Panasonic G1 manual

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The New-Gener ation Digital Inter changeabl e Lens Camer a The L UMIX G Micro Sys tem will change the way you see – and enjoy – the digital inter changeabl e lens c amera. It does so with a coll ection of featur es that put enormous photogr aphic power in a palm-sized camera with inter changeabl e l ens. The Micr o F our Thirds Sys tem standar [...]

WHY S H O U L D D - S L R C A MER A S BE C O MPL IC A T ED? 4 5 01 . 1 1 .08 Advanced AF helps mak e focusing quick, easy and pr ecise. F ull-Time Live Vie w Lets Y ou T ake It Easy Live View Finder mak es shooting thr ough the viewfi nder mor e comfort able. Fr ee-angle L CD allows easy shooting at high angles or l ow angles. iA mode helps you ge[...]

F ull-time L i v e V i e w l ets you see exactl y what the camera sees. Real-time histogram Movabl e guidelines F ull-time Live View sho ws you - bef or e you shoot - how the settings change the photo. pr essing the shutter button – ho w the exposur e compensation and white balance adjustment will aff ect the photo. Y ou can even see how adjus ti[...]

Bright and easy-to-see fr ee-angle L CD Shots ar ound obstacl es or barriers, wher e an ordinary viewfi nder just won't work Shoot any way you want to shoot. High angl e, low angl e, side angle – it's easy with the Lumix G Micr o System. The lar ge 3.0-inch L CD rot ates 180º horizontall y and 270º verticall y, making it easy for you[...]

iA mode can make all the right settings – aut omaticall y Shake detection – MEG A O.I.S. Gyr osensors built into the l ens detect hand-shake and an O.I.S. shifts to compensat e. Assisting you in getting those cl ear, beautiful, blur-fr ee photos. If the subject moves as you snap the shot, the camera automaticall y adjusts the ISO sensitivity an[...]

Live Vie w Finder makes shooting thr ough the viewfi nder mor e ac curate and c omfortabl e. Y ou've never look ed into a viewfinder like this one. Devel oped by Panasonic for the L UMIX G Micro Sys tem, this high-performanc e electronic vie wfinder boasts a F ull- time Live View function that c onverts the optical viewfi nder unit into a di[...]

V ersatile 1-ar ea auto focus f or fi ner focusing pr ecision T o optimize the use of Full-time Live View, the L UMIX G Micro System uses c ontrast AF rather than the conventional phase diff erence AF . This makes it possibl e to offer functions like F ace Detection AF and AF T racking that digital SLR camer as with phase differ ence AF can't[...]

WHY S H O U L D D - S L R C AM E R AS B E B U L K Y ? 16 17 01 . 1 1 .0 8 Micr o F our Thir ds: Exquisite Beauty in a Small er Package Micr o F our Thirds – the e xtended digital inter changeable lens c amera system s tandar d Unique L UMIX technologies r ender exquisite images[...]

LUMIX G V ARIO 45-200mm/ F4.0-5.6/MEGA O.I.S LUMIX G V ARIO 14-45mm/ F3.5-5.6 ASPH./MEGA O.I.S •F our Thirds, Micr o Four Thir ds and Micro F our Thirds Logo marks ar e trademarks or regis ter ed trademarks of Olympus Imaging Corporation. 18 19 Micr o F our Thir ds – the extended digital Inter changeabl e l ens camera system standar d The open [...]

20 21 Unique LUMIX technol ogies r ender exquisite images. T wo CPUs give the V enus Engine HD ex ceptionall y advanced pr ocessing capabilities. This sophisticated LSI f eatures eff ective noise r eduction even at high ISO sensitivity le vels. The V enus Engine HD also repr oduces delicate c olor nuanc es faithfull y with independent gradation con[...]

WHY S H O U L D AL L D - S L R C A MER A S BE BL AC K ? 22 23 01 . 1 1 .0 8 Functions that mak e it easier to cr eate distinctive, artis tic images. High Defi nition that Goes Bey ond Beauty – All the W ay to Emotion Y our imagination is virtually unlimited. So is your choice of l enses. A camera body that l ets you expr ess yourself with c olou[...]

Apertur e adjustment : In Pr eview mode, you c an display a pre view of the image to check the depth of fi eld befor e you shoot. Shutter speed adjustment : In Pr eview mode, you can ev en see how adjusting the shutter speed settings will affect the phot o. A camera body that l ets you expr ess your self with c ol our . Give fr ee rein t o your cr[...]

26 27 The beauty of high-defi nition motion images. The L UMIX G Micro Sys tem is planning to br eak new ground soon. It not onl y lets y ou shoot HD photos that literall y fi ll a 16:9 HDTV screen, it also l ets you shoot progr essive HD motion images*. Enjoy a l evel of image-shooting quality and ver satility that brings you a whol e new world [...]

Y our imagination is unlimited. So is your choic e of l enses. The L UMIX G Micro Sys tem is compatibl e with any interchangeabl e lens that complies with the F our Thirds Syst em standar d.* This gives you acces s to the entir e range of Four Thir ds lenses. And a s tream of ne w Micro F our Thirds l enses will be announced in the future, giving y[...]

DMC-G1 Specifi cations TYPE Type Digital interchangeabl e lens system c amera Recording media SD memory card, SDHC memory car d, Multimedia card Image sensor size 17.3 x 13.0 mm Mount Micro F our Thirds mount IMAGE SENSOR Type Live MOS Sensor T otal pixels 13.1 Megapixels Camera effective pix els 12.1 Megapixels Aspect ratio 4:3 (Horizontal : Vert[...]

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