Operating Instruction
Table Of Contents
- Finding the information you need
- How to use this manual
- Quick Start Guide
- Contents
- 1. Before Use
- 2. Getting Started/Basic Operations
- Attaching the Shoulder Strap
- Charging the Battery
- Inserting and Removing the Card (optional)/ the Battery
- Changing the Lens
- Setting Date/Time (Clock Set)
- Diopter adjustment
- Basic Operations
- Tips for taking good pictures
- Extending/retracting the lens [when the interchangeable lens (H-FS12032/H-FS35100) is attached]
- Shutter button (Taking pictures)
- Motion picture button (Recording motion pictures)
- Mode dial (Selecting a Recording Mode)
- Rear Dial
- Cursor buttons/[MENU/SET] button
- [DISP.] button (Switching the displayed information)
- [LVF] button (Switching the Monitor/Viewfinder)
- 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)
- Configuring basic settings of this unit (Setup Menu)
- Entering Text
- 3. Recording Modes
- Taking Pictures using the Automatic Function (Intelligent Auto Mode)
- Taking Pictures with Your Favourite Settings (Programme 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. Picture Quality and Colour Tone Settings
- 5. Focus and Brightness (Exposure) Settings
- 6. Shutter and Drive Settings
- 7. Functions Customised for Various Subjects and Purposes
- Taking Pictures Automatically at Set Intervals ([Time Lapse Shot])
- Creating Stop Motion Pictures ([Stop Motion Animation])
- Making Multiple Exposures on One Picture ([Multi Exp.])
- Disabling Operational Sounds and the Output of Light at once ([Silent Mode])
- Taking Clear Pictures by Registering Faces ([Face Recog.])
- Recording Profiles of Babies and Pets on Images
- Using screens and displays suitable for recording
- 8. Stabiliser, Zoom and Flash
- 9. Recording Motion Pictures
- 10. Playing Back and Editing Images
- 11. Using the Wi-Fi function
- Wi-Fi function
- What you can do with the 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
- Sending images to a smartphone/tablet by controlling the camera
- Displaying pictures on a TV
- 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
- 12. Connecting to other equipment
- 13. Others
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9. Recording Motion Pictures
Set the frames that determine a focus start (first) position
and focus end (second) position. The camera then
measures its distance to the subjects and sets focus. When
you start motion picture recording, focus shifts from the first
frame to the second frame.
1 Press 2.
2 Press
3/4/2/1 to move the AF area frame, and press [MENU/SET]. (First position)
•
If you press [DISP.] before pressing [MENU/SET], the frame will return to the centre.
3 Repeat step 2. (Second position)
•
Auto Focus will work to set the start and end focus of Pull Focus. When the setup has
failed, the frame returns to the first position. Perform the setup again.
• If you press [MENU/SET], the frame settings will be cancelled.
Touch a subject (first position), drag your finger to the desired location (second position),
and release the finger.
•
Auto Focus will work to set the start and end focus of Pull Focus. When the setup has failed,
the frame returns to the first position. Perform the setup again.
• If you touch [ ], the frame settings will be cancelled.
• When [Pull Focus] is set to [ON]:
– Auto Focus Mode will be switched to [ ], a setting specially designed for [Pull Focus].
– If you take a picture, the Auto Focus operation [Ø] will take place at the first frame position.
• To re-adjust the focus while recording a motion picture, press the shutter button halfway after
Pull Focus operation finishes.
• Pull Focus does not work when the two frames are not set.
• Even when [Metering Mode] (P165) is set to [ ], the spot metering target does not move with
focus. The target is fixed at the start position (first position) of Pull Focus.
Not available in these cases:
•
This function is not available in the following cases:
– In Manual Focus
– When using the Digital Zoom
– With lenses that only offer Manual Focus
– With some Four Thirds lenses
Setting up [Pull Focus]
Button operation
Touch operation
• A greater effect can be achieved by creating a striking contrast of focus between
the start and end positions, for example by shifting focus from the background to
foreground, or vice versa.
• After setting focus, try to keep the distance between the subject and the camera
constant.