Tips For Taking Good Pictures; Detects Orientation Of Camera (Direction Detection Function) - Panasonic Lumix DMC-G5 Owner's Manual

Tips for taking good pictures

Hold the camera gently with both hands, keep your arms still at your side and
stand with your feet slightly apart.
• Do not cover the flash, the AF assist lamp A or the microphone B with your fingers or other
objects.
•
Be careful not to move the camera when you press the shutter button.
•
When taking pictures, make sure your footing is stable and there is no danger of colliding with
another person, an object etc.

Detects orientation of camera (Direction Detection Function)

This function detects the vertical orientation when you record with the
camera vertically orientated. When you play back the recording, the
recording is automatically displayed in vertical orientation. (Only
available when [Rotate Disp.]
•
When recording with this unit, Direction Detection can be performed even if you are using a lens that
is not compatible with the Direction Detection Function.
•
When the camera is held vertically and tilted significantly up or down to record, the Direction
Detection Function may not work correctly.
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Motion pictures taken with the camera held vertically are not displayed vertically.
•
You cannot record 3D pictures in vertical orientation.
Basic
(P75) is set to [ON].)
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