User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Finding the information you need
- How to use this manual
- Contents
- Contents by Function
- Before Use
- Preparations
- Basics
- Recording mode
- Taking pictures with automatic settings (Intelligent Auto Mode)
- Taking Pictures of Yourself [Self Shot]
- Taking pictures after automatically setting the aperture value and shutter speed (Programme AE Mode)
- Taking pictures by setting the aperture value and shutter speed
- Taking pictures by setting the aperture value (Aperture-Priority AE Mode)
- Taking pictures by setting the shutter speed (Shutter-Priority AE Mode)
- Taking pictures by setting the aperture value and shutter speed (Manual Exposure Mode)
- Checking the effects of the aperture value and shutter speed (Preview Mode)
- Easily set aperture / shutter speed for suitable exposure (One Push AE)
- Recording panorama pictures (Panorama Shot Mode)
- Taking pictures according to the scene (Scene Guide Mode)
- Taking Pictures with different picture effects (Creative Control Mode)
- Recording motion pictures by setting the aperture value/shutter speed (Creative Video Mode)
- Registering your own settings and recording (Custom Mode)
- Focus, Brightness (Exposure) and Colour tone Settings
- 4K Photo and Drive Settings
- Recording 4K Photos
- Selecting pictures from 4K burst file and saving
- Adjusting the focus after recording ([Post Focus]/[Focus Stacking])
- Selecting a Drive Mode
- Taking Pictures While Adjusting a Setting Automatically (Bracket Recording)
- Taking pictures automatically at set intervals [Time Lapse Shot]
- Creating stop motion animation [Stop Motion Animation]
- Stabiliser, Zoom and Flash
- Recording motion pictures
- Playing Back and Editing Pictures
- Using Menu Functions
- Wi-Fi
- What you can do with the Wi-Fi® function
- Wi-Fi Function
- Operating the camera by connecting it to a smartphone
- Installing the smartphone/tablet app “Panasonic Image App”
- Connecting to a smartphone
- Taking pictures via a smartphone (remote recording)
- Playing back pictures in the camera on a smartphone
- Saving pictures in the camera to a smartphone
- Sending pictures in the camera to social networking services
- Adding location information to pictures in the camera from a smartphone
- Combining motion pictures recorded with Snap Movie according to your preference on a smartphone
- Displaying still pictures on a TV
- Sending pictures
- Sending pictures to a smartphone
- Wireless printing
- Sending pictures to AV device
- Sending pictures to a PC
- Using WEB services
- Using “LUMIX CLUB”
- About connections
- [Wi-Fi Setup]
- Connecting with other devices
- Others

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4K Photo and Drive Settings
Taking pictures automatically at set intervals
[Time Lapse Shot]
Recording mode:
You can preset data such as recording start time and time lapse to take still pictures
automatically. This setting is convenient for taking pictures at constant intervals for
landscape scenes, observation of the gradual changes in animals/plants, and other
applications. The pictures are recorded as a set of group pictures (→166). When [Time
Lapse Video] in the [Playback] menu is used, you can create a motion picture. (→220)
• Complete the date and time settings in advance. (→28)
1
Set the menu (→42)
→ [Rec] → [Time Lapse Shot]
[Start Time] [Now] Starts the recording by fully-pressing the shutter
button.
[Start Time Set] Any time up to 23 hours 59 minutes ahead can be
set.
Press to select the item (hour and/or
minute), and to set the start time, and
press [MENU/SET]
[Shooting Interval] /
[Image Count]
The recording interval and the number of pictures can be set.
: Select the item (minute/second/number of pictures)
: Setting
[MENU/SET]: Set
• The camera may not be able to record using the preset interval and number of
pictures to be recorded under some recording conditions.
2
Press to select [Start] and press [MENU/SET]
3
Press the shutter button fully
• The recording starts automatically.
• During recording standby, the camera turns off automatically when no operation
is performed for a preset interval. The [Time Lapse Shot] recording will continue
even if the camera is turned off, and the camera is automatically turned on at the
recording start time. If you want to turn on the camera manually, press the shutter
button halfway.
• Operations during recording standby (The camera is turned on)
Operation
Touch
operation
Description
[Fn1]
Displays a selection screen that lets you pause or stop the
recording
Displays a selection screen that lets you resume or stop the
recording (during pause)