Table Of Contents - Panasonic Lumix DMC-G2 Operating Instructions Manual

Contents
Information for Your Safety....................... 2
Before Use
Standard Accessories............................... 9
Names of the Components..................... 11
Rotating the LCD Monitor ....................... 14
How to Use the Touch Panel.................. 15
• What can be done by touch
operation .......................................... 16
Operating the Rear Dial.......................... 17
About the Lens ....................................... 18
Preparation
Attaching/Detaching the Lens................. 20
Attaching the Lens Hood ........................ 22
Attaching the Shoulder Strap.................. 23
Charging the Battery............................... 24
• Approximate operating time and
number of recordable pictures ......... 26
Inserting and Removing the Card
(optional)/the Battery .............................. 28
About the Card ....................................... 29
Setting Date/Time (Clock Set) ................ 30
• Changing the clock setting ............... 30
Setting the Menu .................................... 31
• Setting menu items........................... 32
Setting the Quick Menu .......................... 33
About the Setup Menu............................ 35
Holding and using Your Camera ............ 40
Selecting the [REC] Mode, and
Recording Still Pictures or Motion
Pictures................................................... 43
Taking Pictures using the Automatic
Function (Intelligent Auto Mode)............. 46
• Scene detection................................ 47
• AF Tracking Function ....................... 48
• Settings in Intelligent Auto Mode ...... 49
Taking Pictures with Your Favorite
Settings (Program AE Mode).................. 51
• Setting the Focus Mode
(AFS/AFC/MF) ................................. 52
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• Focusing ........................................... 53
• When the subject is not in focus....... 53
• Preventing jitter (camera shake)....... 53
• Taking pictures using the Touch
Shutter function ................................ 54
• Program Shift.................................... 54
Taking Pictures with the Zoom ............... 55
• Using the Optical Zoom/using the
Extended Optical Zoom (EZ)/
using the Digital Zoom ..................... 55
Playing Back Pictures............................. 57
• Changing the information displayed
on the playback screen ........................58
• Displaying multiple screens
(Multi Playback)................................ 58
• Displaying Pictures by Recording
Date (Calendar Playback) ................ 59
• Using the Playback Zoom................. 60
Deleting Pictures .................................... 61
• To delete a single picture ................. 61
• To delete multiple pictures (up to 50)
or all the pictures ..................................61
Advanced (Recording pictures)
Switching the Display of the LCD Monitor/
Viewfinder ...................................................63
• Switching the Information Displayed
on the recording screen........................63
Taking Pictures using the Built-in
Flash....................................................... 66
• Switching to the appropriate flash
setting............................................... 66
• Adjust the flash output ...................... 70
• Setting to the 2nd Curtain Synchro... 71
Compensating the Exposure .................. 72
Taking Pictures using Burst Mode.......... 73
Taking Pictures using Auto Bracket........ 75
Taking Pictures with the Self-timer ......... 77
Setting the Method used to Focus
(AF Mode)............................................... 78
Taking Pictures with Manual Focus........ 83
Fixing the Focus and the Exposure
(AF/AE Lock) .......................................... 85
Adjusting the White Balance................... 86
• Setting the White Balance manually .....87
• Setting the color temperature ........... 88
• Finely adjusting the White Balance.......88
• White Balance Bracket ..................... 89
Setting the Light Sensitivity .................... 89