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
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B Without information
C With information (tilt sensor display)¢1
D Without information (tilt sensor display)
E On-monitor recording information¢2
F Turned off
¢ 1 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)
¢ 2 It is displayed when the [Monitor Info. Disp.] of the [Custom] menu is set to [ON].  (P73)
Settings can be adjusted directly by touching each of the items displayed on the screen.
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([ ] viewfinder style)
•Screen will switch as follows:
(Example of display on viewfinder)
G With information (detailed information)
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I With information (detailed information
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¢ 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 an oper ation being performed, part of the display will 
disappear. Press [DISP.] or touch the monitor to make the display reappear.
Switching the display method of the monitor
[]:  viewfinder style
[]:  monitor style
Switching the display method of the viewfinder
[]:  viewfinder style
[]:  monitor style
[MENU]
>[Custom] >[Monitor Disp. Style]
[MENU] >[Custom] >[LVF Disp.Style]
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Displaying/not displaying the histogram
Position can be set by dragging the histogram.
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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 is other than [ n0] during Exposure Compensation or 
in the Manual Exposure Mode
–When the flash is activated
–When suitable exposure is not achieved with the flash closed–When the brightness of the screen is not correctly displayed in dark places•The histogram is an approximation in the Recording Mode.
•The histogram displayed in this camera does not match histograms displayed by picture editing 
software used in PCs etc.
Displaying/not displaying the guide lines
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The guide lines are not displayed in [Panorama Shot] in Scene Guide Mode.
When [ ] is set, the position can be set by dragging [ ] on the 
guide lines.
•
When it is difficult to move the guide line on the screen edge by touch 
operation, use the cursor button to set the position.
Displaying/not displaying the on-monitor recording information screen
[MENU]
>[Custom] >[Histogram] >[ON]/[OFF]
[MENU] >[Custom] >[Guide Line] >[ ]/[ ]/[ ]/[OFF]
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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 tilt, there may still be an error of approximately ± 1°.•When a function button is set to [Level Gauge], the tilt sensor display can be switched on/off by 
pressing the function button.
Not available in these cases:
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Tilt sensor display may not be displayed correctly when this unit is in motion.•When tilted significantly upwards or downwards to record, the tilt sensor display may not be 
displayed correctly, and the Direction Detection Function  (P62) may not work correctly.
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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 on the playback status.
∫To finish playback
Press [
(] again, press the motion picture button or press the shutter button 
halfway.
Not available in these cases:
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This camera complies with the DCF standard “Design 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.
Playing Back Pictures
2 : Play back the previous picture
1 : Play back the next picture
Switching the speed for forwarding or rewinding pictures continuously
[MENU] >[Custom] >[Touch Scroll] >[H] (High speed)/[L] (Low speed)
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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 enlarge/reduce the image by pinching out/pinching in  (P16) on the part you want 
to enlarge/reduce.
∫ 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.
Forward or rewind images by rotating the front dial during Playback Zoom.
•Images can also be forwarded or rewound by setting the image 
forward/rewind operation by pressing the rear dial during 
Playback Zoom, and then touching [ ]/[ ] or pressing the 
cursor button  2/1 .
Using the Playback Zoom
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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 [ ] in the middle of the screen allows you to play back motion pictures.
∫Operations during Motion Picture Playback
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Control panel disappears after approximately 2 seconds if no operation is performed. Touch the 
screen to redisplay the control panel.
¢ The fast forward/rewind speed increases if you press  1/2 again.
•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 “ PHOTOfunSTUDIO ” 
software on the CD-ROM (supplied).
•Motion pictures recorded with [Miniature Effect] in Creative Control Mode play back at 
approximately 10 times speed.
Playing Back Motion Pictures
3Play/Pause4St op
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Frame-by-frame rewind
(while pausing)Frame-by-frame forward
(while pausing)
Rear dial
(left)Reduce volume levelRear dial(right)Increase volume level
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Press [DISP.] to switch the monitor screen.
•Screen will switch as follows:
A With information
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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, sequential 
playback, panorama playback or a slide show.
¢ 3 This is displaye d if [Highlight] (P79) in the [Custom] menu is set to [ON].
¢ 4 If no operation is performed for a number of seconds, [ ] and other touch icons will 
disappear.
•Histogram is displayed in R (red), G (green), B  (blue), and Y (luminance) during the playback.
Changing the information displayed on the playback screen
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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.
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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 while in Multi Playback, Calendar 
Playback, or Playback Zoom.
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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
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[Delete Confirmation] in the [Playback] menu enables you to set which option on 
the delete confirmation screen, [Yes] or [N o], will be highlighted first. The default 
setting is [No].  (P264)
•A single picture can be deleted directly by pressing the function button to which 
[Delete Single] has been set.   (P50)
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