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Photos and HD Movies with All the Beauty You Can Imagine
Capture Magnificent Shots
with a Single Press of the iA Button
With the DMC-G2 you're always ready for those
sudden, spur-of-the-moment photo opportunities.
Just press the dedicated iA button and aim the
camera at your subject. The DMC-G2 automatically
determines the most suitable Scene mode and helps
correct blurring, focus, and brightness problems to capture great photos.
Face Recognition
This function recognizes the faces of up to three people that have
been registered in the camera, and displays the names on the
LCD. The DMC-G2 then optimizes the focus and brightness of the
recognized faces and captures them clearly and beautifully.
*Turn the Face Recognition item on and register subjects with a full-face portrait on the
shooting menu in advance. Refer to the back page for details.
AF Tracking
Once you focus on your subject, AF Tracking automatically and
continuously tracks it and keeps it in focus – even if it moves – until
you press the shutter release.
Intelligent Exposure
The camera corrects the brightness in parts of the image that are too
dark due to insufficient lighting, backlighting or use of the flash.
Intelligent Scene Selector
This function automatically selects the most suitable Scene mode
for the situation. – Portrait, Night Portrait, Scenery, Night Scenery,
Close-up or Sunset.
Face Detection AF/AE
This function determines if there are any faces in the image and
adjusts the focus and exposure to capture them correctly.
Intelligent ISO Control
If the subject moves as you shoot, it automatically adjusts the ISO
sensitivity and shutter speed to help prevent subject blur.
MEGA O.I.S. (Optical Image Stabilizer)
Gyrosensors built into the lens detect hand-shake and an O.I.S. lens
shifts to compensate, assisting you in getting clear, beautiful, blur-
free photos.
•Some functions in iA mode will not be available depending on the lens that is mounted.
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My Color Mode: For More Creative Shooting
With both photos and HD movies, My Color mode makes it easy to capture creative images. Just aim the camera
and select any of seven preset effects, including Silhouette, Expressive, Pure and others, while checking the
image in live view. The Custom setting lets you adjust the color, brightness and saturation to your liking, to further
expand your creative palette.
Expressive
Pure
A pop art style image effect
An image ef fect that uses
that emphasizes the color.
a cool, bright light to give a
feeling of freshness.
Retro
Dynamic art
A soft image effect that gives
An impressive image effect
the appearance of tarnished
t h a t t u r n s d a r k a r e a s to
photos and HD movies.
bright areas with appropriate
br ightness, together w ith
enhancements on colors.
Elegant
Silhouette
An image effect that creates
An image effect that enhances
a tranquil atmosphere and
a subject in the shade as a
projects a feeling of stateliness.
black silhouette by utilizing the
background colors of the sky,
sunset, etc.
Monochrome
Custom
An image effect that captures
The color, brightness, and
t h e s u b j e c t u s i n g t o n e s
saturation can be adjusted
characteristic of black and
according to your preferences.
white photos and HD movies,
with a whisper of color.
HD Movies with Superb Quality
Shooting an HD Movie Is
iA Mode: Beautiful HD Movies
Now as Easy as Pressing
with Point-and-Shoot Ease
a Button
Select iA mode, and the DMC-G2 automatically activates
The hybrid DMC-G2 lets you take both
a host of advanced functions and technologies – listed
high-quality photos and HD movies. You
below – that make it easy to capture beautiful HD movies.
can shoot breathtaking HD (1280 × 720)
AF Tracking
movies in AVCHD Lite (MPEG-4 AVC/H.264).
You can record for a longer time without
The camera locks on the subject and follows it around,
keeping it in sharp focus and properly exposed. It keeps
running out of memory because AVCHD Lite
tracking even if the subject turns to the side.
stores less data than Motion JPEG while maintaining stunning
Intelligent Scene Selector
image clarity and detail. A dedicated button on the top lets you
It senses the shooting conditions and selects the scene
instantly start recording movies while shooting photos, without
setting (Portrait, Scenery, Close-up, or Low Light) that
having to make any extra settings.
•For Europe, motion pictures can be
will provide the best results.
recorded continuously for up to 29 minutes 59 seconds. •"AVCHD Lite" and "AVCHD
Lite" logos are trademarks of Panasonic Corporation and Sony Corporation.
Motion Picture P Mode:
P
For Beautiful, Softly Focused Shots
Portrait
Motion Picture P mode makes it extremely easy to shoot
beautiful HD movies. You can freely set the degree of soft
focusing in the background to capture rich, emotionally
expressive HD movie images.
Scenery
Intelligent
Exposure
*Some functions in iA mode will not be available depending on the lens that
is mounted.
Deep Depth of Field
Shallow Depth of Field
Cut Out Beautiful Still Images
from Your Movies
While shooting an HD
movie, simply press
the shutter button and
the camera shoots a
photo as it records.
In addition, you can
cut out a number of
frames during playback of an HD movie to produce high-
quality photos. This makes sure that you don't miss those
decisive moments with either photos or movies, or both.
Versatile Functions for More HD Movie Fun
•Make more expressive movies with Film mode, by choosing
from six colors and three monochrome shades.
Close-up
•You can also shoot movies in Motion JPEG format, which
is well suited to PC playback.
•Dolby
Digital Creator records dynamic,
®
true-to-life audio that brings out the power of
the HD images.
•Dolby and the double-D symbol are
Low Light
trademarks of Dolby Laboratories.
Face
MEGA O.I.S.
•Video Divide lets you divide a single video into two parts,
Detection
(Optical Image
splitting it at any point you desire.
AF/AE
Stabilizer)
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