From the course: Panasonic Lumix GH5: Tips, Tricks, and Techniques

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AF modes - Lumix Tutorial

From the course: Panasonic Lumix GH5: Tips, Tricks, and Techniques

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AF modes

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- The GH-5 offers a variety of different auto-focus modes depending on the subject that you're shooting. Whether you're shooting people, still lifes, macro photography or whatever you like, there may be a different auto-focus mode that you want to put the camera in. So, let's take a look at all the modes that we have, and talk about when and where to use them. To change the mode, push the FN3 button on the back of the camera, and that'll pull up the auto-focus mode switcher. The first one is face detection. Face detection is fairly self-explanatory. The camera detects faces in the scene. It can actually track up to 15 faces at once, but it will focus on the most prominent or the closest face in the scene. Now, while you're shooting in face detection mode, you can actually switch which eye the camera focuses on by tapping on the screen. Let's take a look at some real-world examples here. As you can see here, the face detection is in action. It put a box around the subject's face and a…

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