Operating Instructions
 Information for Your Safety
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 FCC Note
Following Applies only in Canada
Following Applies only in the U.S.A
Declaration of Conformity
 About the battery charger
About the battery pack
Battery pack Lithium ion battery pack
Battery charger/AC adaptor
 This symbol is only valid in the European Union
Care of the camera
 Contents
 Taking Pictures while Adjusting Color
Adjusting each Film Mode to
Taking Picture by Setting the Exposure
Adjusting the custom settings to
 Connecting to a PC
Playing back pictures using the AV
Copying to a PC using PHOTOfunSTUDIO 5.0 HD
Digital Camera Accessory Order Form
 Shoulder Strap Stylus pen
Standard Accessories
Software Use it to install the software to your PC
Card is optional
 DMW-BLB13PP
VGQ0C14
 LVF/LCD button P42
Names of the Components
Camera body
Display button P58, 63
 Press
Hdmi socket P163 AV OUT/DIGITAL socket P162, 168, 171
 Battery charger/AC adaptor P24
 90o
Rotating the LCD Monitor
Maximum 180o
Vertical rotating direction
 Drag
How to Use the Touch Panel
Touch
About the Stylus pen
 What can be done by touch operation
 Switching to
Operating the Rear Dial
Rotating Pressing
 About the Lens
Micro Four Thirds Mount
About the functions of your lens
 Specification lens Not compatible to
± Usable, ¥ Some functions/features limited, Not usable
Four Thirds mount Specification lens¢1 Compatible to
Other Micro Four
 Attaching/Detaching the Lens
Detach the lens cap
Attaching a lens to the camera body
 Optical Image Stabilizer
Lens included in DMC-G2K has a stabilizer function
Detaching a lens from the camera body
 Attaching the Lens Hood
Fitting to the mark
 Attaching the Shoulder Strap
Shoulder strap eyelet
 Charging the Battery
Connect the AC cable
Charging
 When the Charge indicator flashes
About the Charge indicator
Battery indication
Charge
 When the 14-42 mm/F3.5-5.6 lens included in DMC-G2Kis
Recording conditions by Cipa standard
Used
 When flash is used repeatedly
Recording motion pictures when using the LCD monitor
Playback when using the LCD monitor
When the 14-42 mm/F3.5-5.6 lens included in DMC-G2K is
 Inserting and Removing the Card optional/the Battery
Do not touch the connection terminals of the card
Card may be damaged if it is not fully inserted
 About the Card
 Select Clock SET in the Setup menu, and press 1. P32
Setting Date/Time Clock Set
Changing the clock setting
Turn the camera on
 Setting the Menu
MY Menu
 Setting menu items
Set the mode dial to Press MENU/SET to display the menu
Switching to the Setup menu
 Press 3/4 or rotate the rear dial to select I.EXPOSURE
Setting the Quick Menu
When operating the touch panel
Press 1 or the rear dial
 Touch the menu item and the setup
Touch to close the Quick Menu
 Destination Travel destination area Home Your home area
About the Setup Menu
Travel Setup Location OFF/SET
Muted t Low u High
 OFF „ Auto Power LCD
… Power LCD
Auto LCD OFF
 Hold
Auto
 Viera Link
Press MENU/SET to finish
Interlace method/progressive method
Scene Menu
 ENGLISH/FRANÇAIS/ESPAÑOL/PORTUGUÊS
Reset the file number of the next recording to
Set the language displayed on the screen
Card is formatted
 Holding and using Your Camera
Tips for taking good pictures
LCD Monitor
 Taking pictures with the camera held vertically
Direction Detection Function
Taking pictures at a low angle
 Press LVF/LCD to switch the monitor screen
Diopter adjustment
 Switching the mode by rotating the mode dial
Press a
 Shutter-Priority AE Mode P94
List of REC Modes Program AE Mode P51
Aperture-Priority AE Mode P94
Manual Exposure Mode P95
 Setting AFS or AFC Set the focus mode lever to AFS or AFC
Taking a still picture
Refer to page 52 for information about AFS and AFC
 REC Mode ñ
Taking Pictures using the Automatic Function
Set the focus mode lever to AFS or AFC
Press the shutter button halfway to focus
 Scene detection
When taking pictures using the flash P66
Open the flash when the flash is to be used
Night Portrait Night Scenery Sunset BABY¢
 Backlight Compensation
When operating the touch panel Touch the subject
AF Tracking Function
Is displayed in the lower left of the screen
 Setup menu
Settings in Intelligent Auto Mode
REC Mode menu
Custom menu
 Flash Synchro P71
Metering Mode
Economy
Burst Rate P73
 REC Mode ³
Taking Pictures with Your Favorite Settings
Set the mode dial to
Set the drive mode lever to
 Set the focus mode lever to AFC
Setting the Focus Mode AFS/AFC/MF
Set the focus mode lever to AFS
Set the focus mode lever to MF
 Focusing
When the subject is not in focus
Preventing jitter camera shake
 Touch to cancel the Touch Shutter function
Taking pictures using the Touch Shutter function
Touch × in Recording Mode
Program Shift
 Rotate the zoom ring towards Wide. P13
Taking Pictures with the Zoom
Rotate the zoom ring towards Tele. P13
To make subjects appear closer use Tele
 Feature Optical Zoom Extended Optical Zoom Digital Zoom
Types of zooms
Extended Optical Zoom mechanism
 Playing Back Pictures
Press
Button
 Displaying multiple screens Multi Playback
Press Display to switch the monitor screen
Changing the information displayed on the playback screen
Rotate the rear dial left
 Displaying Pictures by Recording Date Calendar Playback
You can display pictures by recording date
 Using the Playback Zoom
Touch the part to enlarge
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 Select the picture to be deleted, and then press ‚
Deleting Pictures
To delete a single picture
Press 2 to select YES and then press MENU/SET
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 When is set
Switching the Display of the LCD Monitor/ Viewfinder
Switching the Information Displayed on the recording screen
Press Display to change
 No display¢1 Detailed information¢1
Viewfinder display
Normal display¢1 Normal displayidetailed information¢1
Night Portrait P102, the guide line is gray
 About the Histogram
Recording guide line
Set the position of the guide line with
Examples of histogram
 Select Flash in the REC Mode menu. P32
Taking Pictures using the Built-in Flash
Switching to the appropriate flash setting
Set the position of the histogram
 Press 3/4 to select a mode and press MENU/SET
Simultaneously it reduces the red-eye phenomenon
Background landscape will appear brighter
 ±¢ - - ±
Available flash settings by Recording Mode
About the Digital Red-Eye Correction
± - ±
 Shutter speed for each flash setting
Available flash range to take pictures
Auto
 Adjust the flash output
 Dynamic
Setting to the 2nd Curtain Synchro
Normal method when taking
Effect
 Underexposed Properly
Compensating the Exposure
Take a picture
Exposed
 Taking Pictures using Burst Mode
High speed
 Normal focusing¢2
Focusing in Burst Mode
Focus Mode Focus Priority
Predicted focusing¢3
 D0 EV J1/3 EV I1/3 EV
Taking Pictures using Auto Bracket
With Auto Bracket Sequence 0/s/r 1st picture 2nd picture
3rd picture
 Press MENU/SET twice to close the menu
`/0
 Taking Pictures with the Self-timer
Seconds
Seconds/3 pictures
 Setting the Method used to Focus AF Mode
 About š Face Detection
 Touch the slide bar to change the size of the AF Area frame
Touch SET
 Before locking
 Touch the subject to move the AF area
About 23-area-focusing
About Ø 1-area-focusing
Touch SET Move the AF area easily with button operations
 Take the picture
Touch Cancel to close MF assist
Taking Pictures with Manual Focus
MF Assist
 Technique for Manual Focus
Press MENU/SET to close MF Assist
Move the MF Assist easily with button operations
About the focus distance reference mark
 Fixing the exposure only
Taking pictures when AF or AF/AE is set
Fixing the Focus and the Exposure AF/AE Lock
AE lock indication
 Adjusting the White Balance
Press Touch the White Balance to select Touch SET
 Setting the White Balance manually
Select 1 or 2 and then touch White SET
Auto White Balance
 Setting the color temperature
Finely adjusting the White Balance
 Press Touch the ISO sensitivity to select Touch SET
Setting the Light Sensitivity
White Balance Bracket
Or rear dial left Vertical Gi to Mj
 About Intelligent ISO sensitivity control
AUTO¢
 Change Tone of the Color for the Picture to be
Press Touch 2/1 to select an item
 Adjusting each Film Mode to the desired setting
Touch the item Touch the slide bar
Touch Memory Touch MY Film 1 or MY Film
 Multi Film Bracket
OFF can be selected only for Multi Film
 Aperture-priority AE
REC Mode ±´
Taking Pictures by Specifying the Aperture/ Shutter Speed
Shutter-priority AE
 Taking Picture by Setting the Exposure Manually
REC Mode ²
Press the shutter button halfway
 Manual Exposure Assistance
About B Bulb
 Confirm the Effects of Aperture and Shutter Speed
Press a preview button
Press Display while displaying the preview screen
 Taking Expressive Portraits and Landscape
About the information
You can also use the rear dial to select
 Portrait
 Scenery
Sports
 Food
CLOSE-UP
Flower
Objects
 Night Scenery
Night Portrait
Night Portrait
Illuminations
 ¢ Can be set only when Peripheral Defocus is set
Set the mode dial to Press 3/4/2/1 to select the Scene Mode
REC Mode ¿
Taking Pictures that match the Scene being
 Party
Technique for Party Mode
Press MENU/SET to finish To cancel AGE and Name
BABY1/ BABY2
 Peripheral Defocus
Setting the AF area Touch the subject to move the AF area
PET
Take the picture
 Taking Pictures while Adjusting Color
Set the mode dial to Touch 2/1 to select an item
Readjust the My Color settings
 Adjusting the custom settings to achieve desired effects
Touch 2/1 to select Custom Touch the item
Touch the slide bar Touch SET
 Registering Personal Menu Settings
Registering custom settings
 Taking Pictures in Custom Mode
Press MENU/SET to enter the settings
When changing the menu settings
 Select the mode
Set the focus mode
Recording Motion Picture
 Start recording by pressing the motion picture button
About the Focus Mode settings
Focus Mode
Continuous AF
 When set to Intelligent Auto Mode
Face RECOG./ISO Limit SET
 Changing REC Mode and REC Quality
Recording format Features
Scene detection
 When Motion Jpeg is selected in step
When Avchd Lite is selected in step
¢1 What is bit rate
¢3 This item cannot be set in the Intelligent Auto Mode
 Settings Motion Picture P Mode
Recording Motion Pictures with the Desired
 About the Flicker Reduction Function
Press ‚
Rotate the rear dial
 Playback Mode
Taking a Picture with Face Recognition Function
 Face Settings
Point of recording when registering the face images
Example of faces that are hard to recognize
 Registering face image of new person
 Select item to edit with 3/4, and then press
Press the shutter button halfway to close the menu
 Setting Auto Registration/Sensitivity
MENU/SET
HIGH/NORMAL/LOW
 NEW Person
Auto Registration
Add the picture, and then press MENU/SET
Additional Image
 For details on the Setup menu settings, refer to P32
Useful Functions at Travel Destinations
Recording which Day of the Vacation You Take the Picture
 Canceling the travel date
Press MENU/SET twice to close the menu Take a picture
 Select World Time from the Setup menu, and then press
Press 3 to select Destination and then press MENU/SET to set
 Using the REC Mode Menu
? Aspect Ratio
@ Picture Size
 When the aspect ratio is W
Quality
9M 4000k2248 pixels 5M 2816k1584 pixels 2M 1920k1080 pixels
 Face Recog
Metering Mode
Center weighted
Applicable modes OFF/ON/MEMORY/SET
 Flash
You can switch the flash setting
Stabilizer
Applicable modes OFF¢
 RED-EYE Removal
Flash Adjust
Resolution
Flash Synchro
 ISO Increments
Exposure Intelligent exposure adjustment
ISO Limit SET
Applicable modes OFF/200/400/800/1600
 Digital Zoom
Long Shtr NR
EX. OPT. Zoom
Burst Rate
 SELF-TIMER
Auto Bracket
Color Space
 Audio REC
Using the Motion Picture Mode Menu
REC Mode
This sets up the data format of motion pictures
 Wind CUT
REC Quality
Continuous AF
This reduces the wind noise in the audio recording
 P65
Using the Custom Menu
OFF
OFF
 AF/AE
PRE AF
Quick AF Continuous AF About
 AF Assist Lamp does not turn on
When taking pictures in dark places, the AF Assist
Move the AF area or MF assist easily during recording
Lamp lights while the shutter button is pressed
 Preview Hold
 Viewfinder style
Setting items for each REC Mode
This will set the display style of the viewfinder
This will set the display style of the LCD monitor
 Picture/ Motion picture
It will switch to Intelligent Auto Mode by pressing
Enables/disables the motion picture button
Remaining Shots
 Touch Guide
Sensor Cleaning
Touch Shutter
Touch Scroll
 Correctly
No lens on the unit
Attached to the camera body or is not attached
Shoot W/O Lens
 Entering Text
 Avchd Lite
Playing Back Motion Pictures/Pictures with Audio
Motion pictures
Motion Jpeg
 Pictures with audio
Playback Mode ¸
Creating Still Pictures from a Motion Picture
Picture size
 Operations performed during slide show
Using the Playback Mode Menu
Slide Show
Cursor displayed during playback is the same as 3/4/2/1
 Setup
Playback Mode
Changing the slide show settings
Effect
 Category
When Category Play is selected in step
Title Edit
Recording information
 Enter the text. P144 Press ‚ to return to the menu screen.¢
Multi setting
Select the picture, and then
Text Stamp
 Withtime
Select the picture, and then press MENU/SET to set
OFF Shooting Date Otime
Name
 Aspect ratio setting Picture size
 Press ‚ to return to the menu screen
Video Divide
Press 3 at the location to divide
Motion picture before the dividing will be deleted
 Single
Single setting
Resize Reducing the picture size number of pixels
Multi
 Cropping
 ? Aspect Conv
 Press 2/1 to select the picture and then press MENU/SET
Select Rotate on the Playback Mode menu. P32
ROTATE/M Rotate Disp
Rotate The picture is rotated manually
 Favorite
 Print SET
Select the picture, and then press MENU/SET
To print the date
 When Multi has been selected
Protect
Repeat these steps for each picture
 Face REC Edit
Press 2/1 to select the person and then press MENU/SET
 Playing back pictures using the AV cable supplied
Playing Back Pictures on a TV Screen
Align the marks, and insert. B AV cable supplied
 What is HDMI?
Playing back pictures on a TV with an SD Memory Card slot
Playing back on the TV with Hdmi socket
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 SUB Menu
Preparations Set the Viera Link to ON. P38
Panasonic TV compatible with Viera Link
Return
 This is displayed initially when using the Viera Link
Usable functions
Press Red button during one screen display
 Automatic input switching
Other linked operations Turning the power off
 Copy the playback image using an AV cable
Saving the Recorded Still Pictures and Motion Pictures
 Copy the images to a PC using PHOTOfunSTUDIO 5.0 HD Edition
Copying to a PC using PHOTOfunSTUDIO 5.0 HD Edition
Install PHOTOfunSTUDIO 5.0 HD Edition to the PC
For details on connecting, refer to Connecting to a PC P170
 Connecting to a PC
PC that can be used
 Double-click on Removable Disk in My Computer
If USB Mode P37 is set to PC in the Setup menu
Press 3/ 4 to select PC, and then press
Double-click Dcim folder
 Disconnecting the USB connection cable safely
 Printing the Pictures
Press 3/4 to select PictBridgePTP, and then press MENU/SET
 Selecting multiple pictures and printing them
Selecting a single picture and printing it
Press 3 to select Print Start and then press MENU/SET
Press Press 3/4 to select an item and then press MENU/SET
 NUM. of Prints
Print Settings
Print with Date
You can set the number of prints up to
 When printing different pictures on 1 sheet of paper
Paper Size
Layout Layouts for printing that can be set with this unit
 External flash Forced on External flash Slow Sync
Using an External Flash optional
Using the dedicated flash DMW-FL220 optional
Turn off the camera and close the built-in flash
 Using the Protector/Filter optional
Attach the filter
MCuMulti-coated NDuNeutral Density
 Using the Remote Shutter optional
About Lock on the remote shutter
 Battery Check Lamp Battery
Using the External Microphone optional
About the Off/On Mode Selector Switch
Attach the stereo microphone to the hot shoe a
 Using the AC Adaptor
Connect the AC cable Connect the DC cable a
 LCD Monitor Display/Viewfinder Display
Recording Recording in Program AE Mode Initial setting
REC Mode when recording motion
Pictures P113/Recording quality P113 Picture size P126
 Available recording time¢3 P111 R8m30s
Recording after settings
White Balance Fine Adjustment P88 White Balance Bracket P89
LCD recording information
 Histogram display
Playback
Detailed information display
Motion picture playback P145
 Others
 Removing dirt on the image sensor
About dirt on the image sensor
Dust reduction function
For care of the eye cup on the viewfinder
 Dispose of unusable battery
Battery
Bring charged spare batteries when going out
About the Lens
 Do not bend or drop the card
About the personal information
Disclaimer
 No Valid Picture to Play
Message Display
This Memory Card is WRITE-PROTECTED
This Picture is Protected
 Read ERROR/WRITE Error Please Check the Card
Memory Card Error Format this CARD?
Memory Card Parameter ERROR/THIS Memory Card Cannot be Used
No Additional Selections can be Made
 Remaining battery power is low Charge the battery
No Battery Power Remains
This Battery Cannot be Used
Battery cannot be recognized by the camera
 Troubleshooting
Battery and power source
 Recording
 You cannot compensate the exposure
Recorded picture looks rough Noise appears on the picture
Bright spot not in subject is recorded
Subject cannot be locked. AF tracking not possible
 Lens
Motion picture recording stops in the middle
Object seems to be warped
 LCD monitor/Viewfinder
 Playback
Picture is not played back There are no recorded pictures
 TV, PC and printer
 Others
 Camera becomes warm
Clock is reset
AF Assist Lamp does not turn on
File numbers are not recorded consecutively
 Number of Recordable Pictures and Available Recording Time
Number of recordable pictures
 Aspect ratio Picture size 10.5M Quality
 Aspect ratio
 Aspect ratio Quality
 Available recording time when recording motion pictures
 Specifications
 Viewfinder
Metering Mode
Exposure AE
Flash
 MIC/REMOTE
AV OUT/DIGITAL
Hdmi
 Aperture range
S. switch
Aperture type
Minimum aperture Value
 Digital Camera Accessory System
Accessory# Description
 RP-CDHM15
 Digital Camera Accessory Order Form
For USA and Puerto Rico Customers
 Limited Warranty
Limited Warranty Coverage For USA and Puerto Rico Only
Product or Part Name Parts Labor
 Mail-In Service
Limited Warranty Limits And Exclusions
 Pana Monday-Friday 9am-9pm, Saturday-Sunday 10am-7pm EST
For hearing or speech impaired TTY users, TTY
 138
Color Temperature Setting
AC Adaptor
137
 Intelligent ISO sensitivity control
172
141
176
 143
Recording Quality Setting Motion Picture Mode
White Balance Fine Adjustment
198
 Others
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