Operating Instructions
Table Of Contents
- Finding the information you need
- How to use this manual
- Contents
- Contents by Function
- 1. Before Use
- 2. Getting Started/Basic Operations
- Attaching the Shoulder Strap
- Charging the Battery
- Inserting/Removing the Battery
- Inserting/Removing the Card (Optional)
- Card Information
- Attaching/Removing the Lens
- Opening the Monitor
- Setting Date/Time (Clock Set)
- Basic Operations
- Tips for taking good pictures
- Using the Viewfinder
- Shutter button (Taking pictures)
- Motion picture button (Recording motion pictures)
- Mode dial (Selecting a Recording Mode)
- Front Dial/Rear Dial
- Control Dial
- Cursor buttons/[MENU/SET] button
- Joystick
- [DISP.] button (Switching the displayed information)
- Touch screen (Touch operations)
- Taking Pictures Using the Touch Function
- Setting menu items
- Calling frequently-used menus instantly (Quick Menu)
- Assigning frequently used functions to the buttons (function buttons)
- Entering Text
- 3. Recording Modes
- Taking Pictures using the Automatic Function (Intelligent Auto Mode)
- Taking Pictures with Automatically Adjusted Aperture and Shutter Speed (Programme AE Mode)
- Taking Pictures by Specifying the Aperture/ Shutter Speed
- Taking Pictures with different image effects (Creative Control Mode)
- Registering your preferred settings (Custom Mode)
- 4. Focus, Brightness (Exposure) and Colour tone Settings
- 5. 4K Photo and Drive Settings
- Select a Drive Mode
- Taking Pictures using Burst Mode
- Recording 4K Photos
- Selecting pictures from 4K burst file and saving
- Controlling Focus After Recording (Post Focus/ Focus Stacking)
- Taking Pictures with the Self-timer
- Taking Pictures with Time Lapse Shot/Stop Motion Animation
- Taking Pictures While Adjusting a Setting Automatically (Bracket Recording)
- 6. Stabiliser, Zoom and Flash
- 7. Recording Motion Pictures
- Recording Motion Picture
- Setting the format, size and frame rate
- How to set focus when recording a motion picture ([Continuous AF])
- Customising the operation settings of Auto Focus for motion picture recording ([AF Custom Setting(Video)])
- Displaying/setting the sound input level
- Setting the recording method of time code
- Synchronising the time code with an external device
- Recording images with superimposed recording dates ([Time Stamp Rec])
- Displaying colour bars/Outputting a test tone
- Recording with minimum white saturation by compressing overexposed portions (Knee)
- Log recording (V-Log L)
- Recording still pictures while recording motion pictures
- Recording Motion Pictures in Creative Video Mode
- Recording in Slow or Fast Motion ([Variable Frame Rate])
- Moving the focus position smoothly to a registered position ([Focus Transition])
- Recording Motion Pictures that Pan and Zoom While Maintaining a Fixed Camera Position ([4K Live Cropping])
- Recording HDR motion pictures (Hybrid Log Gamma)
- [Creative Video] menu
- Recording Motion Pictures Using a Connected External Device
- Recording Motion Picture
- 8. Playing Back and Editing Images
- 9. Using Menu Functions
- 10. Using the Wi-Fi/Bluetooth function
- What you can do with the Wi-Fi®/Bluetooth® function
- Wi-Fi function/Bluetooth function
- Connecting to a smartphone/tablet
- Controlling with a Smartphone/Tablet
- Turning on/off the camera with a smartphone
- Taking images via a smartphone (remote recording)
- Operating the shutter button with a smartphone via a Bluetooth connection alone
- Playing back/saving images stored on the camera, or uploading them on social media sites
- Transferring recorded images to a smartphone automatically
- Backing up images to a Cloud Storage automatically (Auto Cloud Backup)
- Recording location information to the camera’s images
- Synchronising the camera’s clock with a smartphone
- Saving the camera’s setup information to a smartphone
- Displaying pictures on a TV
- Sending images
- Sending images to a smartphone/tablet
- Printing Wirelessly
- Sending images to AV device
- Sending images to PC
- Using Web services
- About Wi-Fi connections
- [Wi-Fi Setup] Menu
- 11. Connecting to other equipment
- 12. Others
- Firmware Update
- Contents
- Before Use
- Firmware Ver. 1.1
- Addition of new functions
- [L.Monochrome D] has been added to [Photo Style] in the [Rec] menu
- The [Grain Effect] picture quality adjustment has been added to [Photo Style] in the [Rec] menu
- [Focus Ring Lock] has been added to the [Custom] menu
- [WB/ISO/Expo. Button] has been added to the [Custom] menu
- [Dial] has been added to [Operation Lock Setting] in the [Custom] menu
- Improved ease of operation / Other function additions/modifications
- Addition of new functions
- Firmware Ver. 1.3
- Firmware Ver. 1.4
- Additions/changes to the Auto Focus function
- Other function additions/modifications
- [AWBw] has been added to White Balance
- [Highlight Weighted] has been added to [Metering Mode] in the [Rec]/[Motion Picture] menu
- [Exposure Offset Adjust.] has been added to the [Custom] menu
- [0.5SEC] has been added to [Duration Time (photo)] in [Auto Review] in the [Custom] menu
- The AE Lock is now available in the Manual Exposure Mode
- [MODE1] has been added to [Live View Boost] in the [Custom] menu
- Functions that can be assigned to the function buttons have been added
- Firmware Ver. 2.0
- Firmware Ver. 2.2
10. Using the Wi-Fi/Bluetooth function
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Connecting to a smartphone/tablet
• You need to install “Panasonic Image App” (referred to as “Image App” from this point on) on
your smartphone.
The “Image App” is an application provided by Panasonic.
•OS
• Use the latest version.
• Supported OSs are current as of January 2018 and are subject to change.
• Read the [Help] in the “Image App” menu for further details on how to operate.
• When you operate the “Image App” on the smartphone that is connected to the camera via
Wi-Fi, [Help] in the “Image App” may not be displayed depending on the smartphone. In this
case, after terminating the connection to the camera, reconnect the smartphone to a mobile
phone network such as the 3G or LTE network or to a Wi-Fi router, and then display [Help] in
the “Image App”.
• Some of the screens and information provided in these operating instructions may differ from
your device depending on the supported OS and “Image App” version.
• The service may not be able to be used properly depending on the type of smartphone being
used.
For information on the “Image App”, refer to the support site below.
http://panasonic.jp/support/global/cs/dsc/
(This Site is English only.)
• When downloading the app on a mobile network, high packet communication fees may be
incurred depending on the details of your contract.
Using a smartphones that supports Bluetooth low energy P287
Using a smartphone that does not support Bluetooth low energy P289
Connecting without using the password P289
Using a password to set up a connection P290
Using the QR code to set up a connection
P290
Manually entering a password to set up a connection
P291
Installing the smartphone/tablet app “Image App”
App for Android
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:
Android 4.2 or higher
(Android 5.0 or higher is required to use the Bluetooth function)
App for iOS:
iOS 9.0 or higher
(The Bluetooth function cannot be used with the iPad 2)
1 Connect the smartphone to a network.
2 (Android) Select “Google Play
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Store”.
(iOS) Select “App Store”.
3 Enter “Panasonic Image App” or “LUMIX” into the search box.
4 Select “Panasonic Image App” and install it.