Panasonic Lumix G1, G1 User Manual

Innovation matters.

EVERYTHING MATTERS.

2008

LUMIX G1

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The New-Generation

Digital Interchangeable Lens Camera

The LUMIX G Micro System will change the way you see – and enjoy –

the digital interchangeable lens camera.

It does so with a collection of features that put enormous photographic power

in a palm-sized camera with interchangeable lens.

The Micro Four Thirds System standard for high quality and wide compatibility.

Full-time Live View for setting up the perfect shot.

The unique iA mode for capturing stunning photos with all the ease of a compact digital camera.

The LUMIX G Micro System is a camera you'll love from day one.

It's easy to take with you. It makes every day a new opportunity for discovery.

It lets you capture the emotion behind the moment.

It gives you the freedom to express yourself visually. And most of all,

it makes photography more fun than you've ever imagined.

The LUMIX G Micro System will forever change the way you see the world around you,

and the role that photography plays in your life.

LUMIX G

Actual Size

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WHY SHOULD D-SLR
CAMERAS BE COMPLICATED?

Live View Finder makes shooting
through the viewfi nder more comfortable.

Free-angle LCD allows easy shooting
at high angles or low angles.

iA mode helps you get beautiful

shots anytime, anyplace.

Advanced AF helps make focusing

quick, easy and precise.

Full-Time Live View Lets You Take It Easy

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Full-time Live View lets you see
exactly what the camera sees.

Full-time Live View shows you - before you shoot - how the settings change the photo.

Taking photos is a lot more fun when you don't have to struggle to get
perfect images. With the LUMIX G Micro System – and its Full-time Live
View – using a digital interchangeable lens camera is now as easy as
using a digital compact camera. The LUMIX G Micro System can display
guidelines and a histogram on the LCD and Live View Finder along with the
image composition. But more than that, you can see through them – before

pressing the shutter button – how the exposure compensation and white
balance adjustment will affect the photo. You can even see how adjusting
the aperture and shutter speed settings will affect the photo. In other
words, the LUMIX G Micro System gives you easy Live View shooting that
simply isn't possible with conventional digital SLR cameras.

Real-time histogram

Movable guidelines

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Free-angle LCD allows easy shooting
at high angles or low angles.

Bright and easy-to-see free-angle LCD

The large 3.0-inch LCD rotates 180º horizontally and 270º
vertically, making it easy for you to capture dynamic shots
from extreme angles without getting into an awkward
position. And when the lighting around you changes, the
LCD backlighting level automatically changes too, so you
get comfortable, easy-on-the-eyes viewing at all times.

270°

180°

Shoot any way you want to shoot. High angle, low angle, side angle – it's easy with the
Lumix G Micro System.

High angle shots over a
crowd

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Shots around obstacles or
barriers, where an ordinary
viewfi nder just won't work

Tripod shots without
having to crouch

Low angle shots near
ground level

iA mode helps you get beautiful
shots anytime, anyplace.

iA mode can make all the right settings – automatically

If you've resisted buying a digital SLR camera because you think they're hard
to use, your wait is over. Meet the LUMIX G Micro System, with iA (Intelligent
Auto) mode. A big hit in LUMIX compact digital cameras, iA mode activates

Shake detection

MEGA O.I.S. OFF MEGA O.I.S. ON

Motion detection

Normal ISO Auto

Light detection

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– MEGA O.I.S.

– Intelligent ISO Control

Intelligent ISO Control

– Intelligent Exposure

Intelligent Exposure

Gyrosensors built into the lens
detect hand-shake and an O.I.S.
shifts to compensate. Assisting
you in getting those clear,
beautiful, blur-free photos.

If the subject moves as you
snap the shot, the camera
automatically adjusts the ISO
sensitivity and shutter speed to
help prevent subject blur.

The camera can correct the
brightness in parts of the image
that are too dark due to insuffi cient
lighting, backlighting or use of the
fl ash.

six detection and compensation functions that work
automatically, leaving you free to just aim and shoot.
It's easier to get a beautiful shot any time, any place.

Face detection

Scene detection

Subject detection

Digital Red-Eye Correction for beautiful night portraits

– Face Detection AF/AE

Face Detection AF/AE

– Intelligent Scene Selector

– AF Tracking

The red-eye correction in the built-in flash and the
camera's image processing circuit work together to reduce
red-eye when you're using the fl ash to take shots of people.

The camera detects when there are faces in
the frame and adjusts the focus and exposure
to capture them properly. This allows you to
shoot beautiful portraits without any hassle.

The camera automatically selects
whichever of fi ve Scene modes – Portrait,
Night Portrait, Scenery, Night Scenery,
and Close-up – best suits the situation.

Once you've focused on a subject, AF
Tracking keeps the subject in focus – even
if it moves – until you press the shutter
button.