Panasonic Digital Camera Dmc Gf6 Owners Manual For Advanced Features

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Recording Motion Picture
This camera can record full high definition motion pictures compatible with the AVCHD 
format or motion pictures recorded in MP4.
Audio will be recorded in stereo.
1Start recording by pressing the motion picture 
button.
A Elapsed recording time
B  Available recording time
•Recording of motion picture appropriate for each mode is 
possible.
•The recording state indicator (red)  C will flash while 
recording motion pictures.
•If approximately 1 minute elapses without an...

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Switching the Information Displayed on the 
recording screen
AWith information¢
BWithout information
¢ Histograms are displayed when the [Histogram] of the [Custom] menu is set to [ON].
It is also possible to display the Exposure meter by setting the [Expo.Meter] of the [Custom] 
menu to [ON]. (P87)
•If approximately 1 minute elapses without an oper ation being performed, part of the display will 
disappear. Press [DISP.] or touch the monitor to make the display reappear.
Press [DISP.] to...

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Displaying/not displaying the histogram
Position can be set by dragging the histogram.
•
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...

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Playing Back Pictures/Motion Pictures
1Press [(].
2Forward or rewind the image by dragging the 
screen horizontally.
Forward: drag from right to left
Rewind: drag from left to right
•
It is also possible to forward or rewind the image by 
pressing  2/1 of the cursor button.
•It is also possible to forward or rewind the image by rotating the control dial.•Speed of picture forwarding /rewinding changes depending on the playback status.
•You can forward or rewind pictures continuously by keeping...

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Using the Playback Zoom
Enlarging (or reducing) a picture by pinching out 
(or pinching in) (P16) the screen.
•You can also enlarge/reduce the picture by moving the function 
lever.
•When you change the magnification, the zoom position indication 
A appears for about 1 second.
•The more a picture is enlarged, the more its quality deteriorates.•You can move the enlarged part by dragging  (P16) the screen.
•You can also enlarge (2 k) the image by double-touching the part you want to enlarge. If...

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•The recording date of the picture selected in the playback screen becomes the date selected 
when the Calendar screen is first displayed.
•If there are multiple pictures with the same recording date, the first picture recorded on that day 
is displayed.
•You can display the Calendar between January 2000 and December 2099.•If the date is not set in the camera, the recording date is set as January 1st, 2013.
•If you take pictures after setting the travel destination in [World Time], the pictures...

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This unit was designed to play motion pictures using the AVCHD, MP4 and QuickTime 
Motion JPEG formats.
In Playback Mode, select a picture with the motion 
picture icon ([ ]) and touch [ ] in the middle 
of the screen.
A Motion picture recording time
•After playback starts, the elapsed playback time is displayed on 
the screen.
For example, 8 minutes and 30 seconds is displayed as 
[8m30s].
•Some information (recording information, etc.) is not displayed for motion pictures recorded in...

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You can create a single still picture from a recorded motion picture.
1Touch [ ] during Motion Picture playback.
2To u c h  [ ] .
•Confirmation screen is displayed. It is executed when 
[Yes] is selected.
•It will be saved with [Picture Size] set to [S] (2 M), [Aspect Ratio] set to [16:9], and [Quality] set 
to [›].
•Still pictures created from a motion picture may be coarser than with normal picture quality.
•[ ] is displayed during playback of still  pictures created from motion pictures.
Not...

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Touch the group picture icon ([ ] or [ ]).
•The same operation can be performed by pressing 3 of the cursor buttons.•When playing back group pictures one at a time, options are displayed.
∫ Operations during Group Pictures playback
1Touch the group display icon ([ ] or [ ]).
•
The same operation can be performed by pressing  4 of 
the cursor buttons.
2Drag horizontally to transfer between images.
•
Touch [ ] or press  4 again to return to the normal playback screen.
•Each picture in a group can...

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Press [DISP.] to switch the monitor screen.
•Screen will switch as follows:
A With information
¢1
B Detailed information display¢2 (P294)
C Histogram display¢2 (P294)
D Without information (Highlight display)¢1, 2, 3, 4
E Without information¢4
¢1 If approximately 1 minute elapses without an  operation being performed, part of the display 
will disappear. Press [DISP.] or touch the monitor to make the display reappear.
¢ 2 Not displayed while using the playback zoom or during motion picture...