Panasonic G6 Manual

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Recording Motion Picture
This camera can record full high definition motion pictures compatible with the AVCHD 
format or motion pictures recorded in MP4.
Audio will be recorded in stereo.
1Start recording by pressing the motion picture 
button.
A Elapsed recording time
B  Available recording time
•Recording of motion picture appropriate for each mode is 
possible.
•The recording state indicator (red)  C will flash while 
recording motion pictures.
•If approximately 1 minute elapses without an...

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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
¢1
B Without information
C With information (tilt sensor display)¢1
D Without information (tilt sensor...

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([ ] viewfinder style)
•Screen will switch as follows:
(Example of display on viewfinder)
G With information (detailed information)
¢
HWith information
I With information (detailed information
, tilt sensor display)¢
JWith information (tilt sensor display)
¢ 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]. (P97)
•If approximately 1 minute elapses without...

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Displaying/not displaying the histogram
Position can be set by dragging the histogram.
•
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...

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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...

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Playing Back Pictures/Motion Pictures
1Press [(].
2Forward or rewind the image by dragging the 
screen horizontally.
Forward: drag from right to left
Rewind: drag from left to right
•
It is also possible to forward or rewind the image by 
pressing  2/1 of the cursor button.
•Speed of picture forwarding /rewinding changes depending on the playback status.•You can forward or rewind pictures continuously by keeping your finger on the left or 
right sides of the screen after forwarding/rewinding a...

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∫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.
Switch to picture select operation by pressing the 
rear dial during Playback Zoom, and select 
pictures by touching [ ]/[ ].
•It is also possible to forward or rewind the image by pressing  2/
1  of the cursor button.
Using the Playback Zoom
Enlarging (or reducing) a picture by pinching out 
(or pinching in)...

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Displaying multiple screens (Multi Playback)
To u c h  [ ] .
•It is possible to switch the playback screen by touching the 
following icons.
–[ ]: 1 screen
–[ ]: 12 screens
–[ ]: 30 screens
–[ ]: Calendar screen display
•Playback screen can also be switched by rotating the rear dial.•Playback screen can also be switched by sliding the function 
lever.
•The screen can be switched gradually by dragging the screen up 
or down.
•Pictures displayed using [ ] cannot be played back.
∫To return to...

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•The recording date of the picture selected in the playback screen becomes the date selected 
when the Calendar screen is first displayed.
•If there are multiple pictures with the same recording date, the first picture recorded on that day 
is displayed.
•You can display the Calendar between January 2000 and December 2099.
•If the date is not set in the camera, the recording date is set as January 1st, 2013.•If you take pictures after setting the travel destination in [World Time], the pictures...

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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 touch [ ] in the middle 
of the screen.
A Motion 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...