Panasonic G6 Manual

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Basic
You can create a single still picture from a recorded motion picture.
1Touch [ ] during Motion Picture playback.
2To u c h  [ ] .
•Confirmation screen is displayed. It is executed when 
[Yes] is selected.
•It will be saved with [Picture Size] set to [S] (2 M), [Aspect Ratio] set to [16:9], and [Quality] set 
to [›].
•Still pictures created from a motion picture may be coarser than with normal picture quality.
•[ ] is displayed during playback of still  pictures created from motion pictures.
Not...

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Touch the group picture icon ([ ], [ ], [ ]).
•The same operation can be performed by pressing 3 of the cursor buttons.•When playing back group pictures one at a time, options are displayed.
∫ Operations during Group Pictures playback
1Touch the group display icon ([ ], [ ], [ ]).
•
The same operation can be performed by pressing  4 of 
the cursor buttons.
2Drag horizontally to transfer between images.
•
Touch [ ] or press  4 again to return to the normal playback screen.
•Each picture in a...

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Basic
Press [DISP.] to switch the monitor screen.
•Screen will switch as follows:
A With information
¢1
B Detailed information display¢2
C Histogram display¢2
D Without information (Highlight display)¢1, 2, 3, 4
E Without information¢4
¢1 If approximately 1 minute elapses without an  operation being performed, part of the display 
will disappear. Press [DISP.] or touch the monitor to make the display reappear.
¢ 2 Not displayed while using the playback zoom or during motion picture playback,...

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Displaying/not displaying white saturated areas
[MENU] >[Custom] >[Highlight] >[ON]/[OFF]
When the Auto Review function is activated or when playing back, white saturated areas 
appear blinking in black and white.
This does not affect the recorded image.
•
If there are any white saturated areas, we 
recommend compensating the exposure towards 
negative  (P149) referring to the histogram (P74)  and 
then taking the picture again. It may result in a better 
quality picture.
•This does not work...

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Deleting Pictures
Once deleted, pictures cannot be recovered.
•Pictures that are not in the DCF standard or those that are protected cannot be deleted.
To delete a single picture
1In Playback Mode, select the picture to delete 
and touch [ ].
•The same operation can be performed by pressing 
[].
2Touch [Delete Single].
•Confirmation screen is displayed.
Picture is deleted by selecting [Yes].
•[Delete Confirmation] in the [Playback] menu enables you to set which option on 
the delete confirmation...

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¢Picture groups are treated as a single picture. (All the pictures in the selected picture group 
will be deleted.)
•Do not turn the camera off while deleting. Use a battery with sufficient battery power or the AC 
adaptor (optional).
•Depending on the number of pictures to be deleted, it may take some time to delete them.
To delete multiple pictures (up to 100¢) or all the pictures
1In Playback Mode, touch [ ].
2Touch [Delete Multi] or [Delete All].
•[Delete All]  > Confirmation screen is...

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Recording
Selecting the Recording Mode
∫To select a Recording Mode with the mode dial
Select the mode by rotating the mode dial.
•Rotate the mode dial slowly to select the desired mode  A.
∫ To select Intelligent Auto Mode
Press [¦ ].
•[¦] button will light up when it is switched to Intelligent Auto 
Mode.
•The Recording Mode selected by the mode dial is disabled while 
the [
¦] button is lit.
Intelligent Auto Mode  (P89)
The subjects are recorded using settings  automatically selected by the camera....

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Recording
Creative Video Mode (P217)
Records motion pictures with a manually set aperture value and shutter speed.
¢ You cannot take still pictures.
 Custom Mode  (P129)
Use this mode to take pictures wit h previously registered settings.
Panorama Shot Mode (P106)
This mode allows you to  take panorama pictures.
Scene Guide Mode (P110)
This mode allows you to take pictures that match the scene being recorded.
Creative Control Mode  (P119)
Record while checking the image effect.
Displaying/not...

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Recording
Taking Pictures using the Automatic Function 
(Intelligent Auto Mode)
Recording Mode: 
In this mode, the camera makes the optimal settings for the subject and scene, so we 
recommend it when you wish to leave the settings to the camera and record without 
thinking about them.
1Press [¦].
•The camera will switch to either the most recently used of 
Intelligent Auto Mode or Intelligent Auto Plus Mode. At the 
time of purchase, the mode is set to Intelligent Auto Mode.
•[¦] button will light up...

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Recording
∫Scene Detection
When taking pictures
¢ 1 Only when [ ] (AUTO) is selected.
¢ 2 When [Face Recog.] is set to [ON], [ ] will be  displayed for birthdays of registered faces 
already set only when the face of a person 3 years old or younger is detected.
When recording motion pictures
•
[¦] is set if none of the scenes are applicable, and the standard settings are set.•When [ ], [ ] or [ ] is selected, the camera automatically detects a person’s face, and it 
will adjust the focus and exposure....