Operating Instructions
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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
Registering Personal Menu Settings
Adjusting each film mode to
Taking picture by setting the exposure
Using the Motion Picture Mode
Using an external microphone
Single picture 156 Print Settings
Using the Protector/Filter optional 160
Digital Camera Accessory Order Form
Standard Accessories
Software Use it to install the software to your PC
Card is optional
DMW-BLB13PP
VEK0N98
LVF/LCD button P41
Names of the Components
Camera body
WB White balance P83
30 31 32
Press
Battery door P24 Release lever P24 Tripod receptacle
Battery charger/AC adaptor P21
Example of operation
Operating the Front Dial
Rotating the LCD monitor
Rotating Pressing ¢3
90o
About the Lens
Maximum 180o
Micro Four Thirds Mount
DMC-GH1K
Attaching/Detaching the Lens
Detach the lens cap
Attaching a lens to the camera body
Set the O.I.S. switch to on
Optical Image Stabilizer
Detaching a lens from the camera body
Attaching the Shoulder Strap
Shoulder strap eyelet
Attaching the Lens Hood
Fitting to the mark
Attach the lens cap
Charging starts when the Charge indicator a lights green
Charging the Battery
Detach the battery after charging is completed
Charging is complete when the Charge indicator a turns off
Battery life
When the Charge indicator flashes
Battery indication
Recording conditions by Cipa standard
Playback time when using the LCD monitor
Operating conditions and storing condition of the battery
Charging
Inserting/Removing the Battery
Check that this unit is turned off Close the flash
Using the AC Adaptor
Connect the AC cable Connect the DC cable a
Inserting/Removing the Card Optional
Do not touch the connection terminals of the card
Card may be damaged if it is not fully inserted
Card
Access to the card
About the Card
Sdhc Memory Card
Select Clock SET in the Setup menu, and press 1. P30
Setting Date/Time Clock Set
Changing the clock setting
Turn the camera on
Motion Picture mode menu
Setting the Menu
REC mode menu P116 to Setup menu P33 to
Custom Menu P125 to Playback mode menu P132 to
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 front dial to select I.EXPOSURE
Press 1 or the front dial
Press MENU/SET or the front dial to set the menu
Setting the Quick Menu
Press Q.MENU to display the Quick Menu in recording status
Press Q.MENU to close the Quick Menu
About the Setup Menu
Travel Setup Location OFF/SET
Auto LCD OFF
Zoom
Review
Hold
OFF
Adjust the volume of the speaker to any of 7 levels
OFF „ Auto Power LCD
… Power LCD
Muted t Low u High
Reset the file number of the next recording to
Select on Connection
PictBridgePTP
720p
Auto
1080i
480p
Card is formatted
LCD Monitor
Holding and using your camera
Tips for taking good pictures
AF assist lamp
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
Basic Intelligent Auto Mode P45
Switching the mode by rotating the mode dial
Align a desired mode with part a
Program AE Mode P51
Manual Exposure Mode P91
Advanced Aperture-priority AE Mode P90
Shutter-priority AE Mode P90
Creative Motion Picture Mode P108
Recording the motion picture
Set the focus mode dial to AFS or AFC
Taking the still picture
Playback the recorded still pictures or motion picture
REC mode ñ
Taking pictures using the automatic function
Set the mode dial to Set the focus mode dial to AFS or AFC
Press the shutter button halfway to focus
Scene detection
Face detection
Backlight Compensation
Compensating the Exposure
Face Recognition
AF Tracking Function
You can compensate the exposure Refer to P71 for details
About the flash
Taking motion pictures using the automatic function
Open the flash when the flash is to be used. P65
Scene detection
Settings in Intelligent Auto Mode
Auto The maximum ISO sensitivity ISO1600
P119
Stabilizer P119 MODE1 Exposure P121 Standard
REC mode ³
Taking pictures with your favorite settings
Set the mode dial to
Set the drive mode lever to
Continuously focusing on a subject AFC
Fix the focus by pressing the shutter button halfway AFS
Take a picture with Manual Focus MF
Focusing
When the subject is not in focus
Preventing jitter camera shake
Program Shift
Taking Pictures with the Zoom
Rotate the zoom ring towards Tele. P13
Rotate the zoom ring towards Wide. P13
Play back the previous picture Play back the next picture
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 front dial left
You can display pictures by recording date
Using the Playback Zoom
Displaying Pictures by Recording Date Calendar Playback
Select the month Select the date
To delete a single picture
Once deleted, pictures cannot be recovered
Deleting Pictures
Select the picture to be deleted, and then press ‚
To delete multiple pictures up to 50 or all the pictures
Delete ALL step
When is set
Switching the display of the LCD Monitor/ Viewfinder
Switching the displayed information
Press Display to change
Viewfinder display
Normal display¢1 Normal displayidetailed information¢1
No display¢1 Detailed information¢1
Set the position of the guide line with
Guide line returns to the center when ‚ is pressed
Recording guide line
Press 3/4/2/1 to set the position
Set the position of the histogram
About the Histogram
Properly Exposed Under Exposed
Examples of histogram
Applicable modes
Taking Pictures using the Built-in Flash
Switching to the appropriate flash setting
Simultaneously it reduces the red-eye phenomenon
Available flash settings by recording mode
About the digital red-eye correction
When the aspect ratio is Y
Tele
Wide to 17 mm
Shutter speed for each flash setting
Flash setting Shutter speed Sec
‡ 1/30¢1 to 1/4000th ‰ 1/30¢2 to 1/160th
Adjust the flash output
Dynamic
Setting to the 2nd Curtain Synchro
Normal method when taking
Effect
Under exposed Properly
Compensating the Exposure
Take a picture
Exposed
To 7¢2
Taking Pictures using Burst Mode
High speed Low speed Burst speed pictures/second
Without RAW files
AFC ¢1 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
Seconds
Taking Pictures with the Self-timer
Self-timer cannot be set to
Seconds/3 pictures
Setting the method used to focus AF mode
Press MENU/SET to close
About š
Setting up AF Tracking
Take the picture
Before locking
Press 3/4/2/1 to move the AF area
Setting the AF area
Select Ø and then press
Rotate the front dial to change the size of AF area
Taking Pictures with Manual Focus
Rotate the focus ring to focus on the subject
MF Assist
Fixing the Focus and the Exposure AF/AE Lock
Fixing the exposure only
Taking pictures when AF or AF/AE is set
AE lock indication
Adjusting the White Balance
Setting the white balance manually
Setting the color temperature
Finely adjusting the white balance
White Balance Bracket
Press MENU/SET
Brightness
Setting the Light Sensitivity
ISO sensitivity 100 3200
Be set will increase
Change tone of the color for the picture to be
Press Film Mode
Film Mode button
About Intelligent ISO sensitivity control
Adjusting each film mode to the desired setting
Press 2/1 to select an item
Multi Film Bracket
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
Press a preview button
Confirm the effects of aperture and shutter speed
Confirm the effects of aperture
Confirm the effects of shutter speed
Taking expressive portraits and landscape
About the information
Portrait
Scenery
Sports
CLOSE-UP
Night Scenery
Night Portrait
Night Portrait
Illuminations
Taking pictures that match the scene being
Set the mode dial to Press 2/1 to select the Scene Mode
REC mode ¿
Sunset
Party
Technique for Party mode
To cancel AGE and Name
BABY1/ BABY2
Taking pictures while adjusting color
PET
Press 2 to select YES and press MENU/SET
Registering Personal Menu Settings
Readjust the My color settings
Return to above by pressing front dial or one of 3/4/2/1
Taking pictures in Custom Mode
Press MENU/SET to enter the settings
When changing the menu settings
Select the mode
Recording Motion Picture
Modes that can be recorded for motion picture
Start recording by pressing the motion picture button
Face RECOG./EX. OPT. ZOOM/ISO Limit SET/DIRECT AF Area
Select this format to record HD high definition video for
Changing REC Mode and REC Quality
Playback on your Hdtv using an Hdmi connection
Recording format Effect
When Motion Jpeg is selected in step
When Avchd is selected in step
¢1 What is bit rate
¢3 This item cannot be set in the Intelligent Auto Mode
Wind CUT
Recording Motion Picture with Manual Settings
Rotate the front dial to change setting
Exposure Mode
Taking a picture with Face Recognition function
Face settings
Take the picture adjusting the face with the guide
Face Recognition functions
Press 3 to select YES and then press MENU/SET
Face RECOG. only works when AF Mode is set to š
For details on the Setup menu settings, refer to P30
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
Current time Time difference from GMT Greenwich Mean Time
Using the REC Mode Menu
? Aspect Ratio
When the aspect ratio is W
Applicable modes When the aspect ratio is
When the aspect ratio is Y
@ Picture Size
Applicable modes OFF/ON/MEMORY/SET
Quality
Face Recog
Refer to P110 for details
Metering Mode
Stabilizer
Flash
RED-EYE
Flash Synchro
EX. OPT. Zoom
Flash Adjust
Exposure Intelligent exposure adjustment
Digital Zoom
Auto Bracket
SELF-TIMER
Burst Rate
Color Space
ISO Increments
Long Shtr NR
ISO Limit SET
P1000001.JPG SRGB AdobeRGB
Audio REC
Using the Motion Picture Mode Menu
REC Mode
This sets up the data format of motion pictures
Using the Custom Menu
Exposure Mode
REC Quality
OFF
PRE AF
AF/AE
Preview Hold
Quick AF Continuous AF About
Recording
When taking pictures in dark places, the AF assist
It is possible to finely adjust the focus manually by
AF area can be moved freely with 3/4/2/1 when
Remaining Shots
Setting items for each REC mode
Picture/ Motion picture
Remaining Time
Turned off
Enables/disables the motion picture button
Last operated menu position is saved even if the camera is
No lens on the unit
Press 2/ 1 to select a picture with a
Playing Back Motion Pictures/Pictures with Audio
Motion pictures
Motion picture icon such as
Slide Show
Using the Playback mode menu
Pictures with audio
Audio icon
Operations performed during slide show
Changing the slide show settings
Setup
Effect
Playback Mode
Favorite
Select the picture, and then press MENU/SET to set
Multi setting
Title Edit
Press 2/1 to select Press 3/4/2/1 to Picture
Press ‚ to return to the menu screen.¢
Text Stamp
If this is set to ON, AGE is stamped on the pictures
Shooting Date
AGE P99
Travel Date
Resize Reducing the picture size number of pixels
Single
Multi
2/1 Move
Trimming
Front dial clockwise Enlargement
ReductionEnlargement Move the position
? Aspect Conv
Press 2/1 to select the picture and then press MENU/SET
Select Rotate on the Playback mode menu. P30
ROTATE/M Rotate Disp
Rotate The picture is rotated manually
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
Audio DUB
Press MENU/SET to stop recording
You can add the audio after taking a picture
Face Recog
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
Preparations Set the Viera Link to ON. P37
Viera Link is a new name for EZ Sync
One screen display
Operate with the remote control for the TV Multi playback
Usable functions
Operation icons Slide show
Other linked operations Turning the power off
Automatic input switching
Copy the playback image using an AV cable
Saving the recorded still pictures and motion pictures
AV cable supplied
Connecting to a PC
Copying to a PC
PC that can be used
Press 3/ 4 to select PC, and then press MENU/SET
If USB Mode P36 is set to PC in the Setup menu
Without displaying the USB Mode selection screen. Since
Double-click on Removable Disk in My Computer
Disconnecting the USB connection cable safely
USB connection cable supplied
Printing the Pictures
Press 3/4 to select PictBridgePTP, and then press MENU/SET
Motion pictures recorded with Avchd cannot be printed
Press 3 to select Single Picture and then press MENU/SET
Print Settings
Single picture
Press 2/1 to select the picture and then press
Paper Size
NUM. of Prints
You can set the number of prints up to
Layout Layouts for printing that can be set with this unit
Set the print setting on the camera in advance. P142
Print SET Dpof
Using an external flash optional
Using the dedicated flash DMW-FL220 optional
External flash Forced on External flash Slow sync
Using the Protector/Filter optional
Attach the filter
Using the Remote Shutter optional
About Lock on the remote shutter
MCuMulti-coated NDuNeutral Density
Battery Check Lamp Battery
Using an external microphone optional
About the Off/On Mode Selector Switch
Attach the stereo microphone to the hot shoe a
Recording Recording in Program AE Mode Initial setting
Screen Display
Available recording time¢3 P104 R8m30s
Recording after settings
White balance fine adjustment P85 White Balance Bracket P85
LCD recording information
Playback
Detailed information display
Histogram display
166 VQT2A61
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 Locked
This Picture is Protected
Memory Card Error Please Check the Card
Memory Card Error Format this CARD?
Memory Card Parameter ERROR/THIS Memory Card Cannot be Used
Read ERROR/WRITE Error Please Check the Card
Folder Cannot be Created
No Battery Power Remains
This Battery Cannot be Used
Printer BUSY/PLEASE Check the Printer
Troubleshooting
Battery and power source
Recording
You cannot compensate the exposure
Recorded picture looks rough Noise appears on the picture
Motion picture recording stops in the middle
Subject cannot be locked. AF tracking not possible
Lens
LCD monitor/Viewfinder
LCD monitor flickers indoors
Playback
Noise appears on the LCD monitor
Picture is not played back
TV, PC and printer
Others
Part of the picture is flashing in black and white
Clock is reset
An unreadable language was selected by mistake
AF assist lamp does not turn on
Number of Recordable Pictures and Available Recording Time
Number of recordable pictures
32 MB 64 MB
4352k2448 pixels 3072k1728 pixels
Aspect ratio Quality
Available recording time when recording motion pictures
32 MB
Specifications
Microphone
Flash
Flash synchronization Speed
Speaker
MIC/REMOTE
Focus distance
Elements in 13 groups 4 non-spherical lenses/2 ED lenses
M 1.64 feet to ¶ from the focus distance reference line
Digital Camera Accessory System
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Creative Motion Picture Mode 108
Close-up Mode
Color Temperature Setting
Audio Dubbing 144
Intelligent ISO sensitivity control
Playback Pictures on TV
Recording Quality Setting Motion Picture Mode 105, 125
153
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