Panasonic Digital Camera Dmc Gx7 Owners Manual For Advanced Features

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Image and Picture Quality Settings
¢ Displayed only when [Monochrome] is selected.
•Registered settings are memorized even if the camera is turned off.•If you adjust the picture quality, [ _] is displayed beside the Photo Style icon on the screen.•Color can be changed by [Saturation] when [Monochrome] is selected.
3Press [MENU/SET].
∫ Registering settings to [Custom]
Adjust the picture quality following step 
2 of “Adjusting the picture quality”, and 
then press 
[DISP.].•Confirmation screen is...

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Image and Picture Quality Settings
Adjusting Bright/Dark Portions [Highlight Shadow]
Applicable modes: 
You can adjust the brightness of bright and dark portions on an image while checking the 
brightness on the screen.
1Select the menu.
2Press 2/1 to select the item.
3Rotate the front/rear dial to adjust the 
brightness of bright/dark portions.
A Bright portion
B Dark portion
C Preview display
•The rear dial is for adjusting dark areas, and the front dial 
is for adjusting bright areas.
•To register...

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Image and Picture Quality Settings
•The screen display can be switched by pressing [DISP.] on the brightness adjustment screen.
•Settings registered to  / / will be stored even after this unit is turned off.•Turning off this unit will return the setting adjusted with  / / back to the default 
setting.
•Those menu items are shared by the [Rec] menu and the [Motion Picture] menu. When the 
setting for either of the two is changed, the setting for the other is also changed.
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HIGH LIGHT
SHADOW...

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Adjusting the White Balance
Applicable modes: 
In sunlight, under incandescent lights or in other such conditions where the color of white 
takes on a reddish or bluish tinge, this item adjusts to the color of white which is closest to 
what is seen by the eye in ac cordance with the light source.
1Press 1 ().
2Select the White Balance by rotating the rear 
dial.
3Press the rear dial to set.
¢It will operate as [AWB] during motion picture recording.
ItemRecording...

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Image and Picture Quality Settings
•The White Balance is only calculated for subjects within the range of the camera’s flash. (P217)•The White Balance setting is memorized even if the camera is turned off. (However, the White 
Balance setting for a Scene Mode returns to [AWB] when the Scene Mode is changed.)
•In the Scene Guide Modes listed below, White Balance is fixed to [AWB].–[Backlit Softness]/[Relaxing Tone]/[Distinct Scenery]/[Bright Blue Sky]/[Romantic Sunset 
Glow]/[Vivid Sunset...

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Image and Picture Quality Settings
Set the White Balance value. Use to match the condition when taking photographs.
1Press 1 ().2Rotate the rear dial or front dial to select [ ] or [ ] and then press  3.
3Aim the camera at a sheet of white paper etc. so that 
the frame in the center is filled by the white object 
only and then press [MENU/SET].
•
White Balance may not be set when the subject is too bright or too dark. Set the White Balance 
again after adjusting to appropriate brightness.
You can set...

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Image and Picture Quality Settings
You can finely adjust the White Balance when you cannot acquire the desired hue by 
setting the White Balance.
1Select the White Balance and then press4.
2Press 3/4/2/1 to fine-adjust the White Balance.
•You can also make fine adjustments by touching the White 
Balance graph.
•Pressing [DISP.] resets the position back to the center.
3Press [MENU/SET].
•
If you finely adjust the White Balance to [A] (amber), the White Balance icon on the screen will 
change to...

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Image and Picture Quality Settings
Bracket setting is performed based on the adjustment values for the White Balance fine 
adjustment, and 3 pictures with different co lors are automatically recorded when the 
shutter button is pressed once.
1Fine-adjust the White Balance in step 2 of “Finely 
adjusting the White Balance” and then perform the 
bracket setting by rotating the rear dial.
Rotating the rear dial to the right: Horizontal ([A] to [B])
Rotating the rear dial to the left: Vertical ([G] to...

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Image and Picture Quality Settings
Setting the Picture Quality and Size
Applicable modes: 
This allows you to select the aspect ratio of the pictures to suit printing or the playback 
method.
•
The ends of the recorded pictures may be cut at printing so check before printing.  (P369)
Not available in these cases:
•Not available with [Panorama Shot] in Scene Guide Mode.
Applicable modes: 
Set the number of pixels. The higher the numbers of pixels, the finer the detail of the 
pictures will appear even...

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Image and Picture Quality Settings
•When [Ex. Tele Conv.] (P211) is set, [ ] is displayed on the picture sizes of each aspect ratio 
except for [L].
•The picture size will be fixed to [S] when [Burst Rate] is set to [SH].
Not available in these cases:
•Not available with [Panorama Shot] in Scene Guide Mode.
Applicable modes: 
Set the compression rate at which the pictures are to be stored.
¢ 1 If you delete a RAW file from the camera, the corresponding JPEG image will also be 
deleted.
¢ 2 It is...