User Manual- Advanced
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 and Removing the Card (optional)
- Card Information
- Attaching/Removing the Lens
- Setting Date/Time (Clock Set)
- Basic Operations
- Adjust the angle of the monitor
- Using the Viewfinder
- Shutter button (Taking pictures)
- Motion picture button (Recording motion pictures)
- Mode dial (Selecting a Recording Mode)
- Front Dial/Rear Dial
- Cursor buttons/[MENU/SET] button
- [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 (Program AE Mode)
- Taking Pictures by Specifying the Aperture/ Shutter Speed
- Taking panorama pictures (Panorama Shot Mode)
- Taking Pictures that match the Scene being recorded (Scene Guide Mode)
- Taking Pictures with different image effects (Creative Control Mode)
- Recording motion pictures with manually set aperture value/shutter speed (Creative Video Mode)
- Registering your preferred settings (Custom Mode)
- 4. Focus, Brightness (Exposure) and Color tone Settings
- 5. 4K Photo and Drive Settings
- Recording 4K Photos
- Selecting pictures from 4K burst file and saving
- Selecting a focus point after recording ([Post Focus])
- Select a Drive Mode
- Taking Pictures While Adjusting a Setting Automatically (Bracket Recording)
- Taking Pictures Automatically at Set Intervals ([Time Lapse Shot])
- Creating Stop Motion Pictures ([Stop Motion Animation])
- 6. Stabilizer, Zoom and Flash
- 7. Recording Motion Pictures
- 8. Playing Back and Editing Images
- 9. Using Menu Functions
- 10. Using the Wi-Fi function
- What you can do with the Wi-Fi function
- Wi-Fi function
- Controlling with a Smartphone/Tablet
- Installing the smartphone/tablet app “ Image App ”
- Connecting to a smartphone/tablet
- Taking images via a smartphone/tablet (remote recording)
- Playing back images in the camera
- Saving images stored in the camera
- Sending images in the camera to an SNS
- Adding location information to images stored in the camera from a smartphone/tablet
- Combining motion pictures recorded with Snap Movie according to your preference on a smartphone/tablet
- Displaying pictures on a TV
- Sending images
- Sending images to a smartphone/tablet
- Printing Wirelessly
- When sending images to AV device
- When sending images to PC
- Using Web services
- Registering to the “LUMIX CLUB”
- About Connections
- [Wi-Fi Setup] Menu
- 11. Connecting to other equipment
- 12. Others
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12. Others
• Picture might look whitish when lens or image sensor gets dirty with fingerprints or similar.
> If the lens is dirty turn the camera off and then gently wipe the lens surface with a soft, dry
cloth.
> Refer to P329 when the image sensor gets dirty.
• Is the AE Lock (P109) applied incorrectly?
• Check the drive mode setting. (P134)
• Are you using the bracket function? (P138)
• The subject is beyond the focus range of the camera.
• Is [Focus/Release Priority] in the [Custom] menu set to [RELEASE]? (P212)
• Is [Shutter AF] in the [Custom] menu set to [OFF]? (P210)
• Is the AF Lock (P109) applied incorrectly?
• The shutter speed will become slower and the Image Stabilizer function may not work properly
when taking pictures especially in dark places.
> We recommend using a tripod and the self-timer (P137) when taking pictures with a slow
shutter speed.
• Try the following:
> Decrease the ISO sensitivity. (P112)
> Increase the setting for [Noise Reduction] in [Photo Style] or lower the setting for each of
the items other than [Noise Reduction]. (P189)
> Set the [Long Shtr NR] to [ON]. (P202)
• If you record a moving subject when using the electronic shutter or recording motion picture or
a 4K photo, the subject may appear distorted on the picture. This is characteristic of MOS
sensors which serve as the camera’s pickup sensors. This is not a malfunction.
The recorded picture is whitish.
The recorded picture is too bright or dark.
Multiple pictures are taken at one time.
The subject is not focused properly.
The recorded picture is blurred.
The Image Stabilizer is not effective.
The recorded picture looks rough.
Noise appears on the picture.
The subject appears distorted on the picture.