Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product G1 Panasonic
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Innovati on mat ters. E V E RY TH I N G M AT TERS . 2008 LUMIX G1 01 . 1 1 .08.
The New-Gener ation Digital Inter changeabl e Lens Camer a The L UMIX G Micro Sys tem will change the way you see – and enjoy – the digital inter changeabl e lens c amera. It does so with a coll ection of featur es that put enormous photogr aphic power in a palm-sized camera with inter changeabl e l ens.
WHY S H O U L D D - S L R C A MER A S BE C O MPL IC A T ED? 4 5 01 . 1 1 .08 Advanced AF helps mak e focusing quick, easy and pr ecise. F ull-Time Live Vie w Lets Y ou T ake It Easy Live View Finder mak es shooting thr ough the viewfi nder mor e comfort able.
F ull-time L i v e V i e w l ets you see exactl y what the camera sees. Real-time histogram Movabl e guidelines F ull-time Live View sho ws you - bef or e you shoot - how the settings change the photo. pr essing the shutter button – ho w the exposur e compensation and white balance adjustment will aff ect the photo.
Bright and easy-to-see fr ee-angle L CD Shots ar ound obstacl es or barriers, wher e an ordinary viewfi nder just won't work Shoot any way you want to shoot. High angl e, low angl e, side angle – it's easy with the Lumix G Micr o System. The lar ge 3.
iA mode can make all the right settings – aut omaticall y Shake detection – MEG A O.I.S. Gyr osensors built into the l ens detect hand-shake and an O.
Live Vie w Finder makes shooting thr ough the viewfi nder mor e ac curate and c omfortabl e. Y ou've never look ed into a viewfinder like this one.
V ersatile 1-ar ea auto focus f or fi ner focusing pr ecision T o optimize the use of Full-time Live View, the L UMIX G Micro System uses c ontrast AF rather than the conventional phase diff erence AF .
WHY S H O U L D D - S L R C AM E R AS B E B U L K Y ? 16 17 01 . 1 1 .0 8 Micr o F our Thir ds: Exquisite Beauty in a Small er Package Micr o F our Thirds – the e xtended digital inter changeable le.
LUMIX G V ARIO 45-200mm/ F4.0-5.6/MEGA O.I.S LUMIX G V ARIO 14-45mm/ F3.5-5.6 ASPH./MEGA O.I.S •F our Thirds, Micr o Four Thir ds and Micro F our Thirds Logo marks ar e trademarks or regis ter ed trademarks of Olympus Imaging Corporation.
20 21 Unique LUMIX technol ogies r ender exquisite images. T wo CPUs give the V enus Engine HD ex ceptionall y advanced pr ocessing capabilities. This sophisticated LSI f eatures eff ective noise r eduction even at high ISO sensitivity le vels.
WHY S H O U L D AL L D - S L R C A MER A S BE BL AC K ? 22 23 01 . 1 1 .0 8 Functions that mak e it easier to cr eate distinctive, artis tic images. High Defi nition that Goes Bey ond Beauty – All the W ay to Emotion Y our imagination is virtually unlimited.
Apertur e adjustment : In Pr eview mode, you c an display a pre view of the image to check the depth of fi eld befor e you shoot. Shutter speed adjustment : In Pr eview mode, you can ev en see how adjusting the shutter speed settings will affect the phot o.
26 27 The beauty of high-defi nition motion images. The L UMIX G Micro Sys tem is planning to br eak new ground soon. It not onl y lets y ou shoot HD photos that literall y fi ll a 16:9 HDTV screen, it also l ets you shoot progr essive HD motion images*.
Y our imagination is unlimited. So is your choic e of l enses. The L UMIX G Micro Sys tem is compatibl e with any interchangeabl e lens that complies with the F our Thirds Syst em standar d.* This gives you acces s to the entir e range of Four Thir ds lenses.
DMC-G1 Specifi cations TYPE Type Digital interchangeabl e lens system c amera Recording media SD memory card, SDHC memory car d, Multimedia card Image sensor size 17.3 x 13.0 mm Mount Micro F our Thirds mount IMAGE SENSOR Type Live MOS Sensor T otal pixels 13.
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