Panasonic Digital Camera Dmc Gx7 Owners Manual For Advanced Features

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Standard Accessories
Check that all the accessories are supplied before using the camera.
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The accessories and their shape will differ depending on the country or area where the camera 
was purchased.
For details on the accessories, refer to “Basic Owner’s Manual”.
•Battery Pack is indicated as battery pack or battery  in the text.
•Battery Charger is indicated as  battery charger or charger  in the text.•SD Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card and  SDXC Memory Card are indicated as card in the 
text.
•The card is optional.•Description in this owner’s manual is based on the interchangeable lens (H-H020A).•If any accessories are lost, customers in the USA and Puerto Rico should contact Panasonic’s 
parts department at 1-800-833-9626 and customers in Canada should contact 1-800-99-LUMIX 
(1-800-995-8649) for further information about obtaining replacement parts. 
						

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Names and Functions of Components
∫Camera body
1 Self-timer indicator  (P186)/
AF Assist Lamp  (P157)
2 Flash  (P217)
3 Sensor
4 NFC antenna [ ]  (P272)
5 Lens fitting mark (P22)
6 Mount
7 Lens lock pin
8 Lens release button  (P23)
9 Eye sensor (P63)
10 Eye Cup  (P372)
11 Viewfinder  (P63)
12 [LVF] button  (P63)/[Fn4] button  (P47)
13 Flash open lever  (P217)
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The flash opens, and recording with the flash 
becomes possible.
14 Focus mode lever  (P146, 158)
15 [AF/AE LOCK] button  (P164)
16 Rear dial (P18)
17 Touch screen/monitor  (P16)
18 [Q.MENU] button (P43) /[Fn1] button (P47)
19 [ (] (Playback) button  (P75)
20 [ ] (Delete/Cancel) button  (P80)/[Fn2] 
button  (P47)
21 [MENU/SET] button  (P19, 40)
22 [Wi-Fi] button  (P266)/[Fn3] button  (P47)
23 Wi-Fi
® connection lamp  (P266)
24 Cursor buttons  (P19)
3 /ISO button  (P174)
1 /WB (White Balance)  (P134)
2 /AF Mode button (P146)
4 /[Drive Mode] button (P178)
The following settings can be made with the [Drive Mode] button.
Single  (P65) /Burst  (P179) /Auto bracket  (P183) /Self-timer  (P186)
25 [DISP.] button (P71 , 78)
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Each time this is pressed, the display on the monitor is switched.26 Diopter adjustment lever  (P63)
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27 Stereo microphone (P237)
•Be careful not to cover the microphone with 
your finger. Doing so may make sound 
difficult to record.
28 Hot shoe (Hot shoe cover)  (P331)
29 Focus distance reference mark  (P163)
30 Shutter button  (P65)
31 Front dial (P18)
32 Mode dial (P69)
33 Motion picture button  (P231)
34 Status indicator  (P38)
35 Camera ON/OFF switch  (P38)
36 Tripod mount (P378)
•A tripod with a screw length of 5.5 mm 
(0.22 inch) or more may damage this unit if 
attached.
37 DC coupler cover
•When using an AC adaptor, ensure that the 
Panasonic DC coupler (optional) and AC 
adaptor (optional) are used.  (P333)
38 Release lever (P32)
39 Card/Battery door  (P32)
40 Shoulder strap eyelet  (P25)
•Be sure to attach the shoulder strap when 
using the camera to ensure that you will not 
drop it.
41 [AV OUT/DIGITAL] socket  (P316, 323,  325, 
326)
42 [HDMI] socket  (P315)
43 [REMOTE] socket  (P333)
44 Speaker  (P53)
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Be careful not to cover the speaker with your 
finger. Doing so may make sound difficult to hear.
45 Terminal cover •Open the monitor before opening the terminal cover.
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∫Lens
H-H020A
(LUMIX G 20 mm/
F1.7  II ASPH.) H-FS1442A
(LUMIX G VARIO 14 – 42 mm/
F3.5–5.6 
II ASPH./MEGA O.I.S.)
1 Lens surface
2 Focus ring  (P158)
3 Contact point
4 Lens fitting mark (P22)
5Tele
6Wide
7 Zoom ring (P210)
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The interchangeable lens (H-H02 0A) utilizes a lens drive system to rea lize a compact and 
bright F1.7 lens. As a result, sound and vibration may occur during focus operation, but this is 
not a malfunction.
•Operating sounds will be recorded when auto focus is performed during motion picture 
recording. It is recommended to record with [Continuous AF]  (P230) set to [OFF], if the sound 
of operation bothers you.  (P68) Also, it is not possible to set the Focus Mode to [AFC] or 
[AFF].   (P147)
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You can adjust the angle of the monitor/viewfinder.
Adjust the angle of the monitor/viewfinder.
•Be careful not to catch your finger, etc. in the monitor/viewfinder.•When adjusting the angle of the monitor/viewfinder, be careful not to apply too much 
force, as this may cause damage or malfunction.
•When not using this unit, close the monitor/viewfinder completely back to the original position.
∫Recording from a variety of angles
The monitor/viewfinder can be rotated to suit your needs. This is convenient as it allows 
you to take pictures from various angl es by adjusting the monitor/viewfinder.
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Do not cover the AF Assist Lamp with your fingers or other objects.
Monitor/Viewfinder
Taking pictures at a high angle Taking pictures at a low angle 
						

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Touch panel of this unit is capacitive. Touch the panel directly with your bare finger.
∫Touch
To touch and release the touch screen.
Use for selecting items or icons.
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When selecting features using the touch screen, be sure to 
touch the center of the desired icon.
∫ Drag
A movement without releasing the touch screen.
This is used to move the AF area, operate the slide bar, 
etc.
This can also be used to move to the next image during 
playback, etc.
∫ Pinch (enlarge/reduce)
Pinch the touch panel apar t (enlarge) or together 
(reduce) with two fingers.
Use to enlarge/reduce the played back images or AF 
area. Touch screen
Fn6 Fn6
Fn6 Fn5
Fn7
Fn8
Fn9
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•Touch the panel with the clean and dry finger.•If you use a commercially available monitor protection sheet, please follow the instructions that 
accompany the sheet. (Some monitor protection sheets may impair visibility or operability.)
•Do not press on the monitor with hard pointed tips, such as ball point pens.•Do not operate with your fingernails.•Wipe the monitor with dry soft cloth when it gets dirty with finger prints and others.
•Do not scratch or press the monitor too hard.•For information about the icons displayed on the touch screen, refer to “Monitor Display/
Viewfinder Display” on  P334.
Not available in these cases:
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The touch panel may not function normally in the following cases.
–When touched by a gloved hand–When touched by a wet hand (water or hand cream, etc.)–When the touch panel is wet
–When you use a commercially available monitor protect sheet–When touched by multiple hands or fingers at the same time
Enabling/disabling the touch operation
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When set to [OFF], no corresponding touch tab or touch icon is displayed on the screen.
[MENU] >[Custom] >[Touch Settings]
ItemDescription of settings
[Touch 
Screen]All touch operations. When set to [OFF] , only button and dial operations 
can be used.
[ON]/[OFF]
[Touch Tab]Operation to display the touch icons  by touching tabs such as [ ] 
displayed on the right of the screen.
[ON]/[OFF]
[Touch AF]Operation to optimize the focus or both the focus and brightness for a 
touched subject.
[AF]  (P153) /[AF+AE]  (P172)/[OFF]
[Touch Pad 
AF]Using the monitor as a touch pad when the viewfinder is in use.  (P64)
[EXACT]/[OFFSET]/[OFF] 
						

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There are 2 ways to operate the rear dial, rotating left or right, and deciding by pressing.
The front dial is operated by rotating it to the left or right.
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 determine settings, 
etc., are performed during the various settings.
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This owner’s manual describe operations of the rear dial/front dial as follows:
Allows you to set the aperture, shutter speed, and other settings when in  / / /  
modes.
¢Pressing the rear dial enables you to set the exposure compensation.
Rear Dial/Front Dial
e.g.: When rotating the rear dial to the left or right/
pressing the rear dial e.g.: When rotating the front 
dial to the left or right
Mode dialRear DialFront dial
  (P89) Program Shift
¢Program Shift
  (P92) Aperture value
¢Aperture value
  (P93) Shutter speed
¢Shutter speed
  (P94) Shutter speed Aperture value
Displaying/not displaying the operation guide
[MENU] >[Custom] >[Dial Guide] >[ON]/[OFF]
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When [ON] is set, the operation guide for dials, buttons, etc. is 
displayed on the recording screen.
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Setting the operation methods of the rear dial and front dial
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 express the up, down, left, and right of the 
cursor button as 3/4/2 /1.
Even when the camera is operat ed 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 screens etc. on which the guide is not 
displayed, you can make settings and selections by operating 
the buttons. [MENU] >[Custom] >[Dial Set.]
ItemDescription of settings
[Assign Dial (F/SS)]: Assigns the operations of the aperture value and shutter speed in 
Manual Exposure Mode.
[F SS]:
Assigns the aperture value to the front dial, and the shutter 
speed to the rear dial.
[SS F]:
Assigns the shutter speed to the front dial, and the aperture 
value to the rear dial.
[Rotation (F/SS)]: Changes the rotation direction of the dials for adjusting the 
aperture value and shutter speed.
[]/[]
[Exposure Comp.]: Assigns the Exposure Compensation to the front dial or rear dial 
so that you can directly adjust it.
[ ] (Front Dial)/[ ] (Rear Dial)/[OFF]
Cursor buttons/[MENU/SET] button 
						

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About the Lens
∫Micro Four Thirds™ mount specification lens
This unit can use the dedicated lenses compatible with 
the Micro Four Thirds System lens mount specification 
(Micro Four Thirds mount).
∫ Four Thirds™ mount specification lens
Lens with the Four Thirds mount specification can be 
used by using the mount adaptor (DMW-MA1: optional).
∫ Leica mount specification lens
When you use the M mount adaptor or R mount adaptor (DMW-MA2M, DMW-MA3R:  
optional), you can use Leica M Mount or  Leica R Mount interchangeable lenses.
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For certain lenses, the actual distance at which th e subject is in focus may differ slightly from 
the rated distance.
•When using a Leica lens mount adaptor, set [Shoot w/o Lens]  (P23) to [ON].