Panasonic DMC-GH1K About the flash, Taking motion pictures using the automatic function

Basic

About the flash

•Open the flash when the flash is to be used. (P65)

• [ ], [ ], or [ ] will appear depending on the type and brightness of the subject.

•Flash is activated twice. Especially with [ ] or [ ], digital red-eye reduction (P66) is executed, and the time until the second flash is longer, so subject should not move until the second flash is activated.

•Flash modes cannot be switched using the menu in the Intelligent Auto Mode.

Taking motion pictures using the automatic function

It is possible to take motion pictures matching the subjects and conditions with Intelligent Auto Mode.

1Perform steps 1 and 2 on page 45.

2Start recording by pressing the motion picture button.

3 Stop the recording by pressing the motion picture button again.

•Refer to P103 for details about recording motion pictures.

∫Scene detection

When the camera identifies the optimum scene in recording motion pictures, the icon of the scene concerned is displayed in blue for 2 seconds, after which its color changes to the usual red.

¦> [i-PORTRAIT]

[i-SCENERY]

[i-LOW LIGHT]

[i-CLOSE-UP]

•[¦] is set if none of the scenes are applicable, and the standard settings are set.

∫Face detection

When [ ] is selected, the camera automatically detects a person’s face, and it will adjust the focus and exposure (P78).

∫The Backlight Compensation

Backlight refers to when light comes from the back of a subject.

In this case, the subject will become dark, so this function compensates the backlight by brightening the whole of the picture automatically.

Backlight Compensation will work automatically when a face is recognized with the [ ].

Note

•Due to conditions, a different scene may be identified for the same subject. Please read the Note regarding the Scene detection (P46) for details.

•Functions enabled for motion picture recording are different to those enabled for still picture recording.

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