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 without an operation 
being performed, part of the display will disappear. 
Press [DISP.] to make the display reappear. This 
operation is to prevent screen burn-in and is not a 
malfunction.
•When recording a motion picture, do not cover the 
microphone with your fingers or other objects.
•Release the motion picture button right after you press it.
2Stop the recording by pressing the motion picture button again.
•For details, refer to “Recording Motion Picture” on  P215.•It is recommended that you close the flash when recording motion pictures.
•You can operate the zoom even when recording motion pictures.•Still picture recording is also possible during t he motion picture recording by fully pressing the 
shutter button.  (P219)
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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 speed is automatically det ermined by the aperture value you set.
Shutter-Priority AE Mode (P87)
The aperture value is automatically determined by the shutter speed you set.
Manual Exposure Mode  (P88)
The exposure is adjusted by the aperture  value and the shutter speed which are 
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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  (P107)
Record while checking the image effect.
Displaying/not displaying the selection screen when the mode dial is 
switched to  / .> [Custom]  > [Menu Guide]
[ON]:
Displays the selection screen for the Scene Guide or the Creative Control Mode.
[OFF]:
Displays the recording screen of the currently selected mode of the Scene Guide or the 
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 the exposure meter by setting the [Expo.Meter] of the [Custom] 
menu to [ON]. (P84)
¢ 2 It is displayed when the [Monitor Info. Disp.] of the [Custom] menu is set to [ON].  (P66)
You can record images using the viewfinder while checking recording information on the 
monitor. With 
information
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information With information 
(tilt sensor 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 
burn-in and is not a malfunction.
Switching the display method of the monitor
[]:  viewfinder style
[]:  monitor style
Switching the display method of the viewfinder
[]:  viewfinder style
[]:  monitor style
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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.
–When the Manual Exposure Assistance is other than [0] during exposure compensation or in 
the Manual Exposure Mode
–When the flash is activated
–When suitable exposure is not achieved with the flash closed–When the brightness of the screen is not correctly displayed in dark places•The Histogram is an approximation in Recording Mode.
•The Histogram displayed in this camera does not match Histograms displayed by picture 
editing software used in PCs etc.
Displaying/not displaying the guide lines
•
The guide lines are not displayed in [Panorama Shot] in Scene Guide Mode.
When [ ]  is set, guideline positions can be set by pressing  3/4/2/
1.
Displaying/not displaying the on-monitor recording information screen >
[Custom]  > [Histogram]  > [ON]/[OFF]
> [Custom]  > [Guide Line]  > [ ]/[ ]/[ ]/[OFF]
> [Custom]  > [Monitor Info. Disp.]  > [ON]/[OFF]
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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 correcting the tilt, there may still be an error of approximately ± 1°.•When a function button is set to [Level Gauge], the tilt sensor display can be switched on/off by 
pressing the function button.
Not available in these cases:
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Tilt sensor display may not be displayed correctly when this unit is in motion.
•When tilted significantly upwards or downwards to record, the tilt sensor display may not be 
displayed correctly, and the Direction Detection Function  (P56) may not work correctly.
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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 
by JEITA “Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association” and with Exif 
“Exchangeable Image File Format”. Files which do not comply with the DCF standard cannot 
be played back.
•The camera may not play back images recorded on other devices correctly, and the functions 
of the camera may not be available for the images.
Rotate the zoom lever towards [ Z] (T).
1k > 2k > 4k> 8k > 16k
•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 pressing  3/4 /2/ 1 of the 
cursor button.
Playing Back Pictures
2 : Play back the previous picture
1 : Play back the next picture
Using the Playback Zoom
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Rotate the zoom lever towards [ L] (W).
1 screen 12 screens 30 screens Calendar screen 
display
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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.
4Press  3/4 /2 /1  to select a picture and then press [MENU/SET].
•To return to the calendar screen, rotate the zoom lever towards [ L] (W).
•The recording date of the picture selected in the playback screen becomes the date selected 
when the Calendar screen is first 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, 2014.•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 multiple screens (Multi Playback)
Displaying Pictures by Recording Date (Calendar Playback)
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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 images are displayed with elapsed recording time and 
playback time.
B Playback time
C Motion picture recording time
∫Operations during Motion Picture Playback
¢ The fast forward/rewind speed increases if you press  1/2 again.
•To play back the motion pictures recorded by this unit on a PC, use the “ PHOTOfunSTUDIO ” 
software on the DVD (supplied).
•Motion pictures recorded with [Miniature Effect] in Creative Control Mode play back at 
approximately 10 times speed.
Playing Back Motion Pictures
3 Play/Pause4Stop
2Fast rewind
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1Fast forward
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Frame-by-frame rewind
(while pausing)
Frame-by-frame forward
(while pausing)
Rear dial
(left) Reduce volume levelRear dial
(right) Increase volume level
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