User manual
Table Of Contents
- Finding the information you need
- How to use this manual
- Quick Start Guide
- Contents
- Contents by Function
- 1. Before Use
- 2. Getting Started/Basic Operations
- Attaching the Shoulder Strap
- Charging the Battery
- Inserting and Removing the Card (optional)/ the Battery
- Attaching/Removing the Lens
- Opening the Monitor/Adjusting the Monitor
- Setting Date/Time (Clock Set)
- Basic Operations
- Tips for taking good pictures
- Using the Viewfinder
- Shutter button (Taking pictures)
- Motion picture button (Recording motion pictures)
- Mode dial (Selecting a Recording Mode)
- Front Dial/Rear Dial
- Cursor buttons/[MENU/SET] button
- [DISP.] button (Switching the displayed information)
- Touch screen (Touch operations)
- Taking Pictures Using the Touch Function
- Setting menu items
- Calling frequently-used menus instantly (Quick Menu)
- Assigning frequently used functions to the buttons (function buttons)
- Configuring basic settings of this unit (Setup Menu)
- Entering Text
- 3. Recording Modes
- Taking Pictures using the Automatic Function (Intelligent Auto Mode)
- Recording night scenes ([iHandheld Night Shot])
- Combining pictures into a single picture with rich gradation ([iHDR])
- Taking a picture with a blurred background (Defocus Control)
- Recording images by changing the brightness (Exposure) or colour tone
- About Intelligent Auto Plus Mode and Intelligent Auto Mode
- Taking Pictures with Automatically Adjusted Aperture and Shutter Speed (Programme AE Mode)
- Taking Pictures by Specifying the Aperture/ Shutter Speed
- Taking panorama pictures (Panorama Shot Mode)
- Taking Pictures with different image effects (Creative Control Mode)
- Recording motion pictures with manually set aperture value/shutter speed (Creative Video Mode)
- Registering your preferred settings (Custom Mode)
- Taking Pictures using the Automatic Function (Intelligent Auto Mode)
- 4. Picture Quality and Colour Tone Settings
- Adjusting the Picture Quality by Adding an Effect ([Photo Style])
- Recording Images with Image Effects ([Filter Settings])
- Adjusting Bright/Dark Portions ([Highlight Shadow])
- Adjusting the White Balance
- Setting the Picture Quality and Size
- Using Image Correction Functions
- Compensating the contrast and exposure ([i.Dynamic])
- Raising the resolution ([i.Resolution])
- Combining pictures with different exposures ([HDR])
- Reducing the long shutter noise ([Long Shtr NR])
- Correcting the brightness on the screen periphery ([Shading Comp.])
- Raising the resolution when the aperture is closed ([Diffraction Compensation])
- Setting the colour space ([Color Space])
- 5. Focus and Brightness (Exposure) Settings
- 6. Shutter and Drive Settings
- 7. Functions Customised for Various Subjects and Purposes
- Taking Pictures Automatically at Set Intervals ([Time Lapse Shot])
- Creating Stop Motion Pictures ([Stop Motion Animation])
- Making Multiple Exposures on One Picture ([Multi Exp.])
- Disabling Operational Sounds and the Output of Light at once ([Silent Mode])
- Taking Pictures with the Face Recognition Function ([Face Recog.])
- Recording Profiles of Babies and Pets on Images
- Using screens and displays suitable for recording
- Recording while monitoring camera images
- 8. Stabiliser, Zoom and Flash
- 9. Recording Motion Pictures
- 10. Playing Back and Editing Images
- 11. Using the Wi-Fi/NFC Function
- What you can do with the Wi-Fi function
- Wi-Fi function/NFC Function
- Controlling with a Smartphone/Tablet
- Installing the smartphone/tablet app “ Image App ”
- Connecting to a smartphone/tablet
- Taking images via a smartphone/tablet (remote recording)
- Playing back images in the camera
- Saving images stored in the camera
- Sending images in the camera to an SNS
- Adding location information to images stored in the camera from a smartphone/tablet
- Combining motion pictures recorded with Snap Movie according to your preference on a smartphone/tablet
- Displaying pictures on a TV
- Sending images
- Sending images to a smartphone/tablet
- Printing Wirelessly
- When sending images to AV device
- When sending images to PC
- Using Web services
- Registering to the “LUMIX CLUB”
- About Connections
- [Wi-Fi Setup] Menu
- 12. Connecting to other equipment
- 13. Others
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3. Recording Modes
∫ Changing the recording direction and angle of view (image size) of panorama
pictures
>
[Rec]>[Panorama Settings]
•
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)/[ ] (bottom > top)/[ ] (top >
bottom)
[Picture
Size]
Sets the angle of view (image size).
[STANDARD]: Gives priority to the image quality.
[WIDE]: Gives priority to the angle of view.
•
When the same angle of view is recorded, [STANDARD] results in a larger
number of recording pixels.
Image size Recording direction
Horizontal
Resolution
Vertical Resolution
[STANDARD]
Horizontal 8176 pixels 1920 pixels
Vertical 2560 pixels 7680 pixels
[WIDE]
Horizontal 8176 pixels 960 pixels
Vertical 1280 pixels 7680 pixels
A Move the camera in the recording direction
without shaking it.
If the camera shakes too much, pictures
may not be able to be recorded, or the
recorded panorama picture may become
narrower (smaller).
B Move the camera towards the edge of the
range you wish to record.
(The edge of the range will not be
recorded in the last frame)
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