Panasonic Digital Camera Dmc Gx1 Owners Manual For Advanced Features

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Playing Back Pictures/Motion Pictures
Press [(].
Forward 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.
•Speed of picture forwarding /rewinding changes depending on the playback status.•You can forward or rewind pictures continuous ly 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.
Note
•
This camera complies with the DCF standard “D esign 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 other camera may not be able to play back on this unit.
Playing Back Pictures 
						

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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 rotating the rear dial.•Switch the screen by touching [3]/[4] if these are displayed on 
the slide bar.
•Screen can be switched by dragging the slide bar up or down.
A Slide bar
•The screen can be switched gradually by dragging the screen 
up or down  (P11).
•Pictures displayed using [ ] cannot be played back.
∫To return to Normal Playback
Touch the picture to select.
CAL
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Note
•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, 2011.•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)
Touch [ ] on the Multi Playback screen.
To u c h  [ 3]/[4] 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.
Select the date you wish to play back, and then touch [SET].
Touch the picture you wish to play back.
•To return to the calendar screen display, turn the rear dial left or touch [ ].
CAL
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∫Switching the displayed image while maintaining the Playback Zoom
You can switch the displayed image while maintaining the same zoom magnification and 
zoom position for the Playback Zoom.
Switch to picture select operation by 
pressing the rear dial during Playback 
Zoom, and select pictures by touching
 
[]/[].
•It is also possible to forward or rewind the image by pressing 
2/ 1 of the cursor button.
•The zoom position returns to the center in the following 
images.
–Images with different aspect ratios–Images with different numbers of recorded pixels–Images with a different rotation direction (when [ROTATE DISP.] is set to [ON])
Using the Playback Zoom
Touch the part to enlarge firmly.
1k > 2k> 4k> 8k > 16kA The zoom position indication•You can also enlarge/reduce the picture by rotating the rear 
dial.
•The more a picture is enlarged, the more its quality 
deteriorates.
•You can move the enlarged part by dragging  (P11) the image.•Picture will return to the original size (1k) by touching [ ].•When you touch [ ] , the magnification becomes lower.
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Press [DISP.] to switch the monitor screen.
•Screen will switch as follows:
A With information
B Detailed information display
¢1 (P203)
C Histogram display¢1 (P203)
D Without information (Highlight display)¢1, 2
E Without information
¢ 1 It is not displayed during the Playback Zoom, while playing back a motion picture, or during 
slide show.
¢ 2 This is displayed if [HIGHLIGHT]  (P151) in the [CUSTOM] menu is set to [ON].
•Histogram is displayed in R (red), G (green), B (blue), and Y (luminance) during the playback.
Changing the information displayed on the playback screen
DISP.
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100-0001
F3.5
60
P10:00  DEC. 1.2011s
RGB
AFS160
0WB
WBISO
ISOAWB
STD.
STD.
STD.F3.5 60
1/98ISO1600100-000160
60
60
F3.5
F3.5
F3.50
0AWB
AWB
AWB
1/98
1/98
1/98L
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The motion picture file formats that can be played back on this unit are AVCHD recorded 
on a Panasonic Digital Camera (LUMIX) (excluding AVCHD Progressive), MP4, and 
QuickTime Motion JPEG.
Playing Back Motion PicturesPress [( ].
Select a picture with a Motion Picture icon ([ ] ) 
and then touch [ ] to play back.
A Motion picture icon
B The 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 to allows you to play back motion pictures.
Display at the right of the screen while playing back corresponds to  3/4 /2/ 1 on the 
cursor button.
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∫Operations performed during Motion Picture Playback1Display control panel by touching screen.
•If no operation is performed for 2 second s, it will return to original status.2Operate control panel by touching.
Note
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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 “QuickTime” or the 
“PHOTOfunSTUDIO” software on the CD-ROM (supplied).
•Motion pictures recorded with other camera may not be able to play back on this unit.•Motion pictures recorded with [MINIATURE EFFECT] in Creative Control Mode play back at 
approximately 10 times speed.
Play/PauseStop
Fast rewindFast forward
Frame-by-frame rewind
(while pausing)Frame-by-frame forward
(while pausing)
¢Reduce volume level¢Increase volume level
¢Not displayed when playing back motion pictures recorded with 
[MINIATURE EFFECT] in Creative Control Mode.
•About fast forward/rewind playback
–Touch [ ] during playback to fast forward (touch [ ] to fast rewind). The fast 
forward/rewind speed increases if you touch [ ]/[ ] again. (The display on the 
screen changes from [ 5] to [ ].)
–Touch [ ] to resume normal playback speed. 
						

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You can create a single still picture from a recorded motion picture.
Touch [ ] during Motion Picture playback using touch operation.
To u c h  [ ] .
•Confirmation screen is displayed. It is executed when [YES] 
is selected. 
Touch [ ] to exit Motion Picture playback after it is executed.
Note
•It will be saved with [PICTURE SIZE] set to [S] (2 M), [ASPECT RATIO] set to [ W], and 
[QUALITY] set to [ ›].
•Still pictures created from a motion picture may be coarser than with normal picture quality.•While recording [MP4], using [VGA], the ability to create still pictures is disabled.•You may not be able to save still pictures from a motion picture taken on other equipment.•[ ] is displayed during playback of still  pictures created from motion pictures.
Creating Still Pictures from a Motion Picture 
						

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Deleting Pictures
Once deleted, pictures cannot be recovered.
To delete a single picture
Select the picture to be deleted, and then touch 
[].
Touch [DELETE SINGLE].
•Confirmation screen is displayed.
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¢Burst group will be treated as a single picture. (A ll the pictures in the selected burst group will 
be deleted.)
Note
•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.•If pictures do not conform to the DCF standard or are protected, they will not be deleted even if 
[DELETE ALL] or [ALL DELETE EXCEPT Ü] is selected.
To delete multiple pictures (up to 100¢) or all the pictures
To u c h  [ ] .
Touch [DELETE MULTI] or [DELETE ALL].
•[DELETE ALL]  > Confirmation screen is displayed. 
Picture is deleted by selecting [YES].
•It is possible to delete all pictures except the ones set as favorite when 
[ ALL DELETE EXCEPT Ü] is selected with the [DELETE ALL] set.
(When [DELETE MULTI] is selected) Touch the 
picture to be deleted.
(repeat this step)
•[‚ ] appears on the selected pictures. Touching again cancels 
the setting.
(When [DELETE MULTI] is selected) Touch [OK].
•Confirmation screen is displayed.
Picture is deleted by selecting [YES].