Panasonic Digital Camera Dmc Gf7k Owners Manual For Advanced Features

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Rotating the control dial:
Selection of items or setting of values etc., is performed.
In this owner’s manual, turning the control dial is indicated as follows.
Control Dial
Displaying/not displaying the operation guide
>  [Custom]  > 
[Dial Guide] > [ON]/[OFF]
•When [ON] is set, the operation guide for dials, buttons, etc.  is 
displayed on the recording screen.
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Pressing the cursor button:
Selection of items or setting of values etc., is performed.
Pressing [MENU/SET]:
Confirmation of setting contents, etc., is performed.
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This owner’s manual expresses the up, down, left, and right of 
the cursor button as  3/4/2 /1.
Even when the camera is operated using the touch screen, it 
is possible to operate with the cursor button and [MENU/SET] 
button if a guide like the one shown on the right is displayed.
Even on menu screens...

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Press [DISP.] to switch the information displayed on the 
screen.
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Screen will switch as follows:
¢ Histograms are displayed when the [Histogram] of the [Custom] m enu is set to [ON].
It is also possible to display the Exposure meter by setting th e [Expo.Meter] of the [Custom] 
menu to [ON].  (P85)
•If approximately 1 minute elapses without an operation being per formed, part of the display will 
disappear.
Press [DISP.] or touch the monitor to make the display...

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Displaying/not displaying the histogram
You can set the position by pressing 3/4/2 /1.•Direct touch operation is also possible from the recording scre en.
•A histogram is a graph that displays brightness along the 
horizontal axis (black to white) and the number of pixels at each 
brightness level on the vertical axis.
It allows you to easily check a picture’s exposure.
A dark
B bright
•When the recorded picture and the histogram do not match each o ther under the...

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∫About the tilt sensor display
With the tilt sensor displayed, it is easy to correct the tilt  of the camera etc.
1Press [DISP.] to display the tilt sensor.2Check the tilt of the camera.
AHorizontal direction:
Correcting tilt to the left
B Vertical direction:
Correcting downward tilt
•When the tilt of the camera is little, the indicator changes to  green.
•When recording with a vertical orientation, the display automat ically switches to a 
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•Screen will switch as follows:
¢ 1 If approximately 1 minute elapses without an operation being pe rformed, 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 p icture playback, sequential 
playback, panorama playback or a slide show.
¢ 3 This is displayed if [Highlight] in the [Custom] menu is set t o [ON].
¢ 4 If no operation is performed for a...

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Displaying/not displaying white saturated areas>  [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.
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If there are any white saturated areas, we 
recommend compensating the exposure towards 
negative  (P156) referring to the histogram  (P44) and 
then taking the picture again. It may result in a better 
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Touch screen of this unit is capacitive. Touch the panel directly with your bare finger.
∫ Touch
To touch and release the touch screen.
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When selecting features using the touch screen, be sure to 
touch the center of the desired icon.
∫ Drag
A movement without releasing the touch screen.
This can also be used to move to the next image during 
playback, etc.
∫ Pinch (enlarge/reduce)
Pinch the touch screen apart (enlarge) or together 
(reduce) with two fingers.
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Enabling/disabling the touch operation
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When set to [OFF], no corresponding touch tab or touch icon is  displayed on the screen.
> [Custom]  > [Touch Settings]
[Touch Screen] All touch operations.
When set to [OFF], only button and dial operations can be used.
[ON]/[OFF]
[Touch Tab]Operation to display the touch icons by touching tabs such as [
] displayed 
on the right of the screen.
[ON]/[OFF]
[Touch AF] Operation to optimize the focus or both the focus and...

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Applicable modes: 
Just by touching the subject you want as your point of focus, the camera will focus on the 
subject and take the picture automatically.
∫ To cancel the Touch Shutter function
Touch [ ] .
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If shooting with the touch shutter fails, the AF area turns red  and disappears. In that case, try 
again.
•Measurement of brightness is performed on the spot touched when  the [Metering Mode] (P160) 
is set to [ ].
At the edge of the screen, the metering may be...