Contents
Digital Camera
Contents
Using the Custom Menu 137
Taking Pictures in Custom Mode 113
Entering Text 122 Using the REC Mode Menu 123
Using the Motion Picture
Saving the Recorded Still Pictures Motion Pictures
Copy the playback image using
Copying to a PC using PHOTOfunSTUDIO
Connecting to a PC 175
Do not subject to strong vibration, shock, or pressure
Care of the camera
Card is optional
Standard Accessories
Camera body
Diopter adjustment dial P11
Names and Functions of Components
Shoulder strap eyelet P18
Release lever P24 Card/Battery door P24
Lumix G Vario 45- 200 mm/F4.0-5.6
Lens FS014042 FS045200 Lumix G Vario 14- 42 mm/F3.5-5.6
ASPH./MEGA O.I.S Mega O.I.S
LCD Monitor
Taking pictures at a low angle
Taking pictures at a high angle
Monitor priority
Press LVF/LCD to switch the monitor screen
Viewfinder Switching the LCD monitor/Viewfinder
About the Stylus pen
Touch Panel
Rotating left or right Pressing the rear dial
Cursor buttons/MENU/SET button
Press
About the Lens
Micro Four Thirds mount specification lens
Four Thirds mount specification lens
Leica mount specification lens
Attaching a lens to the camera body
Attaching/Detaching the Lens
Detach the lens cap
Detaching a lens from the camera body
Attaching the Lens Hood
Shoulder strap eyelet
Attaching the Shoulder Strap
About batteries that you can use with this unit
Charging the Battery
Charging
Connect the charger to Electrical outlet
Charging time
Charging time
Recording conditions by Cipa standard
Battery indication
Battery indication is displayed on the screen
Approx min
Recording motion pictures when using the LCD monitor
Approx min When the interchangeable lens H-FS045200 is used
Playback when using the LCD monitor
When flash is used repeatedly
Do not touch the connection terminals of the card
Inserting and Removing the Card optional/the Battery
Jpeg
Access to the card
About the Card
About cards that can be used with this unit
Preparation
REC Quality
Picture Size
To set the display order and the time display format
Setting Date/Time Clock Set
Clock is not set when the camera is shipped
Turn the camera on
Touch SET to set Touch SET in the confirmation screen
Press
Selecting the Recording Mode
Switching the mode by rotating the mode dial
Shutter-Priority AE Mode P102
Basic Intelligent Auto Mode P38
Program AE Mode P43
Advanced Aperture-Priority AE Mode P102
Direction Detection Function
Tips for taking good pictures
Set the focus manually by rotating the focus ring. P89
How to set focus when taking a still picture AFS/AFC
Recording Mode
Taking a Still picture
AFC
AFS
Taking a Still picture
Touch to cancel the Touch Shutter function
Taking pictures using the Touch Shutter function
Touch × in Recording Mode
Viewfinder style
Switching the Information Displayed on the recording screen
Press DISP. to change
LCD monitor style
Motion Picture
Taking Pictures using the Automatic Function
Setup
REC
Scene Detection
When taking pictures
When recording motion pictures
About the flash
Backlight Compensation
Touch the slide bar to set
Recording using Intelligent Auto Plus Mode
Touch the slide bar to set
To display the setting screen
Taking Pictures with Defocus Control Function
Touch ×
Set the mode dial to
Taking Pictures with Your Favorite Settings
Program Shift
Recording Motion Pictures
Focus Mode Continuous AF Settings
Start recording by pressing the motion picture Button
Recording Motion Pictures
Night Portrait Night Scenery
Playing Back Pictures
Playing Back Pictures/Motion Pictures
To return to Normal Playback Touch the picture to select
Touch
Displaying multiple screens Multi Playback
Displaying Pictures by Recording Date Calendar Playback
Changing the information displayed on the playback screen
Press DISP. to switch the monitor screen
Using the Playback Zoom
Touch the part to enlarge firmly
Playing Back Motion Pictures
About fast forward/rewind playback
Operate control panel by touching
To delete a single picture
Once deleted, pictures cannot be recovered
Deleting Pictures
To delete multiple pictures up to 100¢ or all the pictures
When Delete Multi is selected Touch OK
Touch Touch Delete Multi or Delete ALL
Setting menu items
Setting the Menu
Press MENU/SET or the rear dial to set
Press MENU/SET or the rear dial
Press 1 or the rear dial
Switching to other menus
Switching to the Setup menu from REC Mode menu
Touch the menu item
Setting the Quick Menu
Press Q.MENU to display the Quick Menu
Custom menu
Motion Picture Mode menu
Change the Quick Menu to your preferred item
Recording functions
Press 2/1 to select the items, Press 3/4 to set
About the Setup Menu
Perform these settings if you need to
Setting Date/Time
World Time
Destination Travel destination area
Home
Your home area
SET Travel destination is recorded at the time of recording
Travel Setup
Beep Volume Shutter VOL
Location OFF
…1 MODE1
Adjust the volume of the speaker to any of 7 levels
LCD Mode
„ Auto
Hold
Auto LCD OFF
Auto
Scene Menu
Press MENU/SET to finish
Viera Link
3D Playback
Card is formatted
Reset the file number of the next recording to
Set the language displayed on the screen
Optical Image Stabilizer
Switch
Jitter is always compensated during Recording Mode
¢ This item cannot be set in the Intelligent Auto Mode
Preventing jitter camera shake
Digital Zoom
Taking Pictures with the Zoom
Optical Zoom
Extended Tele Conversion EX
Applicable modes
Taking Pictures using the Built-in Flash
Switching to the appropriate flash setting
Landscape will appear brighter
AUTO/Red-Eye
Reduction
Slow Sync
Sensitivity
Available flash settings by Recording Mode
Available flash range
Flash setting
Shutter speed for each flash setting
Flash setting Shutter speed Sec
Compensate the exposure
Compensating the Exposure
Underexposed Properly
Exposed
With RAW files To 7¢2 Without RAW files
Taking Pictures using Burst Mode
Press Touch burst icon Etc Select and touch the burst speed
Speed
Predicted focusing¢3
Focusing in Burst Mode
Focus Mode Focus Priority
Normal focusing¢2
3rd picture
Taking Pictures using Auto Bracket
With Auto Bracket Sequence 0/s/r 1st picture 2nd picture
D0 EV J1/3 EV I1/3 EV
Settings
Settings
Taking Pictures with the Self-timer
Recording
Taking Pictures with Auto Focus
Set the Focus Mode to AFS or AFC P33 Press Touch the item
Position and size of the AF area can be changed. P87
About š Face Detection
You can lock the subject by touching it
Setting up AF Tracking
When operating the touch panel
When operating buttons
Touch the subject
About 23-area-focusing
About Ø 1-area-focusing
About Pinpoint
Touch the slide bar to change the size AF area frame
When selecting š, Ø
When selecting
Position and size of the AF area can be changed
Move the AF area easily with Direct Focus Area function
Taking Pictures with Manual Focus
Moving the enlarged area
MF Assist
Displaying the MF Assist
Changing the display of the MF Assist
Focus range
Technique for Manual Focus
About the focus distance reference mark
Focus distance reference mark is a mark used
AWB
Adjusting the White Balance
Press Touch the White Balance to select
Auto White Balance
Select 1 , 2 and then touch White SET
Setting the White Balance manually
Setting the color temperature
Finely adjusting the White Balance
To set the bracket
White Balance Bracket
AUTO¢
Setting the Light Sensitivity
Press Touch the ISO sensitivity to select Touch SET
Jitter of the subject
About Intelligent ISO sensitivity control
REC Mode menu/Recording functions
Using the function button
AF/AE Lock
100
Fixing the Focus and the Exposure AF/AE Lock
Depth of field properties
101
Aperture-priority AE
Recording Mode ±´²
Taking Pictures by Specifying the Aperture/ Shutter Speed
102
About B Bulb
Manual Exposure Mode
103
Manual Exposure Assistance
104
105
Set the mode dial to Touch the Scene Mode to select
Technique for Portrait Mode
Taking Pictures that match the Scene being
Architecture
106
Soft Skin
Scenery
Peripheral Defocus
Setting the AF area Touch the subject to move the AF area
Technique for Flower Mode
107
Night Portrait
108
Food
Objects
Night Scenery
Technique for Night Scenery Mode
Technique for Illuminations Mode
109
Entering Text on P122
110
BABY1/BABY2
Party
Technique for Party Mode
111
PET
112
Set the mode dial to Touch the item
Taking Pictures with different image effects
113
Taking Pictures in Custom Mode
Set the mode dial to or
114
When changing the menu settings
REC menu/Recording functions Setup menu Custom menu
Priorities
Recording still pictures while recording motion pictures
115
Motion picture
Taking a Picture with Face Recognition Function
Recording Mode
Playback Mode
Face RECOG. only works when the AF Mode is set to š
117
Face Settings
Point of recording when registering the face images
Registering face image of new person
118
MENU/SET
119
Select item with 3/4, and then press MENU/SET
HIGH/NORMAL/LOW
120
NEW Person
121
Auto Registration
Add the picture, and then press MENU/SET
Display the entry screen
Entering Text
122
Photo Style
Using the REC Mode Menu
123
Aspect Ratio
Press 3/4 to select the items, and then press 2/1 to adjust
Press 4 to select Custom setting and then press MENU/SET
124
125
When the aspect ratio is
When the aspect ratio is Y
When the aspect ratio is W
Face Recog
Focus Mode
126
Quality
Applicable modes OFF/ON
Metering Mode
127
Quick AF
Flash Synchro
128
Flash
RED-EYE Removal
Dynamic Intelligent dynamic range control
Flash Adjust
Resolution
129
Long Shtr NR
130
ISO Limit SET
ISO Increments
131
Stabilizer
SELF-TIMER
132
Color Space
Applicable modes Avchd
Using the Motion Picture Mode Menu
REC Mode
133
REC Quality
Applicable modes When Avchd is selected
When Motion Jpeg is selected
134
135
Applicable modes OFF/1/50/1/60/1/100/1/120
136
Flicker RED
CUST. SET MEM
Using the Custom Menu
137
Position can be set by dragging the histogram P12
Highlight
138
Set whether or not to display the exposure meter
Guide Line
AE/AF/AF/AE
139
MF Assist
140
AF Assist Lamp
AF+MF
Remaining Time
141
Picture/ Motion picture
Remaining Shots
142
Correctly
143
No lens on the unit
Attached to the camera body or is not attached
About the Burst Picture Group
Playing Back and Editing Burst Pictures
144
Operations during Burst Picture Group playback
Operation possible while pausing the continuous playback
145
Continuously playing back burst pictures
Select the picture, and perform editing
146
Editing Burst Pictures
Single in Burst Group
147
Touch during Motion Picture playback using touch operation
Creating Still Pictures from a Motion Picture
148
Using the Playback Mode Menu
2D/3D Settings
Playback methods for the 3D pictures can be switched
Effect
Changing the slide show settings
149
Operations performed during slide show
Recording information Scene Modes
Playback Mode
150
Enter the text. P122
151
Title Edit
Select the picture, and then press MENU/SET to set
Single Multi
152
Text Stamp
Withtime
Press 3/4 to select the settings, and then press MENU/SET
153
Otime
Video Divide
154
Press 2/1 to select the picture, and then press Menu
Multi setting
155
Resize
Rear dial right Enlargement Rear dial left Reduction
156
Cropping
Aspect Conv
157
Press 2/1 to select the picture and then press MENU/SET
158
ROTATE/ROTATE Disp
Select the picture, and then press MENU/SET
When Multi has been selected
159
Favorite
Single Multi MENU/SET
160
Print SET
To print the date
161
Protect
162
Face REC Edit
163
3D picture
Enjoying 3D pictures
164
Taking 3D pictures
Aspect ratio Picture size
REC Mode menu
165
Functions that cannot be used during 3D recording
Functions that cannot be set/do not work with 3D pictures
166
Playing back 3D pictures
Saving 3D pictures Copying to a PC
167
Connect the camera and a TV
Playing Back Pictures on a TV Screen
168
169
SUB Menu
170
Preparations Set the Viera Link to ON. P67
Panasonic TV compatible with Viera Link
171
Automatic input switching
Other linked operations Turning the power off
File formats that can be used JPEG, Avchd
Saving the Recorded Still Pictures and Motion Pictures
172
Copy by inserting the SD card into the recorder
173
Copy the playback image using an AV cable
174
Copying to a PC using PHOTOfunSTUDIO
Install PHOTOfunSTUDIO to the PC
Copy the images to a PC using PHOTOfunSTUDIO
PC that can be used
Connecting to a PC
175
Operate the PC
176
Press 3/4 to select PC, and then press MENU/SET
Desktop
177
Press 3/4 to select PictBridgePTP, and then press MENU/SET
Printing the Pictures
178
Press 3 to select Print Start and then press MENU/SET
179
You can set the number of prints up to
180
Print with Date
NUM. of Prints
Layout Layouts for printing that can be set with this unit
When printing different pictures on 1 sheet of paper
181
Paper Size
External Flash optional
Optional accessories
Using the dedicated flash DMW-FL220 optional
182
MCuMulti-coated NDuNeutral Density
183
Protector/Filter optional
AC adaptor optional/DC coupler optional
184
Remote Shutter optional
185
Recording Recording in Program AE Mode Initial setting
LCD Monitor Display/Viewfinder Display
¢1 Only displayed in the LCD monitor
Recording after settings
186
Available recording time¢2 P27 ¢3
Histogram display
187
Playback
Detailed information display
188
Removing dirt on the image sensor
189
About dirt on the image sensor
Dust reduction function
About the Lens
190
About the LCD monitor/Viewfinder
191
192
About the personal information
193
Card
Do not bend or drop the card
About tripods or unipods
When not using the camera for a long period of time
194
About the picture data
195
Message Display
Folder Cannot be Created
Read ERROR/WRITE Error Please Check the Card
196
Insert SD Card AGAIN/TRY Another Card
Recording
Troubleshooting
Battery and power source
197
198
Subject cannot be locked. AF tracking not possible
199
Bright spot not in subject is recorded
You cannot compensate the exposure
Motion pictures
200
Flash is not activated
201
Lens
Flash
LCD monitor/Viewfinder
202
Picture is not played back There are no recorded pictures
203
Playback
TV, PC and printer
204
Card is not recognized by the PC. Sdxc memory card is used
205
Viera Link does not work
Card is not recognized by the PC
Others
206
Different thing gets selected from what you touched
207
File numbers are not recorded consecutively
File numbers are recorded with previously used numbers