Panasonic Dmc Fz1000 Owners Manual

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Recording Motion Picture
This camera can record full high definition motion pictures compatible with the AVCHD 
format or motion pictures recorded in MP4.
Audio will be recorded in stereo.
1Start recording by pressing the motion 
picture button.
A Elapsed recording time
B Available recording time
•Recording of motion picture appropriate for each mode is 
possible.
•The recording state indicator (red)  C will flash while 
recording motion pictures.
•If approximately 1 minute elapses...

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Selecting the Recording Mode
Switching the mode by rotating the mode dial.
•Rotate the mode dial slowly to select the desired mode.
Intelligent Auto Mode  (P75)
The subjects are recorded using settings  automatically selected by the camera.
Intelligent Auto Plus Mode (P75)
Allows you to adjust the brightness and color hue when in Intelligent Auto Mode.
Program AE Mode (P84)
Records at the aperture value and shutter speed set by the camera.
Aperture-Priority AE Mode (P86)
The shutter...

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Creative Video Mode  (P118)
Records a motion picture with the aperture value and the shutter speed you specify. In 
this recording mode, all the motion picture f unctions become available. For example, you 
can record motion pictures in 4K.
¢ You cannot take still pictures.
  Custom Mode  (P120)
Use this mode to take pictures wit h previously registered settings.
Scene Guide Mode (P93)
This mode allows you to take pictures that match the scene being recorded.
Creative Control Mode...

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Switching the Information Displayed on the 
recording screen
Press [DISP.] to change.
•You can select between [ ] (monitor style) and [ ] 
(viewfinder style) for each of the monitor and the viewfinder 
display screen using [Monitor Disp. Style] and [LVF Disp.Style] in 
the [Custom] menu.
([ ] monitor style)
•Screen will switch as follows:
(Example of monitor display)
¢ 1 Histograms are displayed when the [Histogram] of the [Custom] menu is set to [ON].
It is also possible to display...

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([ ] viewfinder style)
•Screen will switch as follows:
(Example of display on viewfinder)
¢ Histograms are displayed when the [Histogram] of the [Custom] menu is set to [ON].
It is also possible to display the exposure meter by setting the [Expo.Meter] of the [Custom] 
menu to [ON]. (P84)
•If approximately 1 minute elapses without an oper ation being performed, part of the display will 
disappear. Press [DISP.] to make the display reappear. This operation is to prevent screen...

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Displaying/not displaying the histogram
You can set the position by pressing  3/4/2 /1.
•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 other under the 
following conditions, the histogram is displayed in orange.
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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.
A Horizontal 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 automatically switches to a 
vertically orientated display.
•Even after...

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Playing Back Pictures/Motion Pictures
1Press [ (].
2Press  2/1.
•If you press and hold  2/1, you can play back the 
pictures in succession.
•Speed of picture Forwarding /Rewinding changes depending on the playback status.
∫To finish playback
Press [(] again, press the motion picture button or press the shutter button 
halfway.
Not available in these cases:
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This camera complies with the DCF standard “Design rule for Camera File system” established 
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Rotate the zoom lever towards [ L] (W).
1 screen 12 screens 30 screens Calendar screen 
display
•
Pictures displayed using [ ] cannot be played back.
∫To return to Normal Playback
Press  3/4 /2 /1  to select a picture and then press [MENU/SET].
1Rotate the zoom lever towards [ L] (W) to display the calendar screen.2Press  3/4 /2/ 1 to select the date to be played back.
3Press [MENU/SET] to display the images that are 
recorded in selected date.
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This unit was designed to play motion pictures using the AVCHD and MP4 formats.
In Playback Mode, select a picture with the motion 
picture icon ([ ]), and then press  3 to play back.
AMotion 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].
•High Speed Video...