Panasonic DMC-G2K operating instructions Contents

Contents
Information for Your Safety	2
Before Use
Standard Accessories	9
Names of the Components	11
Rotating the LCD Monitor	14
How to Use the Touch Panel	15
• What can be done by touch
operation	16
Operating the Rear Dial	17
About the Lens	18
Preparation
Attaching/Detaching the Lens	20
Attaching the Lens Hood	22
Attaching the Shoulder Strap	23
Charging the Battery	24
• Approximate operating time and
number of recordable pictures	26
Inserting and Removing the Card
(optional)/the Battery	28
About the Card	29
Setting Date/Time (Clock Set)	30
• Changing the clock setting	30
Setting the Menu	31
• Setting menu items	32
Setting the Quick Menu	33
About the Setup Menu	35
Holding and using Your Camera	40
Selecting the [REC] Mode, and
Recording Still Pictures or Motion
Pictures	43
Basic
Taking Pictures using the Automatic
Function (Intelligent Auto Mode)	46
• Scene detection	47
• AF Tracking Function	48
• Settings in Intelligent Auto Mode	49
Taking Pictures with Your Favorite
Settings (Program AE Mode)	51
• Setting the Focus Mode
(AFS/AFC/MF)	52

• Focusing	53
• When the subject is not in focus	53
• Preventing jitter (camera shake)	53
• Taking pictures using the Touch
Shutter function	54
• Program Shift	54
Taking Pictures with the Zoom	55

•Using the Optical Zoom/using the Extended Optical Zoom (EZ)/

using the Digital Zoom	55
Playing Back Pictures	57
• Changing the information displayed
on the playback screen	58
• Displaying multiple screens
(Multi Playback)	58
• Displaying Pictures by Recording
Date (Calendar Playback)	59
• Using the Playback Zoom	60
Deleting Pictures	61
• To delete a single picture	61
• To delete multiple pictures (up to 50)
or all the pictures	61
Advanced (Recording pictures)
Switching the Display of the LCD Monitor/
Viewfinder	63
• Switching the Information Displayed
on the recording screen	63
Taking Pictures using the Built-in
Flash	66
• Switching to the appropriate flash
setting	66
• Adjust the flash output	70
• Setting to the 2nd Curtain Synchro...	71
Compensating the Exposure	72
Taking Pictures using Burst Mode	73
Taking Pictures using Auto Bracket	75
Taking Pictures with the Self-timer	77
Setting the Method used to Focus
(AF Mode)	78
Taking Pictures with Manual Focus	83
Fixing the Focus and the Exposure
(AF/AE Lock)	85
Adjusting the White Balance	86
• Setting the White Balance manually	87
• Setting the color temperature	88
• Finely adjusting the White Balance	88
• White Balance Bracket	89
Setting the Light Sensitivity	89

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