User manual
Table Of Contents
- Finding the information you need
 - How to use this manual
 - 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)
 - Card Information
 - Attaching/Removing the Lens
 - Setting Date/Time (Clock Set)
 - Basic Operations
 - Adjust the angle of the monitor
- 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)
 - Entering Text
 
 - 3. Recording Modes
- Taking Pictures using the Automatic Function (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 that match the Scene being recorded (Scene Guide 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)
 
 - 4. Focus, Brightness (Exposure) and Colour tone Settings
 - 5. 4K Photo and Drive Settings
- Recording 4K Photos
 - Selecting pictures from 4K burst file and saving
 - Selecting a focus point after recording ([Post Focus])
 - Select a Drive Mode
 - Taking Pictures While Adjusting a Setting Automatically (Bracket Recording)
 - Taking Pictures Automatically at Set Intervals ([Time Lapse Shot])
 - Creating Stop Motion Pictures ([Stop Motion Animation])
 
 - 6. Stabiliser, Zoom and Flash
 - 7. Recording Motion Pictures
 - 8. Playing Back and Editing Images
 - 9. Using Menu Functions
 - 10. Using the Wi-Fi function
- What you can do with the Wi-Fi function
 - Wi-Fi 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
 
 - 11. Connecting to other equipment
 - 12. Others
 
4. Focus, Brightness (Exposure) and Colour tone Settings
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Applicable modes: 
When [š], [ ], [Ø], or [ ] in Auto Focus Mode is selected, you can change the 
position and size of the AF area.
•
Perform the operation after cancelling the touch shutter function.
• You can also display the AF area setting screen by touching the recording screen. (When 
[Touch AF] of [Touch Settings] in the [Custom] menu is set to [AF])
• The spot metering target can also be moved to match the AF area when the [Metering Mode] 
(P194) is set to [ ].
Not available in these cases:
•
When using digital zoom, the position and size of the AF area cannot be changed.
Position and size of the AF area can be changed.
1 Press 2 ().
2 Select [š] or [Ø] and press 4.
•
AF area setting screen is displayed.
3 Change the position and size of the AF area.
4 Press [MENU/SET] to set.
•
AF area with the same function as [Ø] is displayed in the touched position, when the [š] 
is selected.
Setting of the AF area is cleared when [MENU/SET] is pressed or [ ] is touched.
Setting up position of the AF area/changing size of the AF area
When selecting [š], [Ø]
Button 
operation
Touch 
operation
Description of operation
3/4/2/1 Touching Moves the AF area.
Pinching out/in Enlarges/reduces the AF area in small steps.
s Enlarges/reduces the AF area in large steps.
[DISP.] [Reset]
Resets the AF area back to the centre.
• If you press the button again, the frame size will 
be reset to the default setting.










