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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Recording motion pictures
Recording Motion Picture/4K Motion Picture
Recording mode:
You can record full high-definition quality images that comply with the AVCHD standard,
as well as motion pictures recorded in MP4. You can also record a 4K motion picture in
MP4. (→151)
Audio is recorded in stereo.
1
Press the motion picture button to start
recording
Recording state indicator
Elapsed recording time
Remaining recording time
• Recording of motion picture appropriate for each
motion picture mode is possible.
• Immediately release the motion picture button after
pressing it.
• While you are recording motion pictures, the recording
status indicator (red) will flash.
• With recording in a quiet environment, the
sound of aperture, focus and other actions may
be recorded in motion pictures. This is not a
malfunction.
The focus operation during recording of motion
pictures can be set to [OFF] in [Continuous AF].
(→153)
2
Press the motion picture button again to
end recording
About operation sound when recording ends
If the operation sound of the motion picture button pressed to end recording bothers you, try the
following:
●
Record the motion picture about three seconds longer, and then divide the last part of the motion
picture using [Video Divide] (→220) in the [Playback] menu.