Panasonic Digital Camera Dmc Gx8 Owners Manual For Advanced Features

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•Rotate the front/rear dial to display the Exposure Meter. Unsuitable areas of the range are 
displayed in red.
•If the exposure is not adequate, the aperture value and the shutter speed turn red and blink 
when the shutter button is pressed halfway.
•We recommend using a tripod when the shutter speed is slow.•When you use a lens with an aperture ring, the aperture ring se tting takes priority.•When the flash is activated, the fastest shutter speed that can be selected is 1/250th...

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Applicable modes: 
The effects of aperture and shutter speed can be checked by using the Preview Mode.
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Confirm the effects of aperture:  You can check the depth of field (effective focus range) 
before taking a picture by closing the diaphragm blades to the  aperture value you set.
•Confirm the effects of shutter speed: Movement can be confirmed by displaying the actual 
picture that will be taken with that shutter speed.
When the shutter speed is set for high speed, display in...

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•It is possible to record while in Preview Mode.
•Range for shutter speed effect check is 8 seconds to 1/16000th of a second.
Not available in these cases:
•Preview Mode is not available when recording with [ ] ([4K Pre-B urst]) of the 4K Photo 
function.
Applicable modes: 
When the exposure setting is too bright or too dark, you can us e one push AE to achieve a 
suitable exposure setting.
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The exposure meter is displayed, and the aperture and shutter s peed are changed to give...

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Taking panorama pictures (Panorama Shot Mode)
Recording Mode: 
Consecutive photos taken while the camera is moved are combined to form a panorama.
1Set the mode dial to  [ ].
•After the screen that asks you to check the recording direction is displayed, the 
horizontal/vertical guidelines will be displayed.
2Press the shutter button halfway to focus.
3Press the shutter button fully and move the camera in a small c ircle 
in the direction of the arrow on the screen.
4Press the...

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∫Changing the recording direction and angle of view (image size)  of panorama 
pictures
>
 [Rec] >[Panorama Settings]
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The number of recording pixels in the horizontal and vertical directions of the panorama picture 
varies depending on the image size, the recording direction and the number of combined 
pictures.
The maximum number of pixels is shown below.
∫ Technique for Panorama Shot Mode
[Direction]
Sets the recording direction.
[ ] (left >  right)/[ ] (right  > left)/[ ]...

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∫About playback
Pressing  3 will start scrolling playback automatically in the 
same direction as the recording.
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The following operations can be performed during scrolling 
playback.
¢ When the playback is paused, you can scroll forwards and backwa rds by dragging the 
screen.
When the scroll bar is touched, the playback position jumps to  the touched position.
•The optimal speed for moving the camera varies depending on the lens being used.
•When the focal length is long, such...

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Taking Pictures with different image effects 
(Creative Control Mode)
Recording Mode: 
This mode records with additional image effects.
You can set the effects to add by selecting example images and checking them on the 
screen.
1Set the mode dial to  [ ].
2Press  3/4 to select the image effects 
(filters).
•The image effect of the selected example image will be 
applied in a preview display 
A.•You can also select the image effects (filters) by touching 
the example images.
3Press...

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∫Switching the image effect (filter) selection screen display
Press [DISP.] to switch the monitor screen.
•When the image effect selection screen display is set to the gu ide display, description of the 
selected image effect is displayed.
•If you select the [ ] tab on the menu screen, you can select 
the following menu items:
–[Filter Select]: Displays the image effect (filter) selection 
screen.
–[Simultaneous record w/o filter]: Allows you to set the camera 
to take a picture...

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The strength and colors of the effects can be easily adjusted to fit your preferences.
1Press 1 to display the setting screen.2Rotate the rear dial to set.
•The items that can be set differ depending on which 
Creative Control Mode is currently set.
For information on each image effect, refer to 
“Items that 
can be set”.
•Press [MENU/SET] to return to the recording screen.•When making the effect setting, [ ] is displayed on the 
screen.
•If you do not change the settings, select...

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∫Change the settings by using the touch screen
1 Touch [ ].
2 Touch the item you want to set.
[ ]: Adjusts an image effect
[ ]: Defocus level
3Drag the slide bar to set.
•Press [MENU/SET] to return to the recording screen.
For details on “Creative Control Mode” settings, refer to  P107.
This effect emphasizes the color to make a pop art picture.
This effect gives a faded image.
[Expressive] Items that can be set
Freshness Understated colors Pop colors
[Retro]
Items that can be set...