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
4. Picture Quality and Colour Tone Settings
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Applicable modes:
You can combine 3 pictures with different levels of exposure into a single picture with rich
gradation.
You can minimise the loss of gradations in bright areas and dark areas when, for example,
the contrast between the background and the subject is large.
An image combined by HDR is recorded in JPEG.
∫ What is HDR?
HDR stands for High Dynamic Range and refers to a technique for expressing a wide
contrast range.
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Do not move the unit during the continuous shooting after pressing the shutter button.
• You cannot take the next picture until the combination of pictures is complete.
• A moving subject may be recorded with unnatural blurs.
• The angle of view becomes narrow slightly when [Auto Align] is set to [ON].
• Flash is fixed to [Œ] (forced flash off).
Not available in these cases:
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[HDR] does not work for the pictures taken during a motion picture recording.
• This function is not available in the following cases:
– When [Quality] is set to [ ], [ ] or [ ]
– When using [Time Lapse Shot]
– When using [Stop Motion Animation] (only when [Auto Shooting] is set)
Combining pictures with different exposures ([HDR])
> [Rec] > [HDR]
[ON] Records HDR pictures.
[OFF] Does not record HDR pictures.
[SET]
[Dynamic Range]
[AUTO]: Automatically adjusts the exposure range according to the differences
between the bright and dark areas.
[n1EV]/[n2EV]/[n3EV]:
Adjusts the exposure within the selected exposure parameters.
[Auto Align]
[ON]: Automatically corrects camera shake (jitter) and other problems that
can cause the images to misalign.
Recommended for use during hand-held shooting.
[OFF]: Image misalignment not adjusted.
Recommended when a tripod is used.
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