Panasonic Digital Camera Dmc Gx1 Owners Manual For Advanced Features

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Tips for taking good pictures
Hold the camera gently with both hands, keep 
your arms still at your side and stand with your 
feet slightly apart.
•Do not cover the flash or the AF assist lamp A with your 
fingers or other objects.
•Be careful not to move the camera when you press the shutter 
button.
•When taking pictures, make sure your footing is stable and 
there is no danger of colliding with another person, an object 
etc.
•Using the Optional Live Viewfinder, you can adju st the...

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Applicable modes: 
Taking a Still picture
Press [AF/MF].
Touch the Focus Mode to select.
•You can also select a Focus Mode by continuously pressing 
[AF/MF]. When you press the shutter button halfway, the 
camera is set to the selected Focus Mode. This is convenient 
when, for example, you are using the Optional Live 
Viewfinder. 
How to set focus when taking  a still picture (AFS/AFF/AFC)
AF/MF 

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•Select the Focus Mode according to the movement of the subject and the scene you are 
recording.
•When recording using [AFF], [AFC]–It may take time to focus on the subject when operate the zoom from Wide to Tele or 
suddenly change the subject from a distant one to a nearby one.
–Press the shutter button halfway again when it is difficult to focus on the subject.–While the shutter button pressed halfway, shake may be seen on the screen.•Depending on the lens used, [AFF] and [AFC] may not...

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Touch [SET].
Press the shutter button halfway.
¢1 When AF Mode is set to [ ], the first AF area at which focus is achieved may be 
displayed momentarily while pressing halfway.
¢ 2 A beep will be emitted when focus is first achieved during the pressing halfway.
•When the brightness is insufficient for [AFF] or [AFC], the camera will operate as if 
[AFS] has been set. In this case, the display will change to the yellow [AFS].
Focus ModeAFS
FocusWhen the subject is 
focusedWhen the subject is...

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Note
•The focus range is different depending on the lens used.–When the interchangeable lens (H-PS14042) is used: 0.2 m (0.66 feet) (Wide to focal length 
20 mm) to  ¶, 0.3m (0.99feet) (focal length 21 mm to Tele) to  ¶
–When the interchangeable lens (H-FS014042) is used: 0.3 m (0.99 feet) to ¶
–When the interchangeable lens (H-H014) is used: 0.18 m (0.59 feet) to ¶
∫ Subjects and recording conditions which are difficult to focus
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Fast-moving subjects, extremely bright subjects or subjects...

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Just by touching the subject to focus, it will focus on the subject and take the picture 
automatically.
1Touch [ ].
2Touch [ ].
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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.
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AF area with same function as [Ø] in AF mode is 
displayed at the position you touch, and picture is taken 
when it is focused when the AF mode is set to [ š], [ ], [ ], or [ Ø].
•The position you...

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Press [DISP.] to change.
•You can select between [ ] (LCD monitor style) and [ ] 
(viewfinder style) for each of the LCD monitor and the Optional Live 
Viewfinder display screen using [LCD DISP.STYLE] and [LVF 
DISP.STYLE] in the [CUSTOM] menu.
[LVF DISP.STYLE] can only be selected when the Optional Live 
Viewfinder is attached.
([ ] LCD monitor style)
•Screen will switch as follows:
(Example of LCD monitor display)
A With information
¢
BWithout information
C With information (tilt sensor...

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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.] several times to display the tilt sensor.2Check the tilt of the camera.
A Horizontal direction:Correcting tilt to the leftBVertical 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 automatically switches to a 
vertically orientated display.
Note
•Even...

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Taking Pictures using the Automatic Function 
(Intelligent Auto 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.
Press [¦].
•The camera will switch to either the most recently used of Intelligent 
Auto Mode or Intelligent Auto Plus Mode.  (P42) At the time of 
purchase, the mode is set to Intelligent Auto Mode.
•[¦] button will light up when it is...

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∫Scene Detection
When the camera identifies the optimum scene, the icon of the scene 
concerned is displayed in blue for  2 seconds, after which its color 
changes to the usual red.
When taking pictures
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.  (Face Detection)
•If a tripod is used, for...