Help, please, with Panasonic Lumix DC-FZ82

[Pinholer]

Hello. I have a new Lumix camera. I like photographing birds and often if the bird sits still I will keep clicking away, then afterwards choose the best photo. ( I know about the burst function, not tried it yet, so this question is just about taking a series of stills.)
Qu 1: Say I have taken about 10 pictures of the same thing. Each time I half depress the trigger I get little green rectangles. Sometimes they appear over my subject bird, sometimes they are off to the side or even way out. I wish I knew how to make them centre on my subject. That's one question.
Qu 2: After taking about 10 photos, suddenly a big grid appears over the picture. Then a very tiny little white plus sign appears in the top right corner, along with an arrow pointing to a 'Return' button in the bottom left corner. What is that all about?
What can I do to just make it take lots of photos all the same (but not burst. Not Yet. One thing at a time for me at this stage).
Plus, every symbol or word on the screen is absolutely tiny. I have no hope of reading or interpreting them.
Thank you.

 

[Box Brownie]

Hi Yvonne and welcome to TP

There may or may not be any FS82 users here at TP so if you have not already can I suggest you download all three of the user guides for your camera from the Panasonic UK site here

DC-FZ82

Panasonic UK Support - Search for an answer, find links to manuals and firmware or ways to get in contact with our support teams.

support-uk.panasonic.eu

HTH and maybe someone with some user knowledge will chip in for you

PS other than user info do get in involved with the various sharing sections and there is the Beginners sub fora to aid you along the lifelong journey of photography.

 

[woof woof]

The first issue of green squares appearing when you half press the shutter button is I think due to the focus mode. It's probably set to something like Wide Area and at the moment it looks like the camera is guessing what you want it to focus on and picking the wrong thing. I suggest you change it to Centre Point and then move it about as appropriate or even focus and recompose.

I can't help with the rest but hopefully reading the manual will help... or maybe someone who knows the camera will come along. In the meantime I recommend having a look at the manual.