Panasonic Digital Camera Dmc Gf5 Owners Manual

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Playing Back Pictures/Motion Pictures
Press [(].
Forward 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 continuous ly by keeping your finger on the left or 
right sides of the screen after forwarding/rewinding a picture.
(Pictures are displayed reduced in size)
∫ To finish playback
Press [(] again, press the motion picture button or press the shutter button 
halfway.
Note
•
This camera complies with the DCF standard “D esign rule for Camera File system” established 
by JEITA “Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association” and with Exif 
“Exchangeable Image File Format”. This camera can only display pictures that comply with the 
DCF standard.
•Pictures recorded with another camera may not be able to play back on this unit.
Playing Back Pictures 
						

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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 control 
dial.
•Switch the screen by touching [ ]/[ ] if these are displayed on 
the slide bar.
•Screen can be switched by dragging the slide bar up or down.
A Slide bar
•The screen can be switched gradually by dragging the screen up 
or down.
•Pictures displayed using [ ] cannot be played back.
∫To return to Normal Playback
Touch the picture to select.
CAL
A 
						

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Note
•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, 2012.•If you take pictures after setting the travel destination in [World Time], the pictures are 
displayed by the dates at the travel destination in Calendar Playback.
Displaying Pictures by Recording Date (Calendar Playback)
Touch [ ] on the Multi Playback screen.
Touch [ ]/[ ] to select the month to be played 
back.
•If there were no pictures recorded during a month, that month is 
not displayed.
•Touch [ ] to display the multi playback screen.
Select the date you wish to play back, and then touch [Set].
Touch the picture you wish to play back.
•To return to the calendar screen display, turn the control dial or touch [ ].
CAL
CAL 
						

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Press [DISP.] to switch the monitor screen.
•Screen will switch as follows:
A With information
¢1
B Detailed information display¢2 (P193)
C Histogram display¢2 (P193)
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 LCD monitor to make the display reappear.
¢ 2 It is not displayed during the Playback Zoom, while playing back a motion picture, or during 
slide show.
¢ 3 This is displayed if [Highlight]  (P155) in the [Custom] menu is set to [ON].
¢ 4 If no operation is performed for a number of seconds, [ ] and other touch icons will 
disappear.
•Histogram is displayed in R (red), G (green), B (blue), and Y (luminance) during the playback.
Using the Playback Zoom
Touch the part you want to enlarge firmly.
1k > 2k> 4k> 8k > 16k
•You can also enlarge/reduce the picture by rotating the control dial.•When you change the magnification, the zoom position indication  A 
appears for about 1 second.
•The more a picture is enlarged, the more its quality deteriorates.•You can move the enlarged part by dragging  (P10) the screen.•Picture will return to the original size (1k) by touching [ ].
•When you touch [ ] , the magnification becomes lower.
Changing the information displayed on the playback screen
A
DISP.
  

2011.12.  1 10:0060
60 60
F3.5 F3.5 F3.50 0AWB
AWB
AWB
1/98
1/98
1/98
160160160
F3.5 60
1/98ISO1600100-0001100-0001
F3.5
60
P
s
RGB
AFS160
0WB
WBISO
ISOAWB
STD.
STD.
STD.10:00  DEC. 1.2012 
						

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The motion picture file formats that can be played back on this unit are AVCHD (excluding 
AVCHD Progressive) recorded on a Panasonic Digital Camera (LUMIX), MP4, and 
QuickTime Motion JPEG.
Press [(].
Select a picture with a Motion Picture icon ([ ] ) 
and then touch [ ] to play back.
A Motion picture icon
B The 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 [AVCHD].
•Pressing the cursor button  3 allows you to play back motion pictures.
Playing Back Motion Pictures
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∫Operations performed during Motion Picture Playback1Display control panel by touching screen.
•If no operation is performed for 2 second s, it will return to original status.2Operate control panel by touching these icons.
Note
•
When using a high capacity card, it is possible  that fast rewinding may be slower than usual.•To play back the motion pictures recorded by this unit on a PC, use the “ PHOTOfunSTUDIO ” 
software on the CD-ROM (supplied).
•Motion pictures recorded with other camera may not be able to play back on this unit.•Motion pictures recorded with [Miniature Effect] in Creative Control Mode play back at 
approximately 10 times speed.
Play/PauseStop
Fast rewindFast forward
Frame-by-frame rewind
(while pausing)Frame-by-frame forward
(while pausing)
¢Reduce volume level¢Increase volume level
¢Not displayed when playing back motion pictures recorded with [Miniature Effect] in 
Creative Control Mode.
•Display at the right of the screen while playing back corresponds to  3/4/2/1  on the 
cursor button.
•About fast forward/rewind playback
–Touch [ ] during playback to fast forward (touch [ ] to fast rewind). The fast 
forward/rewind speed increases if you touch [ ]/[ ] again. (The display on the 
screen changes from [ 5] to [ ].)
•Touch [ ] to resume normal playback speed. 
						

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You can create a single still picture from a recorded motion picture.
Touch [ ] during Motion Picture playback.
To u c h  [ ] .
•Confirmation screen is displayed. It is executed when [Yes] is 
selected. 
Touch [ ] to exit Motion Picture playback after it is executed.
Note
•It will be saved with [Picture Size] set to [S] (2 M), [Aspect Ratio] set to [ W], and [Quality] set 
to [ ›].
•Still pictures created from a motion picture may be coarser than with normal picture quality.•While recording [MP4], using [VGA], the ability to create still pictures is disabled.•You may not be able to save still pictures from a motion picture taken on other equipment.•[ ] is displayed during playback of still  pictures created from motion pictures.
Creating Still Pictures from a Motion Picture 
						

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Deleting Pictures
Once deleted, pictures cannot be recovered.
To delete a single picture
Select the picture to be deleted, and then 
touch [ ].
•The same operation can be performed by pressing 
[].
Touch [Delete Single].
•Confirmation screen is displayed.
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Note
•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.•If pictures do not conform to the DCF standard or are protected, they will not be deleted even if 
[Delete All] or [All Delete Except Favorite] is selected.
To delete multiple pictures (up to 100) or all the pictures
To u c h  [ ] .
Touch [Delete Multi] or [Delete All].
•[Delete All]  > Confirmation screen is displayed. 
Pictures are deleted by selecting [Yes].
•It is possible to delete all pictures except the ones set as favorite when  [All Delete 
Except Favorite]  is selected with the [Delete All] set.
(When [Delete Multi] is selected) Touch the 
picture to be deleted.
(repeat this step)
•[ ‚ ] appears on the selected pictures. Touching again cancels 
the setting.
(When [Delete Multi] is selected) Touch [OK].
•Confirmation screen is displayed. 
Pictures are deleted by selecting [Yes]. 
						

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Setting the Menu
This camera offers menu selections that allow you to customize its operation to maximize 
your picture taking experience.
In particular, the [Setup] menu contains some important settings relating to the camera’s 
clock and power. Check the settings of this menu before proceeding to use the camera.
You can set the menus using two types of oper ation - touch operations in which you touch 
the screen, and button operations in which you press the cursor button and rotate the 
control dials.
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If you set [Menu Resume]  (P159) in the [Custom] menu to [ON], the screen shows the last 
selected menu item when the camera was turned off.
It is set to [ON] at the time of purchase.
Press [MENU/SET].
•The top menu screen is displayed.
Setting menu items
Touch the menu icon.
Menu Description of settings
[Rec Mode]
 (P29) This menu is for setting the Recording Mode.
[Rec]
 
(P139  to 150) This menu lets you set the aspect ratio, number of pixels 
and other aspects of the pictures you are recording.
[Motion Picture]
 
(P151  to 153) This menu lets you set the [Rec Mode], [Rec Quality], 
and other aspects for motion picture recording.
[Custom]
 
(P154  to 159) Operation of the unit, such as displaying of the screen 
and button operations, can be set up according to your 
preferences. Also, it is possible to register the modified 
settings.
[Setup]
 
(P67  to 73) This menu lets you perform the clock settings, select the 
operating beep tone settings and set other settings 
which make it easier for you to operate the camera.
[Playback]
 
(P160  to 172) This menu lets you set the Protection, Cropping or Print 
Settings, etc. of recorded pictures.