Panasonic DMC-L1 User Guide

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• The MF assist disappears in the following 

cases.
– About 10 seconds after you stop 

pressing 

3/4/2/1 or rotating the focus 

ring or the command dial

– When the shutter button is pressed 

halfway

• The MF assist returns to the center of the 

screen when the camera is turned off and 
then on again.

• You cannot use MF assist when using the 

digital zoom.

You can check the depth of field (effective 
focus range) before taking a picture by closing 
the leaf shutter to the aperture value you set.

A (aperture stopping 

• While you are pressing [

] (aperture 

stopping down button), the brightness 
of the screen is automatically adjusted 
and you can check the depth of field 
without the screen becoming dark when 
the leaf shutter closes.

∫ Depth of field properties

¢1 Recording conditions
¢2 Example: When you want to take a 

picture with a blurred background etc.

¢3 Example: When you want to take a 

picture with everything in focus 
including the background etc.

• The screen may become dark depending 

on the subject, settings on the camera etc.

• [

] (aperture stopping down button) is 

not activated when taking pictures with the 
Viewfinder.

¢1

¢2

¢3

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