Operating Instructions

VQT1U32

Basic

[REC] mode: ³

Taking pictures with your favorite settings

( : Program AE mode)

Many more menu items can be set and you can take pictures with greater freedom than

when you take pictures in the Intelligent auto mode (P40).

•

Set the drive mode lever to [ ].

Set the mode dial to [ ].

• To change the setting while taking pictures, refer to

“Using the [REC] Mode Menu” (P98) or “Using the

[CUSTOM MENU]

” (P105).

Set the focus mode dial to [AFS] or

[AFC].

• Refer to

P45

for [AFS] and [AFC].

∫ To adjust the exposure and take pictures at times when the image appears too

dark (P63)

∫ To adjust the colors and take pictures at times when the image appears too red

(P76)

Press the shutter button halfway to focus.

• The focus indication blinks when the subject is not

focused. In this case, a picture is not taken. Press the

shutter button halfway to focus on the subject again.

• The focus range is different depending on used lens.

–When 14–45 mm/F3.5–5.6 lens included in

DMC-G1K is used: 0.3 m (0.99 feet) to

•

If the [SENSITIVITY] is set to [ISO100] and the

aperture value is set to F3.5 (when 14–45 mm/

F3.5–5.6 lens included in DMC-G1K is attached), the

shutter speed is automatically set between about

8 seconds and 1/4000th of a second.

Press the halfway pressed shutter button

fully to take a picture.

• A picture is not taken until the subject is brought into

focus.

• If you want to press the shutter button fully to take a

picture even when the subject is not focused, set

[FOCUS PRIORITY] in the [CUSTOM MENU] menu

to [OFF]. (P107)

• The access indication lights (P24) red when pictures

are being recorded on the card.