Panasonic DMC-GF6 manual

EB W eb Site: http://www .panasonic-europe.com Model number suffix “EB” denotes UK model. Basic Operatin g Instructi ons Digital Camera/ Lens Kit/Dou ble Zoom Len s Kit/Body Model No. DMC-GF6X/DMC-GF6K DMC-GF6W/DMC-GF6 Please read these i nstructio ns car efully befor e using this product, and sav e this ma nual for future use. More detailed in[...]

2 VQT4Y72 (E NG) Dear Customer , We would like to take this oppor tunity to thank you for purchasing this Panas onic Digital Camera. Please read these Operating Instructions carefully and keep them handy for future reference. Pleas e note that the actual controls and c omponents, menu items, etc. of your Digital Camera may look somewhat diff erent [...]

3 (ENG) VQ T4Y72 ∫ About the bat tery p ac k • Do not heat or ex pose to fl ame. • Do not leave the battery(i es) in a car exp osed to direct sunlight for a long period of time with doors and wind ows closed. ∫ About the bat tery ch arger • The batt ery charger is in the st andby con dition when the AC power suppl y cord is connec ted. Th[...]

4 VQT4Y72 (E NG) ∫ Cauti ons for Use • Do no t use an y other USB con nect ion cab les e xcept the supplie d one or a genuine Pana sonic USB connectio n cable (DMW-US BC1: optional). • Always us e a genu ine Pa nasoni c HDMI mini ca ble (RP-CHE M15, RP-CHEM30: op tional) . Part numbers: RP- CHEM15 (1.5 m) (5 feet), RP-CHEM30 (3.0 m) (10 feet)[...]

5 (ENG) VQ T4Y72 Disposal of Old Equipment and Batteries Only for E uropean Union and countries with recycling system s These symbols on the products, packaging, and/ or accompanying documents mean that us ed electrical and electronic produc t s and batteries must not be mixed with general household waste. For proper treatment, recovery and recycli[...]

6 VQT4Y72 (E NG) Content s Inf orma tion for Y o ur S afety ...... ...... ... .. 2 Prepa rat ion Reading the Operating Instru ctions (PDF format) ...... .... .... ..... ...... .... .... ....... . 7 Care of the camera ...... ...... .... .... .... ...... 8 Accessories ........... ................. .............. 9 Names and Funct ions of Component s [...]

7 Prepar ation (ENG) VQ T4Y72 Reading the Opera ting Instructions ( PDF format) More detailed instructions on t he operation of this c amera are contained in “Opera ting Instr uction s for adva nced fea tures (PDF format) ” in the suppl ied CD-ROM. Inst all it on your PC to read it. ∫ For Wind ows 1 T urn the PC on a nd inse rt the CD-RO M co[...]

8 Prepar ation VQT4Y72 (E NG) Care of the camera Do not subject to strong vibration, shock, or pressure. • The lens, monitor , or external cas e may be damaged if us ed i n the f ollowing c onditions . It may also malfu ncti on or image may not be recorded if y ou: – Drop or hit t he camer a. – Press ha rd on the lens or the moni tor . This c[...]

9 Prepar ation (ENG) VQ T4Y72 Accesso ries Check that all the accessories are supplied before using the camera. Product number s correct as of March 2013. These may be subject to change. Digital Camera Body (This is referred to as camera body in these operating inst ru ctio ns .) ( ± : Included, —: Not included) 6B a t t e r y P a c k (Indicated[...]

10 Prepar ation VQT4Y72 (E NG) VFF1200 VFC4765 DE-A98A K1HY08YY0034 67 8 9 1 0 11 1 2 VYC1113 VYC1113 VYF3510 VYF3510 VYF3201 VFC4605 H-FS45150 VYC1090 DMC-GF6X DMC-GF6K DMC-GF6 DMC-GF6W 1 2 3 4 5 VKF4971 K2CT3YY00034 VYF3443 H-PS14042 DMW-BLG10E H-FS1442A H-FS1442A DMC-GF6X&GF6K&GF6W&GF6E B-VQT4Y72_eng.boo k 10 ページ ２０１ ３?[...]

11 Prepar ation (ENG) VQ T4Y72 Names and Functi ons of Components ∫ Camera body 1 Sensor 2F l a s h 3 Self-timer indicator/ AF A ssist Lamp 4 Lens fi tting mark 5 Mount 6 Lens loc k pin 7 Lens relea se button 8 Flash open button • The f lash op ens, a nd recor ding wit h the flas h becomes po ssible. 9 T ouch scr een/monitor 10 [ ( ] (Playback)[...]

12 Prepar ation VQT4Y72 (E NG) 18 S tereo microphone • Be carefu l not to cover the micr ophone with y our finger . Doing s o may ma ke sound dif ficult t o record. 19 Shutter button 20 Function lever 21 Motion picture button 22 S peaker • Be carefu l not to cover th e speaker with your finger . Doing so may make sound di fficult to hear . 23 F[...]

13 Prepar ation (ENG) VQ T4Y72 ∫ Lens T ouch panel of this unit is capacitive. T ouch the panel directly with yo ur bare finger . ∫ T ouch T o touch and release the touch screen. Use for selecting items or icons. • When se lecting feature s using the t ouch s creen, be sur e to touch the c entre of the desired icon. ∫ Drag A movement withou[...]

14 Prepar ation VQT4Y72 (E NG) Preparation • Check that th e camera is tu rned off . • Change lens es where the re is n ot a lo t of dirt or d ust. • Do not p ress t he lens release butt on A when you att ach a lens . ∫ Det aching the lens 1 Attach the lens cap. 2 While pressing on the lens release b utton B , rot ate the lens tow ard the a[...]

15 Prepar ation (ENG) VQ T4Y72 The batt ery that can be u sed with thi s unit is DM W-BLG10E. 1 Attach the battery p aying attention to the direction of the battery . 2 Connect the AC mains lead. • The [CHARGE] in dicator A lig hts up and ch arging beg ins. ∫ About the [CHARGE] indicator The [CHARGE] indicator tu rns on: The [CH ARGE] indicator[...]

16 Prepar ation VQT4Y72 (E NG) • Always use genui ne Panasonic b atteries (DMW -BLG10E). • If you use othe r batteries, we ca nnot guarantee the quality of this pr oduct. • Being caref ul about the batt ery orient ation, insert all the way until you hear a lock ing sound and then check that it is locked by lever A . Pull the lever A in th e d[...]

17 Prepar ation (ENG) VQ T4Y72 Format t he card before recor ding a picture with t his unit. Since data cannot be recovered af ter formatting, make sure to b ack up necessary data in advance. Select [ Format] in th e [Setup] m enu. • Confirmati on screen is displayed. It is executed when [Y es] is selected . • The cl ock is not set when t he c [...]

18 Prepar ation VQT4Y72 (E NG) Setting the Menu 1 Press [MENU/SET]. • The top menu screen is disp layed. 2 T ouch the men u icon. 3 T ouch the me nu item. 4 T ouch the Setti ng to set. • Depending on th e menu item, its sett ing may not app ear or it ma y be d isplayed in a di ff erent wa y . ∫ Close the menu T ouch [ ] or press t he shutter [...]

19 Prepar ation (ENG) VQ T4Y72 Calling frequently- used menus instantly (Quick Menu) By using the Quick Menu, some of the menu settings can be easily found. • The feature s that ca n be adjuste d using Quic k Menu are deter mined by the mode or a display style the camera is in. 1 Pr ess [Q .MEN U] to d ispl ay th e Quic k Men u. 2 T ouch the menu[...]

20 Basic VQT4Y72 (E NG) T aking a Still picture • Set the driv e mode t o [ ] (single) by pressin g 4 () . 1 Select the R ecordi ng Mode. 2 Press the sh utter button halfway to focus . A Apertu re value B Shutter spee d • Aperture value an d shutt er speed are d isplayed . (It will flash in red if the correct exposure is not achieve d, excep t [...]

21 Basic (ENG) VQ T4Y72 Playing Back Pic tures/Motion Pictu res 1 Pr ess [ ( ]. 2 Forward or rewind the image by dragging the screen ho rizont ally . Forward : drag from r ight to le f t Rewind: dra g from lef t t o right This unit was designed to play motion pi ctures using the A V CHD, MP4 and QuickT ime Motion JPEG formats. In Playback M ode, se[...]

22 Basic VQT4Y72 (E NG) Deleting Pictures Once deleted, pictu res cannot be recovered. ¢ Picture gr oups are t reated as a single pictu re. (All the pict ures in the selec ted picture group will be deleted. ) T o delete a single picture 1 In Playback Mode, se lect the picture to d elete and touch [ ]. • The same operat ion can be p erforme d by [...]

23 Recording (ENG) VQ T4Y72 Selecting the Rec ording Mode ∫ T o sel ect a Recording M ode with the mode dial Select the mo de by rot a ting the mode dial. • Rot ate the mode d ial s lowly to selec t the desire d mode A . ∫ T o sel ect Intelligent Auto Mode Press [ ¦ ]. • [ ¦ ] butto n will light up when it is switched t o Intellige nt Aut[...]

24 Recording VQT4Y72 (E NG) T aking Pictur es with Y ourself Included [Self Shot] Applicable modes: When wanting to include yourself in a picture, the Self Portrait Mode is set automatically by rotating the monitor . 1 Rot ate the m onitor as show n in the figure. 2 T ouch the num ber of pic tures to be recorded and one of the sof t skin effect. ?[...]

25 Recording (ENG) VQ T4Y72 T aking P ictures using the Automatic Function (Intelligent Au to Mode) Recording Mode: In this mode, the came ra makes the opt imal settings for the subject and scene, so we recommend it when you wish to leave the settings to the camera and recor d without thinking about them. 1 Pr ess [ ¦ ]. • The camera will switch[...]

26 Recording VQT4Y72 (E NG) Recording Mode: This mode enables you to change the bright ness and colour t one to your preferred settings from the ones set by the c amera in Intelligent Auto Mode. 1 Press [MENU/SET] whe n in Intellige nt Auto Mode. 2 T ouch [iA MO DE]. 3 Select [ ] and then touch [Set]. 1 T ouch [ ]. 2 T ouch [ ] to display the setti[...]

27 Recording (ENG) VQ T4Y72 T aking panorama pictures (Panorama Shot Mode) Recording Mode: Pictures are re corded continuously while moving the camera horizontally or vertically , and are combined to make a single panorama picture. 1 Set the mode d ial to [ ]. 2 Check the recording direc tion, and then touch [St a rt]. • A horizont al/vertic al g[...]

28 Wi-Fi/NFC VQT4Y72 (E NG) What you can do with th e Wi-Fi R function • Please ref er to “Operatin g Instructio ns for advanced feature s (PDF format)” for deta ils. What you can do Controlling with a Smartphone /T a blet Recording with a smartphone. Saving images st ored in the camera. Sending images to an SNS. Easy connection, easy transfe[...]

29 Wi-Fi/NFC (ENG) VQ T4Y72 Controlling with a S martphone/T able t The “ Image A pp ” is an application provided by Panasonic. • The service may not be abl e to be used properly dependin g on the type of smartphone/ ta blet being used . For informa tion on t he Image App, refer to the s upport sit e below . http://pa nasonic.jp/support/globa[...]

30 Wi-Fi/NFC VQT4Y72 (E NG) 2 Operate the smartphone/tablet. Using the NFC “ Near Field Communication ” function, y ou can easily transfer data necessary for a Wi-Fi connection between this camera and the smartphone/tablet. 1 Launch “ Image App ” on your smartphon e/t ablet . • The screen for selecting the connec tion dest inatio n is dis[...]

31 Wi-Fi/NFC (ENG) VQ T4Y72 1 Connect t o a smartphon e/tab let. (P29) 2 Select [ ] on th e smartphone/tablet. • The re corded i mages are saved in the camera. • Motion p ictur es can also be rec orded. • Some sett ings are not available. • When this un it is in Panorama Shot Mode, remote re cording cannot be perf ormed. • The sc reen d i[...]

32 About the supp lied software VQT4Y72 (E NG) About the supplied software The supplied CD-ROM includes the following software. Install the sof tware on to your computer before use. • PHOTO funSTUDIO 9 .2 AE (Window s XP/ Vist a /7/8) This soft ware allows you to manag e images. For ex ample, you can s end pictur es and motion pictures to a PC an[...]

33 Abou t th e supp lie d so ftwa re (ENG) VQ T4Y72 ∫ Installin g supplied sof tware • Before ins erting the CD-ROM, close all runnin g applicati ons. 1 Check the environment o f your PC. • Operati ng environment of “P HOTOfu nSTUDIO 9.2 AE ” – OS: Windows R XP (32bit) SP3, Windows Vista R (32bit) SP2, Windows R 7 (32bit/64bit) or SP1, [...]

34 Others VQT4Y72 (E NG) Menu list This menu lets you set the aspect ratio, number of pixels and other aspec ts of the pictures you are recording. • [Photo S tyle], [Sens itivity] , [Focus Mode ], [Meteri ng Mode], [i.Dynamic ], [i. Resolution ] and [Digita l Zoom] ar e common to both the [Rec] me nu and [Mot ion Pict ure] me nu. Changing these s[...]

35 Others (ENG) VQ T4Y72 This menu lets you set the [Rec F ormat], [Rec Q uality], and other as pects for motion picture recording. • [Phot o S tyle], [S ensitiv ity], [F ocus Mo de], [Met erin g Mode], [i.Dynam ic], [i.R esol ution] an d [Digit al Zoom] are common t o both t he [Rec] menu and [Mo tion P icture] menu. Changi ng the se setti ngs i[...]

36 Others VQT4Y72 (E NG) Operation of the unit , such as displaying of the screen and button operations, can be set up according to your preferences. Also, it is possible to register the m odified settings. [Picture Mode] Sets the recording method for stil l pictures during motion picture recording. [Continuous AF] Cont inues to focus o n the subje[...]

37 Others (ENG) VQ T4Y72 [Guide Line] This will set the pattern of guide lines displayed when taking a picture. [Hig hlight] When the Auto Review function is activated or when playing back, white saturat ed areas appear blinking in black and white. [Expo.Met er] Set whether or not t o display the exposure meter . [Dial Gu ide] Set whether or not to[...]

38 Others VQT4Y72 (E NG) This menu lets you perform t he clock settings, select the ope rating beep tone settings and set other set tings which make it easier for you t o operate the cam era. Y ou can also conf igure the settings of Wi-Fi related functions. [Setup] [Clo ck Set ] Setting Date/T ime. [Wor ld Tim e] Sets the times for the region where[...]

39 Others (ENG) VQ T4Y72 This menu lets you set the Protection, Cropping or Print Settings, etc. of recorded p ictures. [Pixel Refres h] It will perform optimisation of imaging device and image processing. [Sensor Clean ing] Dust reduction to blow off the debris and dust that have affixed to the front of t he imaging device is perform ed. [Format] [...]

40 Others VQT4Y72 (E NG) Specifications S pecifications are subject t o change without notice. Digital Camera Body (D MC-GF6): Information for your safety Power So urce: DC 8.4 V Power Cons umption: 2.5 W (When recor ding) [When the Interchangeable lens (H-PS14042) is used] 2.4 W (When recording) [When the Interchangeable lens (H-FS1442A) is used] [...]

41 Others (ENG) VQ T4Y72 ISO sensitivity (St andard Output Sensit ivity ) AUTO/ /160/200/400/800/1600/3200/6400/12800/25600 ¢ (1/3 EV st ep change possible) ¢ Only avail able when [Exten ded ISO] is set . Minimum Ill uminat ion Approx. 9 lx (when i-Low light is used, the shutter s peed is 1/25th of a second) [When the Interchangeable lens (H-PS14[...]

42 Others VQT4Y72 (E NG) Flash synchronisation speed Equal to or smaller than 1/160th of a second Microp hone S tereo Speaker Monaural Recording media SD Memory Card/SDHC Memory Card ¢ /SDXC Mem ory Card ¢ ( ¢ UHS- I -compatible) Picture size St ill pict ure Whe n the aspect ratio s etting is [ X ] 4592 k 3448 pixels, 3232 k 2424 pixels, 2272 k [...]

43 Others (ENG) VQ T4Y72 Wireless transmitter Battery Charger (Panaso nic DE-A98A): Informa tion for your safet y Battery Pack (lithium-io n) (Panasonic DMW-BLG10E): Informa tion for your safet y Dimensio ns Approx. 1 1 1.2 mm (W) k 64.8 mm (H) k 38. 4 mm (D) [4.378 q (W) k 2.551 q (H) k 1.512 q (D)] (excluding the projecting parts) Mass Approx. 32[...]

44 Others VQT4Y72 (E NG) Interchangeable Lens (H-PS14042) “LUMIX G X V ARIO PZ 14 – 42 mm/F3. 5 – 5.6 ASPH./P OWER O.I.S. ” Interchangeable Lens (H-FS1442A) “LUMIX G V ARIO 14 – 42 mm/F3.5 – 5.6 II ASPH. /MEGA O. I.S. ” Focal l ength f= 14 mm t o 42 mm (35 mm film camera equivalent: 28 mm to 84 mm) Aperture type 7 diaphragm blades/c[...]

45 Others (ENG) VQ T4Y72 Interchangeable Lens (H-FS45150) “LUMIX G V ARIO 4 5 – 150 mm/F4.0 – 5.6 ASPH./MEGA O.I.S.” In focus d ist ance 0.2 m (0.66 feet ) to ¶ (from the f ocus distance reference line) (focal length 14 mm to 20 m m), 0.3 m (0.98 feet ) to ¶ (from the f ocus distance reference line) (focal length 21 mm to 42 m m) Maximum [...]

46 Others VQT4Y72 (E NG) Digit al Camera Acces sory System ¢ 1 The AC Adapt or (optional) c an only be used with the designa ted Panaso nic DC Coupler (optional). The AC adaptor (opt ional) cann ot be used by i tself. ¢ 2 Using it by att achin g it to the hot shoe is not p ossible. Using it as a wi reless f lash is pos sible. ¢ 3 Use if the at t[...]

47 Others (ENG) VQ T4Y72 This product incorpor ates the following software: (1) the software de velope d independent ly by or for Panasonic Corpor ation, (2) the software own ed by thi rd part y and license d to Panason ic Corporati on, and/or (3) open so urce sof tware The software categorised a s (3) is dist ributed in the hope that it will be us[...]

• QuickT i me and the QuickT ime logo are tra demarks or regis tered trade marks of Apple In c., used und er license t herefr om. • Windows and Windo ws Vist a are eith er registe red trade marks or trade marks of Micr osof t Corpo ration in t he United S tates an d/or o ther countries . • Android and Go ogle P lay are tradema rks or r egiste[...]