Digital Camera
Contents
Using the Custom Menu 150
Using the Motion Picture
110
Easily set aperture/shutter speed for
158
Using Viera Link Hdmi 184
Editing Burst Pictures 160
162
Do not subject to strong vibration, shock, or pressure
Care of the camera
Card is optional
Standard Accessories
Camera body
Names and Functions of Main Parts
Camera ON/OFF switch P27
Mode dial P29
Status indicator P27
Card/Battery door P23
Removing the Hot Shoe Cover
Lens PS14042 FS014042 Lumix G X Vario PZ 14-42 mm
F3.5-5.6 ASPH./POWER O.I.S
ASPH./MEGA O.I.S
H014 Lumix G 14 mm/F2.5 Asph
Touch Screen
Rotating left or right Pressing the rear dial
Cursor buttons/MENU/SET button
Press
Four Thirds mount specification lens
Micro Four Thirds mount specification lens
Leica mount specification lens
About the Lens
Preparations Attach the lens cap
Changing the Lens
Detaching the lens
Preparations Remove the lens rear cap from the lens
Attaching the lens
Attaching the Lens Hood
Shoulder strap eyelet
Attaching the Shoulder Strap
Charging
Charging the Battery
Connect the charger to the electrical outlet
About batteries that you can use with this unit
Charge indicator turns off
Charge indicator is turned on during charging
About the Charge indicator The Charge indicator turns on
When the Charge indicator flashes
Battery indication is displayed on the screen
Battery indication
When the interchangeable lens H-PS14042 is used
Recording conditions by Cipa standard
Approx min
Recording motion pictures when using the LCD monitor
When flash is used repeatedly
Playback when using the LCD monitor
Do not touch the connection terminals of the card
Inserting and Removing the Card optional/ the Battery
About cards that can be used with this unit
Access to the card
About the Card
Preparation
Number of recordable pictures
Available recording time when recording motion pictures
Picture Size
32 GB 64 GB
Clock is not set when the camera is shipped
Setting Date/Time Clock Set
Turn the camera on
To set the display order and the time display format
Touch SET to set Touch SET in the confirmation screen
Select the mode by rotating the mode dial
Selecting the Recording Mode
To select a Recording Mode with the mode dial
To select Intelligent Auto Mode
Program AE Mode P45
Basic Intelligent Auto Mode P39
Advanced Aperture-Priority AE Mode P114
Shutter-Priority AE Mode P114
Detects orientation of camera Direction Detection Function
When taking pictures
Tips for taking good pictures
Touch the Focus Mode to select
How to set focus when taking a still picture AFS/AFF/AFC
Taking a Still picture
Press AF/MF
AFS is an abbreviation of Auto Focus Single
Subject is moving, the focusing is performed by
Pressed halfway. Focus will be fixed while it is
Pressed halfway
AFF/AFC
Touch SET Press the shutter button halfway
Taking a Still picture
Touch Touch ×
Taking pictures using the Touch Shutter function
Touch to cancel the Touch Shutter function
Press DISP. to change
Switching the Information Displayed on the recording screen
LCD monitor style
About the tilt sensor display
Intelligent Auto Mode
Taking Pictures using the Automatic Function
Scene Detection
When taking pictures
When recording motion pictures
About the flash
Open the flash when the flash is to be used. P78
Menu
Backlight Compensation
Recording using Intelligent Auto Plus Mode
Touch the slide bar to set
Taking Pictures with Defocus Control Function
Touch Touch × to display the setting screen
Touch the slide bar to set
Recording of pictures or motion pictures
Set the mode dial to
Taking Pictures with Your Favorite Settings
Program Shift
Recording Motion Pictures
Focus Mode Continuous AF Settings
Avchd
Recording Motion Pictures
Start recording by pressing the motion picture Button
Peripheral Defocus
Motion picture
Recording still pictures while recording motion pictures
Priorities
Still picture
Playing Back Pictures
Playing Back Pictures/Motion Pictures
To return to Normal Playback Touch the picture to select
Touch
Displaying multiple screens Multi Playback
Displaying Pictures by Recording Date Calendar Playback
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Using the Playback Zoom
Touch the part to enlarge firmly
Changing the information displayed on the playback screen
Press DISP. to switch the monitor screen
Playing Back Motion Pictures
About fast forward/rewind playback
While pausing ¢ Reduce volume level ¢ Increase volume level
Operate control panel by touching
Creating Still Pictures from a Motion Picture
Touch during Motion Picture playback using touch operation
Deleting Pictures
To delete multiple pictures up to 100¢ or all the pictures
When Delete Multi is selected Touch OK
Touch Touch Delete Multi or Delete ALL
Types of menus
Setting the Menu
Press MENU/SET or the rear dial to set
Setting menu items
Press MENU/SET or the rear dial
Menu toggle icon
Switching to other menus
Switching to the Setup menu from REC Mode menu
Touch the menu item
Setting the Quick Menu
Press Q.MENU to display the Quick Menu
Change the Quick Menu to your preferred item
Motion Picture Mode menu
Recording functions
Custom menu
Perform these settings if you need to
About the Setup Menu
Setting Date/Time
Press 2/1 to select the items, Press 3/4 to set
Home
Destination Travel destination area
Your home area
World Time
Beep Volume Shutter VOL
Travel Setup
Location OFF
SET Travel destination is recorded at the time of recording
MODE1
„ Auto
MODE2
MODE3
Hold
Auto LCD OFF
Auto
Menu Guide
Viera Link
3D Playback
Card is formatted
Reset the file number of the next recording to
Set the language displayed on the screen
Optical Image Stabilizer
Switch
Lens which supports the stabilizer function is required
Vertical and horizontal shake are compensated for
Preventing jitter camera shake
Using the zoom
You can perform zoom operations by touching. Touch zoom
Zooming using touch operations
Perform zoom operations by touching the slide bar
Open button It clicks
Taking Pictures using the Built-in Flash
Press the flash
Set the built-in flash to match the recording
Switching to the appropriate flash setting
Applicable modes
Scene Mode
Available flash settings in Recording Mode
Objects Night Portrait Night Scenery Illuminations
BABY1 BABY2 PET Party Sunset
Wide
Available flash range
Sensitivity
M 22.4 feet M 13.8 feet Feet
Flash setting
Shutter speed for each flash setting
Flash setting Shutter speed Sec
Underexposed Properly
Compensating the Exposure
Exposed
Compensate the exposure
Depends on the capacity of the card¢3
Taking Pictures using Burst Mode
Speed
With RAW files Without RAW files
Focus Mode Focus Priority
Focusing in Burst Mode
Normal focusing¢2
Predicted focusing¢3
With Auto Bracket Sequence 0/s/r 1st picture 2nd picture
Taking Pictures using Auto Bracket
D0 EV J1/3 EV I1/3 EV
3rd picture
Touch SET Focus on the subject and take a picture
Settings
Settings
Taking Pictures with the Self-timer
Touch SET
Picture is taken 10 seconds after shutter is pressed
Recording
Taking Pictures with Auto Focus
Position and size of the AF area can be changed. P95
About š Face Detection
When operating the touch screen
Setting up AF Tracking
When operating buttons
You can lock the subject by touching it
About Ø 1-area-focusing
About 23-area-focusing
About Pinpoint
Position and size of the AF area can be changed
When selecting
When selecting š, Ø
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
Move to a side
Taking Pictures with Manual Focus
Move to B side
Rotate to C side Focuses on nearby
Displaying the MF Assist
MF Assist
Changing the display of the MF Assist
Moving the enlarged area
Technique for Manual Focus
About the focus distance reference mark
100
Focus distance reference
Focus range
AE lock indication
Fixing the Focus and the Exposure AF/AE Lock
101
AF/AE Lock
102
Only the exposure is locked
Only the focus is locked
103
Adjusting the White Balance
Press Touch the White Balance to select
AWB
Auto White Balance
104
Setting the color temperature
Setting the White Balance manually
105
Select 1 , 2 and then touch White SET
106
Finely adjusting the White Balance
To set the bracket
107
White Balance Bracket
108
Setting the Light Sensitivity
Press Touch the ISO sensitivity to select Touch SET
Jitter of the subject
About Intelligent ISO sensitivity control
109
110
Using the function button
REC Mode menu/Recording functions
Touch Touch Fn3 or Fn4
111
Continuing to press the function button
When exposure is not adequate Press Fn1
How to tell if the exposure is not adequate
112
Set the Fn Button SET of the Custom menu to ONE Push AE
Depth of field properties
113
114
Taking Pictures by Specifying the Aperture/ Shutter Speed
Aperture-priority AE
Shutter-priority AE
115
Manual Exposure Mode
Manual Exposure Assistance
About B Bulb
116
Taking Pictures that match the Scene being
Set the mode dial to Press 3/4/2/1 to select the Scene Mode
117
Press MENU/SET to set
Soft Skin
118
Scenery
Architecture
Technique for Flower Mode
Setting the AF area Touch the subject to move the AF area
119
Peripheral Defocus
Food
120
Objects
Night Portrait
Technique for Illuminations Mode
Technique for Night Scenery Mode
121
Night Scenery
Entering Text on P135
122
BABY1/BABY2
123
Technique for Party Mode
PET
Party
124
Taking Pictures with different image effects
Creative Control Items that can be set
Adjust the effect to fit your preferences
125
Set the type of blurring for Miniature Effect
126
Touch To set the recording Orientation defocus orientation
Touch the in-focus portion
127
Taking Pictures in Custom Set
Custom set Description of settings
Settings are registered for on the mode dial
128
SET
Set the mode dial to
Recording using registered custom set
When changing the menu settings
Setup menu Custom menu
Playback Mode
Recording Mode
Face RECOG. only works when the AF Mode is set to š
Taking a Picture with Face Recognition Function
131
Face Settings
Point of recording when registering the face images
MENU/SET
132
Select item with 3/4, and then press MENU/SET
HIGH/NORMAL/LOW
Setting Auto Registration/Sensitivity
133
Auto Registration
134
Add the picture, and then press MENU/SET
NEW Person
Display the entry screen
Entering Text
135
For details on REC Mode menu settings, refer to P62
Using the REC Mode Menu
136
Photo Style
137
Press 4 to select Custom setting and then press MENU/SET
Picture Size
138
Aspect Ratio
Face Recog
139
Quality
140
Metering Mode
Quick AF
OFF/ON Note
Flash
141
RED-EYE Removal
Flash Synchro
Resolution
Flash Adjust
142
Dynamic Intelligent dynamic range control
ISO Limit SET
143
ISO Increments
Long Shtr NR
144
145
SELF-TIMER
Color Space
Stabilizer
146
Using the Motion Picture Mode Menu
REC Mode
When MP4 is selected
When Avchd is selected
147
REC Quality
148
Picture Mode
Continuous AF
Wind CUT
149
Adjust the sound input level to 4 different levels
MIC Level Disp
MIC Level ADJ
150
Using the Custom Menu
Position can be set by dragging the histogram
CUST. SET MEM
OFF Position can be set by dragging the on the guide line
151
White saturated areas appear blinking in black and white
This does not affect the recorded image
AE/AF/AF/AE
152
AF Assist Lamp
153
AF+MF
MF Assist
154
Enables/disables the motion picture button
It will switch to Intelligent Auto Mode by pressing
155
This will set the display style of the LCD monitor
156
Set whether or not to display the dial operation guide
157
About the Burst Picture Group
Playing Back Burst Pictures
158
Continuously playing back burst pictures
159
Operations during Burst Picture Group playback
Drag horizontally to transfer between images
160
Editing Burst Pictures
Favorite Print SET Protect
161
2D/3D Settings
Using the Playback Mode Menu
Playback methods for the 3D pictures can be switched
162
Setup
Changing the slide show settings
163
Operations performed during slide show
Recording information Scene Modes
Playback Mode
164
Single Multi
165
Title Edit
Text Stamp
166
Press Press 3/4 to select OK and then press MENU/SET
Press 3/4 to select the settings, and then press MENU/SET
167
Video Divide
168
169
Multi setting
Resize
Press 2/1 to select the picture, and then press Menu
Rear dial right Enlargement Rear dial left Reduction
170
Cropping
Aspect Conv
171
Press 2/1 to select the picture and then press MENU/SET
172
ROTATE/ROTATE Disp
173
When Multi has been selected
Favorite
Press 2/1 to select Press 3/4/2/1 to
Print SET
174
Single Multi MENU/SET
Press 2/1 to select Press 3/4/2/1 to Picture
To print the date
175
Protect
176
Face REC Edit
177
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Enjoying 3D pictures
Taking 3D pictures
3D picture
179
REC Mode menu
Functions that cannot be used during 3D recording
Aspect ratio Picture size
Functions that cannot be set/do not work with 3D pictures
180
Playing back 3D pictures
Saving 3D pictures Copying to a PC
181
182
Playing Back Pictures on a TV Screen
Connect the camera and a TV
To connect with an Hdmi mini cable optional
183
What is the Viera Link Hdmi Hdavi Control?
Using Viera Link Hdmi
184
SUB Menu
185
Automatic input switching
Other linked operations Turning the power off
186
Saving the Recorded Still Pictures and Motion Pictures
Copy by inserting the SD card into the recorder
File formats that can be used JPEG, Avchd
187
Copy the playback image using an AV cable
Install PHOTOfunSTUDIO to the PC Connect camera to PC
Copying to a PC using PHOTOfunSTUDIO
Copy the images to a PC using PHOTOfunSTUDIO
188
PC that can be used
Connecting to a PC
189
Press 3/4 to select PC, and then press MENU/SET
190
Operate the PC
Preparations Turn on the camera and the PC
Desktop
191
192
Printing the Pictures
Press 3 to select Print Start and then press MENU/SET
193
Print with Date
194
NUM. of Prints
You can set the number of prints up to
195
When printing different pictures on 1 sheet of paper
Paper Size
Layout Layouts for printing that can be set with this unit
Optional Live Viewfinder
Optional accessories
196
Monitor priority
197
198
Using the dedicated flash DMW-FL220 optional
External Flash optional
External flash Slow Sync
Protector/Filter optional
199
AC adaptor optional/DC coupler optional
200
Remote Shutter optional
201
Recording Recording in Program AE Mode Initial setting
LCD Monitor Display
202
Recording after settings
Playback
203
Detailed information display
Histogram display
204
About dirt on the image sensor
205
Dust reduction function
Removing dirt on the image sensor
About the Lens
206
About the LCD monitor/Optional Live Viewfinder
207
208
Card
209
Do not bend or drop the card
About the personal information
210
When not using the camera for a long period of time
About the picture data
About tripods or unipods
211
Message Display
Read ERROR/WRITE Error Please Check the Card
Memory Card Parameter ERROR/THIS Memory Card Cannot be Used
212
Insert SD Card AGAIN/TRY Another Card
213
This Battery Cannot be Used
Battery and power source
Troubleshooting
214
Recording
215
Bright spot not in subject is recorded
216
You cannot compensate the exposure
Subject cannot be locked. AF tracking not possible
Motion pictures
217
Lens
218
Flash
Flash is not activated
LCD monitor/Optional Live Viewfinder
219
Picture is not played back There are no recorded pictures
220
Playback
TV, PC and printer
221
Viera Link does not work
222
Card is not recognized by the PC
Card is not recognized by the PC. Sdxc memory card is used
Others
223
File numbers are recorded with previously used numbers
224
File numbers are not recorded consecutively