Panasonic Lumix G G1 User manual

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EVERYTHING MATTERS.
2008
LUMIX G1
01.11.08

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.
Actual Size
LUMIX G
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Advanced AF helps make focusing
quick, easy and precise.
Full-Time Live View Lets You Take It Easy
Live View Finder makes shooting
through the viewfinder more comfortable.
Free-angle LCD allows easy shooting
at high angles or low angles.
iA mode helps you get beautiful
shots anytime, anyplace.

Full-time Live View lets you see
exactly what the camera sees.
Real-time histogram
Movable guidelines
Full-time Live View shows you - before you shoot - how the settings change the photo.
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.
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
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Bright and easy-to-see free-angle LCD
Shots around obstacles or
barriers, where an ordinary
viewfinder just won't work
Shoot any way you want to shoot. High angle, low angle, side angle – it's easy with the
Lumix G Micro System.
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.
High angle shots over a
crowd
Low angle shots near
ground level
Tripod shots without
having to crouch
270°
180°
Free-angle LCD allows easy shooting
at high angles or low angles.
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iA mode can make all the right settings – automatically
Shake detection – MEGA O.I.S.
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 insufficient
lighting, backlighting or use of the
flash.
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.
Once you've focused on a subject, AF
Tracking keeps the subject in focus – even
if it moves – until you press the shutter
button.
The camera automatically selects
whichever of five Scene modes – Portrait,
Night Portrait, Scenery, Night Scenery,
and Close-up – best suits the situation.
Digital Red-Eye Correction for beautiful night portraits
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 flash to take shots of people.
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
Motion detection – Intelligent ISO Control
Light detection – Intelligent Exposure
Face detection – Face Detection AF/AE
Scene detection – Intelligent Scene Selector
Subject detection – AF Tracking
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.
iA mode helps you get beautiful
shots anytime, anyplace.
MEGA O.I.S. OFF MEGA O.I.S. ON
Normal ISO Auto Intelligent ISO Control
Face Detection AF/AE
Intelligent Exposure
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Live View Finder makes shooting through
the viewfinder more accurate and comfortable.
You've never looked into a viewfinder like this one. Developed by Panasonic for the
LUMIX G Micro System, this high-performance electronic viewfinder boasts a Full-
time Live View function that converts the optical viewfinder unit into a digital form.
You experience a new level of shooting convenience through the high-performance
viewfinder that is simply not possible with optical viewfinders of the past.
Live View Finder - an electronic viewfinder complete
with Full-time Live View When you look into the viewfinder, a sensor automatically
turns the Live View Finder on and the LCD off. You enjoy
smoother, easier shooting without having to switch the
setting of the display.
Eye sensor: Live View Finder switches on when you look into it
The LUMIX G Micro System's Live View Finder has the large 1.4x (0.7x*) magnification
and 100% field of view of the optical viewfinders on high-end digital SLR cameras.
This, plus the 1,440,000-dot equivalent resolution, makes it easy to shoot the exact
image the camera sees. *35 mm equivalent.
100% field of view with high resolution
Customize the camera to fit your shooting preference by changing the display style or
switching to a full-screen display. The LUMIX G Micro System also features the Quick
Menu that's popular on LUMIX compact digital cameras, so you can make a variety of
settings without taking your eye from the Live View Finder.
Freely customizable information display
100% field of view
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Versatile 1-area auto focus for finer focusing precision
To optimize the use of Full-time Live View, the LUMIX G Micro System uses contrast AF rather
than the conventional phase difference AF. This makes it possible to offer functions like Face
Detection AF and AF Tracking that digital SLR cameras with phase difference AF can't match.
23 AF areas cover more of the frame
When using 1-area AF mode, you can move the auto-
focusing area in the frame. You can also change the size
of focus area to Spot, Normal, L, or XL to fine-tune the
focusing in complicated shooting compositions.
Once you've focused on a subject, the AF Tracking function keeps the focus locked on that
subject – even if the subject moves – until you press the shutter button. This helps you
get clear, sharp,
focused photos even
when shooting kids
or pets that won't
hold still.
AF Tracking can keep the subject in focus – even if it moves
The camera begins focusing the instant it determines you're in a shooting stance. This
system focuses quicker than the usual method of pressing the shutter button halfway,
so you're ready sooner to capture the moment.
*The focus speed may be slower in dark surroundings.
Quick AF: Focusing starts as soon as you aim the camera
Normal Begins focusing
Ready to shoot
Press the
shutter button
Press the shutter button halfway
Press the
shutter button
Quick AF Begins focusing
Advanced contrast AF helps make Full-time Live View even
more effective
The auto focus system uses 23 areas all around the frame
to optimize the focusing for the scene you're shooting. This
makes it easier to frame a shot when you don't know exactly
where the subject will appear, because you can simply leave
the focusing to the camera.
*This is a simulated image. All 23
AF areas are not simultaneously
displayed in fact.
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Advanced AF helps make focusing quick,
easy and precise.

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Micro Four Thirds: Exquisite Beauty in a Smaller Package
Micro Four Thirds – the extended digital
interchangeable lens camera system standard
Unique LUMIX technologies
render exquisite images

LUMIX G VARIO 45-200mm/
F4.0-5.6/MEGA O.I.S
LUMIX G VARIO 14-45mm/
F3.5-5.6 ASPH./MEGA O.I.S
•Four Thirds, Micro Four Thirds and Micro Four Thirds Logo marks are trademarks
or registered trademarks of Olympus Imaging Corporation.
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Micro Four Thirds – the extended digital
Interchangeable lens camera system standard
The open standard that led to the mirror-less body
The LUMIX G Micro System adopts the Micro Four Thirds System standard, developed
as an extended version of the Four Thirds System standard for digital camera systems.
Using this standard, and developing a camera body that eliminates the mirror box and
optical viewfinder unit, the lens mount outer diameter was reduced by about 6 mm
(compared with the conventional Four Thirds camera) and shorten the flange-back
distance* by about half.
Removing the mirror box
also makes for smoother
operation. The result is
a digital interchangeable
lens camera that's both
extremely compact and
highly mobile. The LUMIX
G Micro System is a
camera that you can take
anywhere – and that, in
turn, can take you as far
as you want to go.
*The distance between the lens
mount and image sensor.
These interchangeable lenses, designed exclusively for the Micro Four Thirds cameras,
brings out the full potential of the 4/3-type image sensor. For instance, some aspherical
lenses and ED lenses can
ensure the impressive image
rendering even in the smaller
size than the Four Thirds lens.
Also, as a prerequisite for
Full-time Live View shooting,
all lenses support contrast AF.
The LUMIX G lenses incorporate Panasonic's MEGA O.I.S., the advanced optical
image stabilization system that has highly proven in
LUMIX digital cameras. In the LUMIX G lenses, efficient
stabilization elaborated by a special integrated LSI that
processes output from the gyrosensors, which operate
4,000 times per second. This enhanced system helps
achieve an exceptional hand-shake compensation
performance.
LUMIX G lenses: Superior portability, superior rendering
Panasonic's renowned MEGA O.I.S.
75°(28mm)
Flange Back =20mm
Image Sensor
LCD
LVF
Flange Back =40mm
Ocular lens
(eyeglass)
Image Sensor
Flange Back =40mm
Flange Back =20mm
75°(28mm)
Ocular lens
(eyeglass)
Four Thirds System
Micro Four Thirds System
Image Sensor
Image Sensor
Structure image