Panasonic DMC-GM1 owner manual 131, Combining pictures with different exposures HDR, Menu Rec HDR

5. Picture Quality and Color Tone Settings

Combining pictures with different exposures ([HDR])

Applicable modes:

You can combine 3 pictures with different levels of exposure into a single picture with rich gradation.

You can minimize the loss of gradations in bright areas and dark areas when, for example, the contrast between the background and the subject is large.

An image combined by HDR is recorded in JPEG.

[MENU] > [Rec] > [HDR]

Settings		Description of settings
[ON]	Records HDR pictures.
[OFF]	Does not record HDR pictures.
	[Dynamic Range]
	[AUTO]: Automatically adjusts the exposure range according to the differences
		between the bright and dark areas.
	[n1 EV]/[n2 EV]/[n3 EV]:
		Adjusts the exposure within the selected exposure parameters.
[SET]
	[Auto Align]
	[ON]:	Automatically corrects camera shake (jitter) and other problems that
		can cause the images to misalign.
		Recommended for use during hand-held shooting.
	[OFF]:	Image misalignment not adjusted.
		Recommended when a tripod is used.

∫What is HDR?

HDR stands for High Dynamic Range and refers to a technique for expressing a wide contrast range.

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