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 operation 
being performed, part of the display will disappear. Press 
[DISP.] or touch the monitor to make the display reappear.
•When recording a motion picture, do not cover the 
microphone with your fingers or other objects.
•Release the motion picture button right after you press it.
2Stop the recording by pressing the motion 
picture button again.
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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 change.
•Screen will switch as follows:
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Displaying/not displaying the histogram
Position can be set by dragging the histogram.
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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 is other than [ n0] during Exposure Compensation or 
in the Manual Exposure Mode
–When the flash is activated
–When suitable exposure is not achieved with the flash closed–When the brightness of the screen is not correctly displayed in dark places•The histogram is an approximation in the Recording Mode.
•The histogram displayed in this camera does not match histograms displayed by picture editing 
software used in PCs etc.
Displaying/not displaying the guide lines
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The guideline is not displayed in the Panorama Shot Mode.
•When [ ] is set, the position can be set by dragging [ ] on the 
guide lines.
•When it is difficult to move the guide line on the screen edge by touch 
operation, use the cursor button to set the position.
[MENU] >[Custom] >[Histogram] >[ON]/[OFF]
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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 your finger on the left or 
right sides of the screen after forwarding/rewinding a picture.
(Pictures are displayed reduced in size)
∫To finish playback
Press [(] again, press the motion picture button or press the shutter button 
halfway.
Not available in these cases:
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This camera complies with the DCF standard “Design rule for Camera File system” established 
by JEITA “Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association” and with Exif 
“Exchangeable Image File Format”. This camera can only display pictures that comply with the 
DCF standard.
•Pictures recorded with another camera may not be able to play back on this unit.
Playing Back Pictures
Switching the speed for forwarding or rewinding pictures continuously
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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 you 
double-touch the enlarged image, the magnification is reset to 1 k.
•When the control dial is rotated during Playback Zoom, the displayed picture can be switched 
while the zoom factor and zoom position of the Playback Zoom are maintained. 
Displaying multiple screens (Multi Playback)
To u c h  [ ] .
•It is possible to switch the playback screen by touching the 
following icons.
–[ ]: 1 screen
–[ ]: 12 screens
–[ ]: 30 screens
–[ ]: Calendar screen display
•Playback screen can also be switched by moving the function 
lever.
•Rotating the control dial will move the image selection cursor.
•The screen can be switched gradually by dragging the screen up 
or down.
•Pictures displayed using [ ] cannot be played back.
∫ To return to Normal Playback
Touch the picture.
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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 are 
displayed by the dates at the travel destination in Calendar Playback.
Displaying Pictures by Recording Date (Calendar Playback)
1Touch [ ] on the Multi Playback screen.
2Touch [ ]/[ ] to select the month to be played back.
•If there were no pictures recorded during a month, that 
month is not displayed.
•Touch [ ] to display the multi playback screen.
3Select the date you wish to play back, and then touch [Set].
4Touch the picture you wish to play back.
•To return to the calendar screen, perform one of the following operations.–Touch [ ]
–Move the function lever to the left.
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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 
[AVCHD].
•Pressing the cursor button  3 allows you to play back motion pictures.
∫Operations during Motion Picture Playback
•
When using a high capacity card, it is possible that fast rewinding may be slower than usual.
•To play back the motion pictures recorded by this unit on a PC, use the “ PHOTOfunSTUDIO ” 
software on the CD-ROM (supplied).
•Motion pictures recorded with [Miniature Effect] in Creative Control Mode play back at 
approximately 10 times speed.
Not available in these cases:
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Motion pictures recorded with other camera may not be able to play back on this unit.
Playing Back Motion Pictures
3 Play/Pause4St op
2Fast rewind
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1Fast forward
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Frame-by-frame rewind
(while pausing)Frame-by-frame forward
(while pausing)
Control 
dial
(left) Reduce volume levelControl 
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(right) Increase volume level
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Control panel disappears after approximately 2 seconds if no operation is performed. Touch 
the screen to redisplay the control panel.
¢ The fast forward/rewind speed increases if you touch [ ]/[ ] again.
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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 available in these cases:
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While recording [MP4], using [VGA/30p], the ab ility to create still pictures is disabled.•You may not be able to save still pictures from a motion picture taken on other equipment.
A picture group consists of multiple pictures. You can play back pictures in a group either 
continuously or one by one.
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You can edit or delete all pictures in a group at once. (For example, if you delete a picture 
group, all pictures in the group are deleted.)
•Pictures recorded on other cameras may not be recognized as a Picture Group. •Pictures will not be grouped if recorded without setting the clock.
Creating Still Pictures from a Motion Picture
Playing Back Group Pictures
[]:
A picture group consisting of pictures taken in the Burst Mode 
with the burst speed [SH].  (P164)
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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 [ ]).
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The same operation can be performed by pressing  4 of 
the cursor buttons.
2Drag horizontally to transfer between images.
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Touch [ ] or press  4 again to return to the normal playback screen.
•Each picture in a group can be treated same as normal pictures when they are played 
back. (Such as Multi Playback, Playback Zoom and deleting images)
Continuously playing back Group Pictures
[From the first picture]Pictures are played back continuous ly from the first picture of 
the group.
[From the current 
picture]Pictures are played back cont inuously from the picture being 
played back.
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(while pausing)Forward
(while pausing)
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Press [DISP.] to switch the monitor screen.
•Screen will switch as follows:
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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 playback, sequential 
playback, panorama playback or a slide show.
¢ 3 This is displaye d if [Highlight] (P71) in the [Custom] menu is set to [ON].
¢ 4 If no operation is performed for a number of seconds, [ ] and other touch icons will 
disappear.
•Histogram is displayed in R (red), G (green), B  (blue), and Y (luminance) during the playback.
Changing the information displayed on the playback screen
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