Panasonic DMCGX1EB Operating Guide

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Contents

Care of the camera ...................................5
Standard Accessories ...............................6
Names and Functions of Main Parts .........7
About the Lens ........................................13

Preparation

Changing the Lens ..................................14
Attaching the Shoulder Strap ..................17
Charging the Battery ...............................18

• Charging ...........................................18
• Approximate operating time and

number of recordable pictures ..........20

Inserting and Removing the Card (optional)/
the Battery...............................................23
About the Card ........................................24

• About cards that can be used with

this unit .............................................24

• Approximate number of recordable

pictures and available recording time .....26

Setting Date/Time (Clock Set).................27

Selecting the Recording Mode ................29
Tips for taking good pictures ...................31

• Detects orientation of camera

(Direction Detection Function) ..........31

Taking a Still picture................................32

• How to set focus when taking a still

picture (AFS/AFF/AFC).....................32

• Taking a Still picture..........................35
• Taking pictures using the Touch

Shutter function.................................36

• Switching the Information Displayed

on the recording screen ....................37

Taking Pictures using the Automatic
Function
(Intelligent Auto Mode) ............................39

• Recording using Intelligent Auto Plus

Mode .................................................42

Taking Pictures with Defocus Control
Function...................................................44
Taking Pictures with Your Favourite
Settings (Programme AE Mode) .............45
Recording Motion Pictures ......................47

• How to set focus when recording a

motion picture (Continuous AF) ........47

• Recording Motion Pictures ................48
• Recording still pictures while

recording motion pictures..................50

Playing Back Pictures/Motion Pictures....51

• Playing Back Pictures .......................51
• Changing the information displayed

on the playback screen .....................55

• Playing Back Motion Pictures............56
• Creating Still Pictures from a Motion

Picture...............................................58

Deleting Pictures .....................................59
Setting the Menu .....................................61

• Setting menu items ...........................62

Setting the Quick Menu ...........................64
About the Setup Menu.............................66

Optical Image Stabiliser ..........................74
Using the zoom .......................................76

• Zooming using touch operations .......77

Taking Pictures using the Built-in Flash .....78

• Switching to the appropriate flash

setting ...............................................79

Compensating the Exposure ...................83
Taking Pictures using Burst Mode...........84
Taking Pictures using Auto Bracket ........86
Taking Pictures with the Self-timer..........89
Taking Pictures with Auto Focus .............91
Taking Pictures with Manual Focus.........97
Fixing the Focus and the Exposure
(AF/AE Lock) .........................................101
Adjusting the White Balance .................103
Setting the Light Sensitivity ...................108