Panasonic DMC-G1K Taking picture by setting the exposure manually, REC mode ², About B Bulb

Advanced (Recording pictures)

•When the flash is activated, the shutter speed cannot be set to faster than 1/160th of a second in Shutter-priority AE mode. (P60)

•If you press the shutter button fully when the shutter speed is slow, the shutter speed on the screen counts down in Shutter-priority AE mode.

•[ ] and [ ] cannot be set for Shutter-priority AE mode.

•The [SENSITIVITY] is automatically set to [AUTO] when you switch the recording mode to Shutter-priority AE mode while the [SENSITIVITY] is set to [ ] (Intelligent).

[REC] mode: ²

Taking picture by setting the exposure manually

Determine the exposure by manually setting the aperture value and the shutter speed.

Set the mode dial to [²].

Rotate the front dial to set the aperture and shutter speed.

• It will switch between aperture setting operation and shutter speed setting operation every time the front dial is pressed.

•You can also set the focus manually by rotating the focus mode dial to [MF]. (P45)

Press the shutter button halfway.

• The manual exposure assistance A appears on the lower portion of the screen to indicate the exposure.

•Set the aperture value and the shutter speed again when the exposure is not adequate.

Take the picture.

∫Manual Exposure Assistance

The exposure is adequate.

Set to faster shutter speed or larger aperture value.

Set to slower shutter speed or smaller aperture value.

•The manual exposure assistance is an approximation. We recommend checking the pictures on the playback screen.

∫About [B] (Bulb)

If you set the shutter speed to [B], the shutter stays open while the shutter button is pressed fully (up to about 4 minutes).

The shutter closes if you release the shutter button.

Use this when you want to keep the shutter open for a long time to take pictures of fireworks, a night scene etc.

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