Panasonic Digital Camera Dmc Gf6 Owners Manual For Advanced Features

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Displaying/not displaying white saturated areas
[MENU] >[Custom] >[Highlight] >[ON]/[OFF]
When the Auto Review function is activated or when playing back, white saturated areas 
appear blinking in black and white.
This does not affect the recorded image.
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If there are any white saturated areas, we 
recommend compensating the exposure towards 
negative  (P138) referring to the histogram (P63)  and 
then taking the picture again. It may result in a better 
quality picture.
•This does not work...

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Deleting Pictures
Once deleted, pictures cannot be recovered.
•Pictures that are not in the DCF standard or those that are protected cannot be deleted.
¢ Picture groups are treated as a single picture. (All the pictures in the selected picture group 
will be deleted.)
To delete a single picture
1In Playback Mode, select the picture to delete 
and touch [ ].
•The same operation can be performed by pressing 
[].
2Touch [Delete Single].
•Confirmation screen is displayed.
Picture is deleted by...

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•Do not turn the camera off while deleting. Use a battery with sufficient battery power or the AC 
adaptor (optional).
•Depending on the number of pictures to be deleted, it may take some time to delete them.
3(When [Delete Multi] is selected) Touch the 
picture to be deleted. (repeat this step)
•[‚ ] appears on the selected pictures. Touching again 
cancels the setting.
4(When [Delete Multi] is selected) Touch [OK].
•Confirmation screen is displayed. 
Pictures are deleted by selecting [Yes].
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Selecting the Recording Mode
∫To select a Recording Mode with the mode dial
Select the mode by rotating the mode dial.
•Rotate the mode dial slowly to select the desired mode  A.
∫ To select Intelligent Auto Mode
Press [¦ ].
•[¦] button will light up when it is switched to Intelligent Auto 
Mode.
•The Recording Mode selected by the mode dial is disabled while 
the [¦] button is lit.
Intelligent Auto Mode  (P78)
The subjects are recorded using settings  automatically selected by the camera....

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Creative Video Mode (P198)
Records motion pictures with a manually set aperture value and shutter speed.
¢ You cannot take still pictures.
 Custom Mode  (P120)
Use this mode to take pictures wit h previously registered settings.
Panorama Shot Mode (P95)
This mode allows you to  take panorama pictures.
Scene Guide Mode (P99)
This mode allows you to take pictures that match the scene being recorded.
Creative Control Mode  (P108)
Record while checking the image effect.
Displaying/not displaying...

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Taking Pictures with Yourself Included [Self Shot]
Applicable modes: 
When wanting to include yourself in a picture, the Self Portrait Mode is set automatically 
by rotating the monitor.
1Rotate the monitor as shown in the 
figure.
2Touch the number of pictures to be 
recorded and one of the soft skin effect.
•When [Silky Skin] in Scene Guide Mode is set, the soft skin effect cannot be set.
•If [ ] is touched, recording with the Touch Shutter function (P60) also becomes 
available.
In Self...

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3Decide on your poses while looking at the monitor.
•The AF area is displayed around the subject’s face by the Face Detection function.
4Press the shutter button halfway to focus and 
then press it fully to take the picture.
•Countdown starts, and recording takes place when it 
ends. If multiple pictures are set to be recorded, the 
recording continues until the set number is reached.
•Look at the lens when recording.
•Be careful not to look at the light from the flash and the AF Assist Lamp...

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Taking Pictures using the Automatic Function 
(Intelligent Auto Mode)
Recording Mode: 
In this mode, the camera makes the optimal settings for the subject and scene, so we 
recommend it when you wish to leave the settings to the camera and record without 
thinking about them.
1Press [¦].
•The camera will switch to either the most recently used of 
Intelligent Auto Mode or Intelligent Auto Plus Mode. At the 
time of purchase, the mode is set to Intelligent Auto Mode.
•[¦] button will light up...

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∫Scene Detection
When taking pictures
¢ 1 Only when [ ] (AUTO) is selected.
¢ 2 When [Face Recog.] is set to [ON], [ ] will be  displayed for birthdays of registered faces 
already set only when the face of a person 3 years old or younger is detected.
When recording motion pictures
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[¦] is set if none of the scenes are applicable, and the standard settings are set.•When [ ], [ ] or [ ] is selected, the camera automatically detects a person’s face, and it 
will adjust the focus and exposure....

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∫About the flash
Flash mode is set to [ Œ] when the flash is closed, and [ ] (AUTO) when it is open. 
When the flash is open, the camera automatically sets [ ], [ ] (AUTO/Red-Eye 
Reduction), [ ], or [ ] to match the type of subject and brightness.
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Open the flash when the flash is to be used.  (P130)
•When [ ] or [ ] is set, Red-Eye Removal is enabled.•Shutter speed will be slower during [ ] or [ ].
∫Functions that work automatically and menu options which are disabled
The following...