Panasonic Digital Camera Dmc Gm5 Owners Manual

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Displaying a picture right after it is taken
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When [Duration Time] is set to [HOLD], [Playback Operation Prio rity] is fixed to [ON].
Press the motion picture button to start and stop recording a motion picture.
Start recording by pressing the motion picture 
button.
•Release the motion picture button right after you press it.
Stop the recording by pressing the motion 
picture button again.
> [Custom]  > [Auto Review]
[Duration Time]
Set the length of time that the...

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Select the mode by rotating the mode dial.
•Rotate the mode dial slowly to select the desired mode.
Mode dial (Selecting a Recording Mode)
Intelligent Auto Mode (P75)
The subjects are recorded using settings automatically selected  by the 
camera.
Intelligent Auto Plus Mode  (P83)
Allows you to adjust the brightness and color hue when in Intel ligent Auto 
Mode.
Program AE Mode  (P85)
Records at the aperture value and shutter speed set by the came ra....

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There are 2 ways to operate the rear dial, rotating left or right, and deciding by pressing.
Rotating:
Selection of items or setting of values is performed during the  various settings.
Pressing:
Operations that are the same as [MENU/SET] button, such as dete rmine settings, 
etc., are performed during the various settings.
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This owner's manual describe operations of the rear dial as fol lows:
Rear Dial
e.g.: When rotating the rear dial to the left 
or...

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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...

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Press [DISP.] to switch the information displayed on the 
screen.
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You can select between [ ] (monitor style) and [ ] (viewfinder style) for each of the 
monitor and the viewfinder display screen using [Monitor Disp. Style] and [LVF Disp.Style] in 
the [Custom] menu.
([ ] monitor style)
•Screen will switch as follows:
(Example of monitor display)
¢ 1 Histograms are displayed when the [Histogram] of the [Custom]  menu is set to [ON].
It is also possible to display...

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([ ] viewfinder style)
•Screen will switch as follows:
(Example of display on viewfinder)
¢ Histograms are displayed when the [Histogram] of the [Custom] m enu is set to [ON]. (P47)
It is also possible to display the Exposure meter by setting th e [Expo.Meter] of the [Custom] 
menu to [ON].  (P86)
•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...

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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...

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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...

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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]  (P50) in the [Custom] menu is set to [ON].
¢ 4 If no operation is performed for...

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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  (P161) referring to the histogram  (P47) and 
then taking the picture again. It may result in a better 
quality...