Digital Camera
Contents
Using the Motion Picture
Using the Custom Menu 150
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Easily set aperture/shutter speed for
Using Viera Link Hdmi 184
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Editing Burst Pictures 160
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Care of the camera
Do not subject to strong vibration, shock, or pressure
Standard Accessories
Card is optional
Names and Functions of Main Parts
Camera body
Mode dial P29
Camera ON/OFF switch P27
Status indicator P27
Card/Battery door P23
Removing the Hot Shoe Cover
F3.5-5.6 ASPH./POWER O.I.S
Lens PS14042 FS014042 Lumix G X Vario PZ 14-42 mm
ASPH./MEGA O.I.S
H014 Lumix G 14 mm/F2.5 Asph
Touch Screen
Press
Cursor buttons/MENU/SET button
Rotating left or right Pressing the rear dial
Micro Four Thirds mount specification lens
Four Thirds mount specification lens
Leica mount specification lens
About the Lens
Detaching the lens
Changing the Lens
Preparations Attach the lens cap
Attaching the lens
Preparations Remove the lens rear cap from the lens
Attaching the Lens Hood
Attaching the Shoulder Strap
Shoulder strap eyelet
Charging the Battery
Charging
Connect the charger to the electrical outlet
About batteries that you can use with this unit
Charge indicator is turned on during charging
Charge indicator turns off
About the Charge indicator The Charge indicator turns on
When the Charge indicator flashes
Battery indication
Battery indication is displayed on the screen
When the interchangeable lens H-PS14042 is used
Recording conditions by Cipa standard
Recording motion pictures when using the LCD monitor
Approx min
Playback when using the LCD monitor
When flash is used repeatedly
Inserting and Removing the Card optional/ the Battery
Do not touch the connection terminals of the card
About the Card
Access to the card
About cards that can be used with this unit
Preparation
Available recording time when recording motion pictures
Number of recordable pictures
Picture Size
32 GB 64 GB
Setting Date/Time Clock Set
Clock is not set when the camera is shipped
Turn the camera on
To set the display order and the time display format
Touch SET to set Touch SET in the confirmation screen
Selecting the Recording Mode
Select the mode by rotating the mode dial
To select a Recording Mode with the mode dial
To select Intelligent Auto Mode
Basic Intelligent Auto Mode P39
Program AE Mode P45
Advanced Aperture-Priority AE Mode P114
Shutter-Priority AE Mode P114
Tips for taking good pictures
When taking pictures
Detects orientation of camera Direction Detection Function
How to set focus when taking a still picture AFS/AFF/AFC
Touch the Focus Mode to select
Taking a Still picture
Press AF/MF
Subject is moving, the focusing is performed by
AFS is an abbreviation of Auto Focus Single
Pressed halfway. Focus will be fixed while it is
Pressed halfway
Touch SET Press the shutter button halfway
AFF/AFC
Taking a Still picture
Touch to cancel the Touch Shutter function
Taking pictures using the Touch Shutter function
Touch Touch ×
Switching the Information Displayed on the recording screen
Press DISP. to change
LCD monitor style
About the tilt sensor display
Taking Pictures using the Automatic Function
Intelligent Auto Mode
When recording motion pictures
When taking pictures
Scene Detection
Open the flash when the flash is to be used. P78
About the flash
Menu
Backlight Compensation
Recording using Intelligent Auto Plus Mode
Touch the slide bar to set
Touch Touch × to display the setting screen
Taking Pictures with Defocus Control Function
Touch the slide bar to set
Recording of pictures or motion pictures
Taking Pictures with Your Favorite Settings
Set the mode dial to
Program Shift
Focus Mode Continuous AF Settings
Recording Motion Pictures
Start recording by pressing the motion picture Button
Recording Motion Pictures
Avchd
Peripheral Defocus
Recording still pictures while recording motion pictures
Motion picture
Priorities
Still picture
Playing Back Pictures/Motion Pictures
Playing Back Pictures
Displaying multiple screens Multi Playback
Touch
To return to Normal Playback Touch the picture to select
Displaying Pictures by Recording Date Calendar Playback
Touch the part to enlarge firmly
Using the Playback Zoom
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Press DISP. to switch the monitor screen
Changing the information displayed on the playback screen
Playing Back Motion Pictures
Operate control panel by touching
While pausing ¢ Reduce volume level ¢ Increase volume level
About fast forward/rewind playback
Touch during Motion Picture playback using touch operation
Creating Still Pictures from a Motion Picture
Deleting Pictures
Touch Touch Delete Multi or Delete ALL
When Delete Multi is selected Touch OK
To delete multiple pictures up to 100¢ or all the pictures
Setting the Menu
Types of menus
Press MENU/SET or the rear dial
Setting menu items
Press MENU/SET or the rear dial to set
Switching to the Setup menu from REC Mode menu
Switching to other menus
Menu toggle icon
Press Q.MENU to display the Quick Menu
Setting the Quick Menu
Touch the menu item
Motion Picture Mode menu
Change the Quick Menu to your preferred item
Recording functions
Custom menu
About the Setup Menu
Perform these settings if you need to
Setting Date/Time
Press 2/1 to select the items, Press 3/4 to set
Destination Travel destination area
Home
Your home area
World Time
Travel Setup
Beep Volume Shutter VOL
Location OFF
SET Travel destination is recorded at the time of recording
„ Auto
MODE1
MODE2
MODE3
Auto LCD OFF
Hold
Auto
3D Playback
Viera Link
Menu Guide
Set the language displayed on the screen
Reset the file number of the next recording to
Card is formatted
Switch
Optical Image Stabilizer
Lens which supports the stabilizer function is required
Vertical and horizontal shake are compensated for
Preventing jitter camera shake
Using the zoom
Perform zoom operations by touching the slide bar
Zooming using touch operations
You can perform zoom operations by touching. Touch zoom
Press the flash
Taking Pictures using the Built-in Flash
Open button It clicks
Applicable modes
Switching to the appropriate flash setting
Set the built-in flash to match the recording
Available flash settings in Recording Mode
Scene Mode
Objects Night Portrait Night Scenery Illuminations
BABY1 BABY2 PET Party Sunset
Available flash range
Wide
Sensitivity
M 22.4 feet M 13.8 feet Feet
Flash setting Shutter speed Sec
Shutter speed for each flash setting
Flash setting
Compensating the Exposure
Underexposed Properly
Exposed
Compensate the exposure
Taking Pictures using Burst Mode
Depends on the capacity of the card¢3
Speed
With RAW files Without RAW files
Focusing in Burst Mode
Focus Mode Focus Priority
Normal focusing¢2
Predicted focusing¢3
Taking Pictures using Auto Bracket
With Auto Bracket Sequence 0/s/r 1st picture 2nd picture
D0 EV J1/3 EV I1/3 EV
3rd picture
Touch SET Focus on the subject and take a picture
Settings
Taking Pictures with the Self-timer
Settings
Touch SET
Picture is taken 10 seconds after shutter is pressed
Recording
Taking Pictures with Auto Focus
About š Face Detection
Position and size of the AF area can be changed. P95
Setting up AF Tracking
When operating the touch screen
When operating buttons
You can lock the subject by touching it
About 23-area-focusing
About Ø 1-area-focusing
About Pinpoint
Position and size of the AF area can be changed
When selecting š, Ø
When selecting
Touch the subject
Touch the slide bar to change the size of AF area Frame
Move the AF area easily with Direct Focus Area function
Taking Pictures with Manual Focus
Move to a side
Move to B side
Rotate to C side Focuses on nearby
MF Assist
Displaying the MF Assist
Changing the display of the MF Assist
Moving the enlarged area
Technique for Manual Focus
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About the focus distance reference mark
Focus distance reference
Focus range
101
Fixing the Focus and the Exposure AF/AE Lock
AE lock indication
102
AF/AE Lock
Only the exposure is locked
Only the focus is locked
Adjusting the White Balance
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Press Touch the White Balance to select
AWB
104
Auto White Balance
Setting the White Balance manually
Setting the color temperature
105
Select 1 , 2 and then touch White SET
Finely adjusting the White Balance
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White Balance Bracket
107
To set the bracket
Setting the Light Sensitivity
108
Press Touch the ISO sensitivity to select Touch SET
Jitter of the subject
109
About Intelligent ISO sensitivity control
REC Mode menu/Recording functions
Using the function button
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Continuing to press the function button
111
Touch Touch Fn3 or Fn4
How to tell if the exposure is not adequate
When exposure is not adequate Press Fn1
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Set the Fn Button SET of the Custom menu to ONE Push AE
113
Depth of field properties
Taking Pictures by Specifying the Aperture/ Shutter Speed
114
Aperture-priority AE
Shutter-priority AE
Manual Exposure Mode
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Manual Exposure Assistance
About B Bulb
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Set the mode dial to Press 3/4/2/1 to select the Scene Mode
Taking Pictures that match the Scene being
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Press MENU/SET to set
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Soft Skin
Scenery
Architecture
Setting the AF area Touch the subject to move the AF area
Technique for Flower Mode
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Peripheral Defocus
120
Food
Objects
Night Portrait
Technique for Night Scenery Mode
Technique for Illuminations Mode
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Night Scenery
BABY1/BABY2
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Entering Text on P135
Technique for Party Mode
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PET
Party
Taking Pictures with different image effects
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Adjust the effect to fit your preferences
Creative Control Items that can be set
126
Set the type of blurring for Miniature Effect
Touch To set the recording Orientation defocus orientation
Touch the in-focus portion
Taking Pictures in Custom Set
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Settings are registered for on the mode dial
Custom set Description of settings
128
SET
Recording using registered custom set
Set the mode dial to
When changing the menu settings
Setup menu Custom menu
Recording Mode
Playback Mode
Face RECOG. only works when the AF Mode is set to š
Taking a Picture with Face Recognition Function
Point of recording when registering the face images
Face Settings
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Select item with 3/4, and then press MENU/SET
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MENU/SET
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Setting Auto Registration/Sensitivity
HIGH/NORMAL/LOW
134
Auto Registration
Add the picture, and then press MENU/SET
NEW Person
135
Entering Text
Display the entry screen
Using the REC Mode Menu
For details on REC Mode menu settings, refer to P62
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Photo Style
Press 4 to select Custom setting and then press MENU/SET
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Aspect Ratio
138
Picture Size
Quality
139
Face Recog
Metering Mode
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Quick AF
OFF/ON Note
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Flash
RED-EYE Removal
Flash Synchro
Flash Adjust
Resolution
142
Dynamic Intelligent dynamic range control
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ISO Limit SET
ISO Increments
Long Shtr NR
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SELF-TIMER
145
Color Space
Stabilizer
REC Mode
Using the Motion Picture Mode Menu
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When Avchd is selected
When MP4 is selected
147
REC Quality
Picture Mode
148
Continuous AF
Wind CUT
Adjust the sound input level to 4 different levels
149
MIC Level Disp
MIC Level ADJ
Using the Custom Menu
150
Position can be set by dragging the histogram
CUST. SET MEM
151
OFF Position can be set by dragging the on the guide line
White saturated areas appear blinking in black and white
This does not affect the recorded image
152
AE/AF/AF/AE
153
AF Assist Lamp
AF+MF
MF Assist
154
It will switch to Intelligent Auto Mode by pressing
Enables/disables the motion picture button
155
This will set the display style of the LCD monitor
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Set whether or not to display the dial operation guide
158
Playing Back Burst Pictures
About the Burst Picture Group
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Continuously playing back burst pictures
Operations during Burst Picture Group playback
Drag horizontally to transfer between images
Editing Burst Pictures
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Favorite Print SET Protect
Using the Playback Mode Menu
2D/3D Settings
Playback methods for the 3D pictures can be switched
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Changing the slide show settings
Setup
163
Operations performed during slide show
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Playback Mode
Recording information Scene Modes
Title Edit
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Single Multi
166
Text Stamp
167
Press 3/4 to select the settings, and then press MENU/SET
Press Press 3/4 to select OK and then press MENU/SET
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Video Divide
Multi setting
169
Resize
Press 2/1 to select the picture, and then press Menu
Cropping
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Rear dial right Enlargement Rear dial left Reduction
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Aspect Conv
ROTATE/ROTATE Disp
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Press 2/1 to select the picture and then press MENU/SET
When Multi has been selected
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Favorite
Press 2/1 to select Press 3/4/2/1 to
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Print SET
Single Multi MENU/SET
Press 2/1 to select Press 3/4/2/1 to Picture
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To print the date
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Protect
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Face REC Edit
Enjoying 3D pictures
178
Taking 3D pictures
3D picture
REC Mode menu
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Functions that cannot be used during 3D recording
Aspect ratio Picture size
Playing back 3D pictures
180
Functions that cannot be set/do not work with 3D pictures
181
Saving 3D pictures Copying to a PC
Playing Back Pictures on a TV Screen
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Connect the camera and a TV
To connect with an Hdmi mini cable optional
183
Using Viera Link Hdmi
What is the Viera Link Hdmi Hdavi Control?
184
SUB Menu
Other linked operations Turning the power off
Automatic input switching
185
Saving the Recorded Still Pictures and Motion Pictures
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Copy by inserting the SD card into the recorder
File formats that can be used JPEG, Avchd
Copy the playback image using an AV cable
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Copying to a PC using PHOTOfunSTUDIO
Install PHOTOfunSTUDIO to the PC Connect camera to PC
Copy the images to a PC using PHOTOfunSTUDIO
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Connecting to a PC
PC that can be used
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Press 3/4 to select PC, and then press MENU/SET
Operate the PC
Preparations Turn on the camera and the PC
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Desktop
Printing the Pictures
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Press 3 to select Print Start and then press MENU/SET
194
Print with Date
NUM. of Prints
You can set the number of prints up to
When printing different pictures on 1 sheet of paper
195
Paper Size
Layout Layouts for printing that can be set with this unit
196
Optional accessories
Optional Live Viewfinder
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Monitor priority
Using the dedicated flash DMW-FL220 optional
198
External Flash optional
External flash Slow Sync
199
Protector/Filter optional
Remote Shutter optional
200
AC adaptor optional/DC coupler optional
LCD Monitor Display
Recording Recording in Program AE Mode Initial setting
201
Recording after settings
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Playback
Detailed information display
Histogram display
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About dirt on the image sensor
Dust reduction function
Removing dirt on the image sensor
About the LCD monitor/Optional Live Viewfinder
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About the Lens
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Card
Do not bend or drop the card
About the personal information
When not using the camera for a long period of time
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About the picture data
About tripods or unipods
Message Display
211
Memory Card Parameter ERROR/THIS Memory Card Cannot be Used
Read ERROR/WRITE Error Please Check the Card
212
Insert SD Card AGAIN/TRY Another Card
This Battery Cannot be Used
213
Troubleshooting
Battery and power source
214
Recording
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Bright spot not in subject is recorded
You cannot compensate the exposure
Subject cannot be locked. AF tracking not possible
217
Motion pictures
218
Lens
Flash
Flash is not activated
219
LCD monitor/Optional Live Viewfinder
Playback
220
Picture is not played back There are no recorded pictures
221
TV, PC and printer
222
Viera Link does not work
Card is not recognized by the PC
Card is not recognized by the PC. Sdxc memory card is used
223
Others
File numbers are not recorded consecutively
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File numbers are recorded with previously used numbers