Panasonic Digital Camera Dmc Gf7k Owners Manual For Advanced Features

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Rotating the control dial:
Selection of items or setting of values etc., is performed.
In this owner’s manual, turning the control dial is indicated as follows.
Control Dial
Displaying/not displaying the operation guide
>  [Custom]  > 
[Dial Guide] > [ON]/[OFF]
•When [ON] is set, the operation guide for dials, buttons, etc.  is 
displayed on the recording screen.
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Pressing the cursor button:
Selection of items or setting of values etc., is performed.
Pressing [MENU/SET]:
Confirmation of setting contents, etc., is performed.
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This owner’s manual expresses the up, down, left, and right of 
the cursor button as  3/4/2 /1.
Even when the camera is operated using the touch screen, it 
is possible to operate with the cursor button and [MENU/SET] 
button if a guide like the one shown on the right is displayed.
Even on menu screens etc. on which the guide is not 
displayed, you can make settings and selections by operating 
the buttons.
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By assigning [Cursor Button Lock] to a function button, you can  
disable the cursor buttons, the [MENU/SET] button, and the cont rol dial. (P59)
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Press [DISP.] to switch the information displayed on the 
screen.
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Screen will switch as follows:
¢ Histograms are displayed when the [Histogram] of the [Custom] m enu is set to [ON].
It is also possible to display the Exposure meter by setting th e [Expo.Meter] of the [Custom] 
menu to [ON].  (P85)
•If approximately 1 minute elapses without an operation being per formed, part of the display will 
disappear.
Press [DISP.] or touch the monitor to make the display reappear .
[DISP.] button (Switching the displayed information)
In Recording Mode
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Displaying/not displaying the histogram
You can set the position by pressing 3/4/2 /1.•Direct touch operation is also possible from the recording scre en.
•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 o ther under the 
following conditions, the histogram is displayed in orange.
–When adjusting the exposure or when the Manual Exposure Assista nce value in Manual 
Exposure Mode is other than “0”
–When the flash is activated–When suitable exposure is not achieved
–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 histogram s 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, guideline positions can be set by pressing  3/4/2/
1.
•You can also set the position directly by touching [ ] on the gu ideline 
of the recording screen.
>  [Custom]  > [Histogram]  > [ON]/[OFF]
>  [Custom]  > [Guide Line]  > [ ]/[ ]/[ ]/[OFF]MENU
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∫About the tilt sensor display
With the tilt sensor displayed, it is easy to correct the tilt  of the camera etc.
1Press [DISP.] to display the tilt sensor.2Check the tilt of the camera.
AHorizontal direction:
Correcting tilt to the left
B Vertical direction:
Correcting downward tilt
•When the tilt of the camera is little, the indicator changes to  green.
•When recording with a vertical orientation, the display automat ically switches to a 
vertically orientated display.
•Even after correcting the tilt, there may still be an error of  approximately n1°.•When a function button is set to [Level Gauge], the tilt sensor  display can be switched on/off by 
pressing the function button.
Not available in these cases:
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Tilt sensor display may not be displayed correctly when this un it is in motion.•When tilted significantly upwards or downwards to record, the t ilt sensor display may not be 
displayed correctly, and the Direction Detection Function  (P35) may not work correctly.
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•Screen will switch as follows:
¢ 1 If approximately 1 minute elapses without an operation being pe rformed, 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 p icture playback, sequential 
playback, panorama playback or a slide show.
¢ 3 This is displayed if [Highlight] in the [Custom] menu is set t o [ON].
¢ 4 If no operation is performed for a number of seconds, [ ] and o ther touch icons will 
disappear.
•Histogram is displayed in R (red), G (green), B (blue), and Y ( luminance) during the playback.
In Playback Mode
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Detailed 
information 
display
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Histogram 
display¢ 2
Without 
information  (Highlight 
display)
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Displaying/not displaying white saturated areas>  [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  (P156) referring to the histogram  (P44) and 
then taking the picture again. It may result in a better 
quality picture.
•This does not work while in Multi Playback, Calendar 
Playback, or Playback Zoom.
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Touch screen of this unit is capacitive. Touch the panel directly with your bare finger.
∫ Touch
To touch and release the touch screen.
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When selecting features using the touch screen, be sure to 
touch the center of the desired icon.
∫ Drag
A movement without releasing the touch screen.
This can also be used to move to the next image during 
playback, etc.
∫ Pinch (enlarge/reduce)
Pinch the touch screen apart (enlarge) or together 
(reduce) with two fingers.
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Touch the screen with the clean and dry finger.•If you use a commercially available monitor protection sheet, p lease follow the instructions that 
accompany the sheet.
(Some monitor protection sheets may impair visibility or operab ility.)
•Do not press on the monitor with hard pointed tips, such as ball point pens.•Do not operate with your fingernails.
•Wipe the monitor with dry soft cloth when it gets dirty with finger prints and others.•Do not scratch or press the monitor too hard.•For information about the icons displayed on the touch screen,  refer to “Monitor Display” on P318 .
Not available in these cases:
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The touch screen may not function normally in the following cas es.–When touched by a gloved hand
–When touched by a wet hand (water or hand cream, etc.)–When the touch screen is wet–When you use a commercially available monitor protect sheet
–When touched by multiple hands or fingers at the same time
Touch screen (Touch operations)
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Enabling/disabling the touch operation
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When set to [OFF], no corresponding touch tab or touch icon is  displayed on the screen.
> [Custom]  > [Touch Settings]
[Touch Screen] All touch operations.
When set to [OFF], only button and dial operations can be used.
[ON]/[OFF]
[Touch Tab]Operation to display the touch icons by touching tabs such as [
] displayed 
on the right of the screen.
[ON]/[OFF]
[Touch AF] Operation to optimize the focus or both the focus and brightnes
s for a 
touched subject.
[AF]  (P141) /[AF+AE]  (P144)/[OFF]
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Applicable modes: 
Just by touching the subject you want as your point of focus, the camera will focus on the 
subject and take the picture automatically.
∫ To cancel the Touch Shutter function
Touch [ ] .
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If shooting with the touch shutter fails, the AF area turns red  and disappears. In that case, try 
again.
•Measurement of brightness is performed on the spot touched when  the [Metering Mode] (P160) 
is set to [ ].
At the edge of the screen, the metering may be affected by the  brightness around the touched 
location.
Taking Pictures Using the Touch Function
Taking pictures using the Touch Shutter function
1Touch [ ].
2Touch [ ].
•Icon will change to [ ], and taking a picture with the 
Touch Shutter function becomes possible.
3Touch the subject you wish to focus on, and 
then take a picture.
•The picture is taken when the focus is achieved.
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