Panasonic Digital Camera Dmc Gx7 Owners Manual For Advanced Features

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Switching the Information Displayed on the 
recording screen
Press [DISP.] to change.
•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)
A With information
¢1
B Without information
C With information (tilt sensor display)¢1
D Without information (tilt sensor...

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([ ] viewfinder style)
•Screen will switch as follows:
(Example of display on viewfinder)
G With information (detailed information)
¢
HWith information
I With information (detailed information
, tilt sensor display)¢
JWith information (tilt sensor display)
¢ Histograms are displayed when the [Histogram] of the [Custom] menu is set to [ON].
It is also possible to display the Exposure meter by setting the [Expo.Meter] of the [Custom] 
menu to [ON]. (P90)
•If approximately 1 minute elapses without...

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Displaying/not displaying the histogram
Position can be set by dragging the histogram.
•
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 other under the 
following conditions, the histogram is displayed in orange.
–When the Manual Exposure Assistance...

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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.
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.
•Even after correcting the...

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Playing Back Pictures/Motion Pictures
1Press [(].
2Press  2/1.
•If you press and hold  2/1, you can play back the 
pictures in succession.
•Pictures can also be forwarded or rewound  by rotating the front dial or dragging the 
screen horizontally.
•You can forward or rewind pictures continuously by keeping your finger on the left or 
right sides of the screen after forwarding/rewinding a picture.
(Pictures are displayed reduced in size)
•Speed of picture forwarding /rewinding changes depending...

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Rotate the rear dial right.
1k 2k 4k 8k 16k
•When you change the magnification, the zoom position 
indication  A appears for about 1 second.
•The more a picture is enlarged, the more its quality deteriorates.•You can move the enlarged part by pressing  3/4 /2/ 1 of the 
cursor button or dragging the screen.  (P16)
•You can also enlarge (2k) the image by double-touching the 
part you want to enlarge. If you double-touch the enlarged 
image, the magnification is reset to 1 k.
•You can also...

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This unit was designed to play motion pictures using the AVCHD, MP4 and QuickTime 
Motion JPEG formats.
In Playback Mode, select a picture with the motion 
picture icon ([ ]), and then press  3 to play back.
AMotion 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].
•Touching [...

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Press [DISP.] to switch the monitor screen.
•Screen will switch as follows:
A With information
¢1
B Detailed information display¢2
C Histogram display¢2
D Without information (Highlight display)¢1, 2, 3, 4
E Without information¢4
¢1 If approximately 1 minute elapses without an  operation being performed, 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 picture playback,...

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Displaying/not displaying white saturated areas
[MENU] >[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.
•
If there are any white saturated areas, we 
recommend compensating the exposure towards 
negative  (P166) referring to the histogram (P73)  and 
then taking the picture again. It may result in a better 
quality picture.
•This does not work...

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Deleting Pictures
Once deleted, pictures cannot be recovered.
•Pictures that are not in the DCF standard or those that are protected cannot be deleted.
1In Playback Mode, select the picture to delete 
and then press [ ].
•The same operation can be performed by touching 
[].
2Press 3 to select [Delete Single] and then 
press [MENU/SET].
•Confirmation screen is displayed.
Picture is deleted by selecting [Yes].
To delete a single picture
•
[Delete Confirmation] in the [Playback] menu enables you to...