Panasonic Digital Camera Dmc Gf5 Owners Manual

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Note
•There are functions that cannot be set or used depending on the modes or menu settings being 
used on the camera due to the specifications.
(When operating buttons)
Press  3/4/2 /1 of the cursor button or rotate the 
control dial to select the menu, and press [MENU/SET].
Touch the menu item.
•The explanation  A for the touched menu item is 
displayed.
•The page can be changed by touching [ ]/[ ].
(When operating buttons)
Press  3/4 of the cursor button or rotate the control 
dial to...

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∫Close the menu
Touch [ ] or press the shutter button halfway.
(When operating buttons)
Press [ ].
∫ Switching to other menus
e.g.: Switching to the [Setup] menu from [Rec] menu
Touch [ ] or another of the menu toggle icons  A.
•Select a menu item next and set it.
(When operating buttons)
1
Press 2 of the cursor button.2Press  4 of the cursor button or rotate the control dial to select the [Setup] 
menu icon [ ].
3Press  1 of the cursor button.
A 

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You can set the background for the menu screen according to your preferences. You can 
also set one of the recorded still images as the background on the top menu screen.
1Press [MENU/SET] to display the top menu.
2Touch [Background Image].
3Touch the item.
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Touch [From internal memory], [Registered image] or [No static image] to change to the 
selected background.
4(When [From SD card] is selected) Drag the screen 
horizontally and select an image.
5(When [From SD card] is selected) Touch...

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1Select [Menu Background] on the [Setup] menu. (P60)
2Select and touch background color.
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Exit the menu after it is set.
Setting the menu screen background 

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Setting the Quick Menu
By using the Quick Menu, some of the menu settings can be easily found.
•The features that can be adjusted using Quick Menu are determined by the mode or a display 
style the camera is in. Items that cannot be used are displayed in gray.
Press [Q.MENU/Fn1] to display the Quick Menu.
Touch the menu item.
•Menu item can be switched by touching [ ]/[ ].
Select and touch the setting.
Touch [Exit] to exit menu once the setting is completed.
Note
When [Touch Q.Menu] in...

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∫ Change the Quick Menu to your preferred item
Up to 10 items to be used can be setup  as Quick Menus. Set the menu items depending 
on the recording conditions, etc.
1Touch [ ].
2Select the menu in the top row and drag it to the 
bottom row.
A Items that can be set up as Quick Menus.
B Items that can be displayed in the Quick Menu screen.
•If there is no empty space in the bottom row, drag it into the 
menu item to be replaced.
New item can be set replacing the old item.
•When the item is...

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Perform these settings if you need to.
About the Setup Menu
[Clock Set], [Economy] and [Auto Review] are important items. Check their settings before 
using them.
For details on how to select the [Setup] menu settings, refer to P60.
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Refer to P27  for details.
•Touch [ ] if you are using Summer Time. (The time will move forward by 1 hour.) Touch 
again return to standard time.
•If you cannot find the travel destination in the areas displayed on the screen, set by the time 
difference from...

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•The number of days that have passed since the departure date can be printed out using the 
“ PHOTOfunSTUDIO ” bundled software on the CD-ROM (supplied).
•The travel date is calculated using the date in the clock setting and the departure date you set. 
If you set [World Time] to the travel destination, the travel date is calculated using the date in 
the clock setting and the travel destination setting.
•The travel date setting is memorized even if the camera is turned off.•On pictures...

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•Some subjects may appear differently from actuality on the LCD monitor. However, this does 
not affect the recorded pictures.
•The brightness of the pictures displayed on the LCD monitor is increased so some subjects 
may appear differently from actuality on the LCD monitor. However, this does not affect the 
recorded pictures.
•The LCD monitor automatically returns to standard brightness if no operations are performed 
for 30 seconds when recording in [MODE1]. It will light up brightly...

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•Press the shutter button halfway or turn the camera off and on to cancel [Sleep Mode].•To turn the LCD monitor on again, press any button or touch the LCD monitor.•[Sleep Mode] does not work in the following cases.–When using the AC adaptor (optional)–When connecting to a PC or a printer–When recording or playing back motion pictures–During a slide show•When [Live View Mode] is set to [ECO] the image quality on the recording screen may be 
worse than when it is set to [NORMAL], but this...