Panasonic Digital Camera Dmc Gx8 Owners Manual For Advanced Features

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Owner’s Manual
for advanced features
Digital Camera
Model No.  DMC-GX8
SQW0326
F0715YD0
until 
2015/9/2
Message Display P362
Troubleshooting P378
Finding the information you need P2
Contents P6
Contents by Function P12
Menu list P367
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Finding the information you need
In this “Owner’s Manual for advanced features”, you can find the information you need 
from the following pages.
By clicking a page number, you can jump to the linked page and  quickly find the 
information.
Search from “Contents”
Click this icon to jump to “Contents”.P6
Search from the list of function namesP12
Search from the list  of buttons and dialsP17
Search from the list of screens and iconsP356
Search from “Message Display”P362
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∫ About the symbols in the text
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Description in this owner’s manual is based on the interchangea ble lens (H-FS14140).
About the indication of the...

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Quick Start Guide
If you want to start taking pictures now, refer to the steps for using the Intelligent Auto 
Mode as a guide. In Intelligent Auto Mode, you can leave the settings to the camera and 
take pictures easily.
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Attach the shoulder 
Strap.  (P23)
•Attach the other side of the 
shoulder strap.
2
Charge the battery.  (P24)
A: Plug-in type
B : Inlet type
3
Insert the card (optional)/the 
battery. (P31)
•Insert the battery all the way in until it 
clicks into place, paying attention to 
the...

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Turn the camera on and set the clock. 
(P40)
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Format the card (initialization). (P33)
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Set the mode dial to  [¦]. (P48)
•The settings of the main functions are adjusted 
automatically.
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Press the shutter button halfway 
to focus.
A Focus indication
•Once the subject is in focus, the focus 
indication is displayed.
Press the shutter button fully 
(push it in further), and take the 
picture.  (P46)
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Check the picture you have taken.
•The [Auto Review] function displays the picture you 
have just...

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Contents
Finding the information you need ..............................................................................2
How to use this manual ......................................... ....................................................3
Quick Start Guide .............................................. ........................................................4
Contents by Function ........................................... ...................................................12
1.  Before Use
Care of...

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3.  Recording Modes
Taking Pictures using the Automatic Function (Intelligent Auto Mode) ...................85
• Recording night scenes ([iHandheld Night Shot]) ................ ..........................88
• Combining pictures into a single picture with rich gradation  ([iHDR]).............89
• Taking a picture with a blurred background (Defocus Control) . ......................90
• Recording images by changing the brightness (Exposure) or col or tone .......91
• About Intelligent Auto Plus Mode and...

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5.  Focus and Brightness (Exposure) Settings
Adjusting Focus Automatically ..............................................................................140
• Selecting the Focus Mode (AFS/AFF/AFC) ....................... ..........................142
• Selecting the Auto Focus Mode ...................................................................144
• Setting up position of the AF area/changing size of the AF ar ea .................150
• Setting the AF area position with the Touch Pad .................

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8.  Stabilizer, Zoom and Flash
Image Stabilizer.....................................................................................................216
Taking Pictures with the Zoom .................................. ............................................220
• Raising the telescopic effect ................................ .........................................221
• Zooming using touch operations ............................... ...................................225
Taking Pictures with the...

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• [Time Lapse Video].......................................................................................275
• [Stop Motion Video] .......................................... ............................................275
• [Resize] ..................................................... ...................................................276
• [Cropping] .....................................................................................................278
• [Rotate]/[Rotate Disp.]...