Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX7 Operating Instructions For Advanced Features page 5

Selecting the Recording Mode ..........................................................................69
Switching the Information Displayed on the recording screen .....................71
Playing Back Pictures/Motion Pictures ............................................................75
• Playing Back Pictures ..................................................................................75
• Playing Back Motion Pictures ......................................................................77
• Changing the information displayed on the playback screen.......................78
Deleting Pictures ................................................................................................80
Recording Modes
Taking Pictures using the Automatic Function
(Intelligent Auto Mode).......................................................................................82
• Taking a picture with a blurred background (Defocus Control) ....................86
• Recording images by changing the brightness or colour tone .....................87
Taking Pictures with Your Favourite Settings (Programme AE Mode)..........89
Taking Pictures by Specifying the Aperture/
Shutter Speed .....................................................................................................92
• Aperture-Priority AE Mode ...........................................................................92
• Shutter-Priority AE Mode .............................................................................93
• Manual Exposure Mode ...............................................................................94
• Confirm the Effects of Aperture and Shutter Speed (Preview Mode)...........97
• Easily set aperture/shutter speed for suitable exposure (One Push AE).....98
Taking Pictures that match the Scene being recorded
(Scene Guide Mode) ...........................................................................................99
Taking Pictures with different image effects
(Creative Control Mode)...................................................................................113
Recording motion pictures with manually set aperture value/
shutter speed (Creative Video Mode) .............................................................125
• Minimising operational sounds during motion picture recording ................127
Registering your preferred settings (Custom Mode) ....................................128
• Registering Personal Menu Settings (Registering custom settings) ..........128
• Recording using registered custom set......................................................129
Image and Picture Quality Settings
Adjusting the Picture Quality by Adding an Effect [Photo Style] ................130
Adjusting Bright/Dark Portions [Highlight Shadow] .....................................132
Adjusting the White Balance ...........................................................................134
Setting the Picture Quality and Size ...............................................................139
• Setting the aspect ratio of pictures.............................................................139
• Setting the number of pixels ......................................................................139
• Setting the compression rate of pictures [Quality] .....................................140
Setting Image-Related Functions....................................................................142
• Compensating the contrast and exposure
[i.Dynamic] (Intelligent dynamic range control)..........................................142
• Raising the resolution [i.Resolution]...........................................................142
• Combining pictures with different exposures [HDR] ..................................143
• Reducing the long shutter noise [Long Shtr NR]........................................144
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