Panasonic DMC-G1K operating instructions Contents

Contents
Before Use
Information for Your Safety	2
Standard Accessories	8
Names of the Components	10
Rotating the LCD monitor	13
About the Lens	14
Preparation
Attaching/Detaching the Lens	15
Attaching the Strap	17
Attaching the Lens Hood	18
Charging the Battery	19
About the Battery (charging/number of
recordable pictures)	20
Inserting/Removing the Battery	22
Inserting/Removing the Card (Optional)	23
About the Card	24
Setting Date/Time (Clock Set)	25
• Changing the clock setting	25
Setting the Menu	26
• Setting menu items	27
Setting the Quick Menu	29
About the Setup Menu	30
About LCD monitor/Viewfinder	35
• LCD Monitor	35
• Direction detection function	36
• Switching the LCD monitor/
Viewfinder	37
Selecting the [REC] Mode	38
Basic
Taking pictures using the automatic
function (Intelligent Auto Mode)	40
• Scene detection	41
• AF Tracking Function	42
• Compensating the Exposure	42
• About the flash	42
• Settings in Intelligent auto mode	43
Taking pictures with your favorite
settings (Program AE mode)	44
• Fix the focus by pressing the shutter
button halfway (AFS)	45
• Continuously focusing on a subject
(AFC)	45
• Take a picture with manual focus
(MF)	45
• Focusing	46
• When the subject is not in focus	46

• Preventing jitter (camera shake)	46
• Program shift	47
Taking Pictures with the Zoom	48
• Using the Optical Zoom/
Using the Extended Optical Zoom (EZ)/
Using the Digital Zoom	48
Playing back Pictures	49
• Changing the Information Displayed on
the playback screen	50
• Displaying Multiple Screens
(Multi Playback)	50
• Displaying Pictures by Recording Date
(Calendar Playback)	51
• Using the Playback Zoom	51
Deleting Pictures	52
• To delete a single picture	52
• To delete multiple pictures (up to 50) or
all the pictures	53
Advanced (Recording pictures)
Switching the display of the LCD
Monitor/Viewfinder	54
• Switching the displayed information	54
Taking Pictures using the Built-in
Flash	58
• Switching to the appropriate flash
setting	58
• Adjust the flash output	61
• Setting to the 2nd Curtain Synchro	62
Compensating the Exposure	63
Taking Pictures using Burst Mode	64
Taking Pictures using Auto Bracket	66
Taking Pictures with the Self-timer	68
Setting the method used to focus
(AF mode)	69
• Setting up [ ] (AF Tracking)	70
• Setting the AF area	71
Taking Pictures with Manual Focus	72
Fixing the Focus and the Exposure
(AF/AE Lock)	74
Adjusting the White Balance	76
• Setting the white balance manually	77
• Setting the color temperature	77
• Finely adjusting the white balance	77
• White balance bracket	78
Setting the Light Sensitivity	79
Change tone of the color for the picture
to be taken (Film mode)	81
• Adjusting each film mode to the
desired setting	82
• Multi film bracket	83
Taking pictures by specifying the
aperture/shutter speed	84

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