Panasonic Digital Camera Dmc Gx85 Owners Manual For Advanced Features

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3. Recording Modes
Registering your preferred settings (Custom Mode)
Recording Mode: 
Up to 3 sets of current camera settings can be registered using [Cust.Set Mem.]. 
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Initial setting of the Program AE Mode is registered as the cus tom settings initially.
Preparations:
Set in advance the Recording Mode you wish to save and select t he desired menu 
settings on the camera.
Select the menu.  (P54)
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The following menu items are not registered as custom settings.
Registering Personal Menu...

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 You can easily call up the settings you have registered using [Cust.Set Mem.].
Set the mode dial to [ ].
•The custom set you used last time will be called up.
∫To change a custom set
1Set the mode dial to [ ].2Press [MENU/SET] to display the menu.3Press  2/1  to select the custom setting you want to use, and then press [ MENU/
SET].
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Saving of the selected custom settings is displayed on the screen.
∫ Changing the registered content
Registered contents do not change when the menu...

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4.  Focus, Brightness (Exposure) and 
Color tone Settings
Adjusting Focus Automatically
By setting the optimum Focus Mode or Auto Focus Mode for the subject or recording 
condition, you can let the camera automatically adjust focus in  various scenes.
1Set the [Focus Mode] to [AFS], [AFF] or [AFC].
•The Focus Mode will be set. (P95)
2Press 2 ().
3Press  2/1 to select AF Mode and then press 
[MENU/SET].
•The Auto Focus Mode will be set.  (P97)
4Press the shutter button halfway.
•Auto Focus will be...

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•If you zoom in/out after focusing on a subject, the focus may lose its accuracy. In that case, 
re-adjust the focus.
•When the Focus Mode is set to [AFF] or [AFC].
–A beep will be emitted when focus is first achieved during the  pressing halfway.–If AF Mode is set to [Custom Multi], such as [ ] or [ ], the AF a rea is displayed for a 
moment only when focus is achieved for the first time by pressi ng the shutter button halfway.
Subjects and...

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Applicable modes: 
The method for achieving focus when the shutter button is pressed halfway is set.
Focus Mode (AFS/AFF/AFC)
> [Rec] > [Focus Mode]
ItemScene (recommended)
[AFS]
(Auto Focus 
Single) Subject is still
(Scenery, anniversary photograph, etc.)
“AFS” is an abbreviation of “Auto Focus Single”.
Focus is set automatically when the shutter button is 
pressed halfway. Focus will be fixed while it is pressed 
halfway.
[AFF]
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•[AFF] and [AFC] are not available in the following situations. In this case, the display will 
change to the yellow [AFS].
–Creative Video Mode
–When recording with [ ] ([4K Burst(S/S)]) of the 4K Photo functi on–In low light situations•In Panorama Shot Mode, [AFF] and [AFC] cannot be set.
•When the interchangeable lens (H-H020A) is used, [AFF] and [AFC ] cannot be set.•[AFF] is not available when recording 4K photos. [Continuous AF] works...

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Applicable modes: 
This allows the focusing method that suits the positions and number of the subjects to be 
selected.
Auto Focus Mode
([Face/Eye 
Detection]) The camera automatically detects the person’s face 
and eyes.
An eye closer to the camera will be in focus, while 
the exposure will be optimized for the face.
(When [Metering Mode] is set to [ ])•Up to 15 faces can be detected. Eyes that can be 
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∫Restrictions on Auto Focus Mode
•The AF Mode is fixed to [Ø ] in the following cases.–When using the Digital Zoom
–[Miniature Effect] (Creative Control Mode)•Setting cannot be made during recording in [Post Focus] or when  [4K Live Cropping] is set.
([Face/Eye Detection])
•It cannot be set to [ š] in the following cases.–[Clear Nightscape]/[Cool Night Sky]/[Warm Glowing Nightscape]/[ Artistic Nightscape]/
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When the camera detects a face, the AF area and the mark 
indicating the eye to be in focus are displayed.
AThe eye to be in focus
Yellow:
When the shutter button is pressed halfway, the frame turns 
green when the camera is focused.
White:
Displayed when more than one face is detected. Other faces 
that are the same distance away as faces within the yellow AF a reas are also focused.
∫ Changing the eye to be in focus
Touch the eye to be in...

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Selecting from 49 AF areas, you can freely set the optimum shape of the AF area for the 
subject.
1Press  2 ().
2Select a Custom Multi icon ([ ], etc.), and press 3.3Press  2/1  to select a setting.A The current shape of the AF area
4Press  4.
•AF area setting screen is displayed.
5Select AF areas.
•The selected AF areas are displayed in yellow.
Setting the shape of the AF area ([Custom Multi])
([Horizontal 
Pattern]) Horizontal line
This shape...