Panasonic Digital Camera Dmc Gx8 Owners Manual For Advanced Features

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You can modify the pictures or information of an already registered person. You can also 
delete the information of the registered person.
1Press 3/4 to select [MEMORY] and then press [MENU/SET].2Press  3/4 /2 /1  to select the face image to edit or delete and then press 
[MENU/SET].
3Press  3/4  to select the item and then press [MENU/SET].
Change or delete the information for a registered person
[Info Edit] Changing the information of a
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Recording Profiles of Babies and Pets on 
Images
Applicable modes: 
If you set the name and birthday of your baby or pet in advance, you can record their name 
and age in months and years in the images.
You can display these at playback or stamp the recorded images  using [Text Stamp] (P271).
∫Setting [Age] or [Name]1Select the menu.  (P63)
2Press 3/4  to select [SET] and then press [MENU/SET].
3Press  3/4  to select [Baby1], [Baby2] or [Pet]...

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Using screens and displays suitable for 
recording
The center of the recording screen will be displayed as [+]. 
This is convenient for operating the zoom while keeping the 
subject at the center of the screen.
Settings: [ON]/[OFF]
Applicable modes: 
You can check areas that may be white saturated by displaying areas above a certain 
luminance level in a zebra pattern. You can also set the minimu m luminance level 
(brightness) to be processed...

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•If there are any white saturated areas, we recommend compensating the exposure towards 
negative  (P167) referring to the histogram  (P55) and then taking the picture.
•Displayed zebra patterns will not be recorded.•If you assign [Zebra Pattern] to [Fn Button Set]  (P70) in the [Custom] menu, each time you 
press the function button to which the setting is assigned, the  zebra pattern toggles as follows:
[Zebra 1] 
> [Zebra 2] > [OFF].
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Recording while monitoring camera images
Applicable modes: 
When using the HDMI output, you can take pictures while 
monitoring the camera image on a TV, etc.
Refer to P334 on how to connect with TV by using HDMI 
micro cable.
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The camera image is not output to the TV during motion picture 
recording.
∫ Switching the information displayed
You can change the display shown during HDMI output using [HDMI  Info Display (Rec)] 
(P81)  in [TV...

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8.  Stabilizer, Zoom and Flash
Image Stabilizer
The camera can activate either  the In-Lens Image Stabilizer or  In-Body Image Stabilizer, or 
it can activate both of them and reduce jitter even more effect ively. (Dual I.S.)
For motion picture recording, the 5-Axis Hybrid Image Stabilize r is available. It uses both 
the optical stabilizer of the lens and the electronic stabilize r of the camera’s sensor.
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The image stabilizers to be activated differ depending on your  lens. The icon for the...

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Applicable modes: 
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When using an interchangeable lens with O.I.S. switch (such as H-FS14140), stabilizer 
function is activated if the O.I.S. switch of the lens is set t o [ON]. ([ ] is set at the time of 
purchase)
1Select the menu. (P63)
2Press  3/4 to select the item and then press [MENU/SET].
•Exit the menu after it is set.
Preventing jitter (camera shake)
When the jitter alert [ ] appears, use [Stabilizer], a tripod, t he self-timer (P195) or the 
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1Select the menu. (P63)
2Select the focal length of your lens with 2/1.
•A focal length ranging from 8 mm to 1000 mm can be set.•Set a focal length written on the body of your lens, etc.•If the focal length setting for your lens is not found, select  a 
value close to the focal length of your lens.
•If your lens is a zoom lens, select a value according to the 
focal length at the time of recording.
3Press [MENU/SET].
∫ Registering a focal length
1Perform step 2 in...

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•The Image Stabilizer may produce operational sound or cause vibration during its 
operation, but these are not malfunctions.
•It is recommended to disable the Image Stabilizer when using a tripod. [ ] is displayed on the 
screen at that time.
•We recommend taking pictures with  the viewfinder when panning in [ ].
Not available in these cases:
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[ ] is not available in Panorama Shot Mode.
•The Dual I.S. and In-Body Image S tabilizer function is not available in the...

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Taking Pictures with the Zoom
Applicable modes: 
You can zoom-in to make people and objects appear closer or zoom-out to record 
landscapes, etc.
Optical zoom
T side: Enlarges distant subject
W side: Widens angle of view
Interchangeable lens 
with a zoom ring 
(H-FS14140/
H-HS12035/
H-FS1442A)Rotate the zoom ring.
Interchangeable lens 
that supports the 
power zoom 
(electrically operated 
zoom)
Move the zoom lever.
(The zoom speed varies depending on 
how far you move...