Panasonic DMC-GM1 Displaying/not displaying the guide lines, Custom Guide Line / / /OFF

3. Basic Operation

Displaying/not displaying the histogram

[MENU] > [Custom] > [Histogram] > [ON]/[OFF]

You can set the position by pressing 3/4/2/1.

•Direct touch operation is also possible from the recording screen.

•A histogram is a graph that displays brightness along the

horizontal axis (black to white) and the number of pixels at each brightness level on the vertical axis.

It allows you to easily check a picture’s exposure. A dark

B bright

•When the recorded picture and the histogram do not match each other under the following conditions, the histogram is displayed in orange.

– When the Manual Exposure Assistance is other than [n0] during Exposure Compensation or in the Manual Exposure Mode

– When the flash is activated

– When suitable exposure is not achieved with the flash closed

– When the brightness of the screen is not correctly displayed in dark places

•The histogram is an approximation in the Recording Mode.

•The histogram displayed in this camera does not match histograms displayed by picture editing software used in PCs etc.

Displaying/not displaying the guide lines

[MENU] > [Custom] > [Guide Line] > [ ]/[ ]/[ ]/[OFF]

When [] is set, guideline positions can be set by pressing 3/4/2/ 1.

•You can also set the position directly by touching [ ] on the guideline of the recording screen.

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