Panasonic DMC-G1K Operating Instructions Manual

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VQT1U5042BasicNote• Due to conditions such as the ones below, a different scene may be identified for the samesubject.– Subject conditions: When the face is bright or dark, The size of the subject, The distance tothe subject, The contrast of the subject, When the subject is moving– Recording conditions: Sunset, Sunrise, Under low brightness conditions, When the camera isshaken, When zoom is used• To take pictures in an intended scene, it is recommended that you take pictures in theappropriate recording mode.∫ The Backlight CompensationBacklight refers to when light comes from the back of a subject.In this case, the subject will become dark, so this function compensates the backlight bybrightening the whole of the picture automatically.Backlight compensation is automatically applied in Intelligent auto mode.It is possible to set the focus and exposure to the specified subject. Focus and exposurewill keep following the subject automatically even if it moves.1 Press 2.• [ ] is displayed in the lower left of the screen.• AF Tracking frame is displayed in the centre of thescreen.• Press 2 again to cancel.2 Bring the subject to the Tracking frame, andpress the shutter button halfway to lock thesubject.• AF tracking frame will turn yellow.• An optimum scene for the specified subject will be chosen.• Press 2 to cancel.You can compensate the exposure.Refer to P63 for details.1 Press the front dial to switch to exposurecompensation operation.2 Rotate the front dial.• The exposure compensation value appears on thelower portion of the screen.• Select [0] to return to the original exposure.• Open the flash when the flash is to be used. (P58)• [ ], [ ], or [ ] will appear depending on the type and brightness of the subject.• Flash is activated twice. Especially with [ ] or [ ], digital red-eye reduction (P59) isexecuted, and the time until the second flash is longer, so subject should not move until thesecond flash is activated.• Flash modes cannot be switched using the menu in the Intelligent auto mode.AF Tracking FunctionCompensating the ExposureAbout the flash