small even when the shutter 
button is not pressed. (Increases battery consumption)

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Focus alignment may take time if zoom is suddenly changed from max. W to max. T, or 
if suddenly moving closer to subject.

 

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Press shutter button halfway if focus is difficult to align.

 

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The function will turn [OFF] in the following cases.
[Night Portrait], [Night Scenery], [Handheld Night Shot] and [High Speed Video] Scene 
Modes

 

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[Quick AF] will not work while AF Tracking is operating.