Panasonic

Adjusting and setting the LCD monitor

character_bullet-largeUsing the LCD monitor

character_bullet-largeAdjusting the LCD monitor

character_bullet-largeMirror shooting


Using the LCD monitor

This unit is equipped with a 3.5-inch LCD monitor. Use either the viewfinder or the LCD monitor depending on your purpose and the shooting conditions.

  1. Extract the LCD monitor in the direction as indicated in the figure.

Hold the LCD monitor extractor, and extract the LCD monitor until it clicks into position.

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(A) LCD monitor extractor

  1. Rotate to the position that is easy to view.

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character_diamondTo retract the LCD monitor

Retract as shown in the figure with the LCD facing downward.

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character_diamondRange of rotation of the LCD monitor

It can rotate up to 270character_degree towards the lens.

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bullet02Take care not to apply excessive force on the LCD monitor when it is opened. Doing so may result in a malfunction.

bullet02The image brightness and color hue seen on the viewfinder and LCD monitor may be different from that seen on a TV monitor. The final check of the image should be done on a TV monitor.


Adjusting the LCD monitor

character_diamondAdjusting brightness, contrast, color level, redness, and blueness

By setting the following items in the [VIDEO OUT/LCD/VF] menu character_arrow [LCD], you can adjust items such as brightness and contrast for the LCD monitor:


[BRIGHTNESS]:

Adjusts the brightness.


[COLOR LEVEL]:

Adjusts the density of the colors.


[CONTRAST]:

Adjusts the contrast.


[RED TINT]:

Adjusts the strength of red.


[BLUE TINT]:

Adjusts the strength of blue.


The adjustments of the LCD monitor do not affect the images output or recorded by the camera.


character_diamondAdjusting the backlight luminance

The following operations switch the luminance of the backlight of the LCD monitor:

bullet02Set with the [VIDEO OUT/LCD/VF] menu character_arrow [LCD] character_arrow [BACK LIGHT].

bullet02Each time you either press the USER button assigned to [LCD BACKLIGHT] or touch the USER button icon, the brightness switches in the order [0], [1], [2], [-1].


Mirror shooting

When recording with the LCD monitor rotated towards the lens side, if the unit is set to the [VIDEO OUT/LCD/VF] menu character_arrow [LCD] character_arrow [SELF SHOOT] character_arrow [MIRROR], the image is displayed in reverse in left and right on the LCD monitor. This allows shooting as if looking at a mirror image. Note that only the display of the LCD monitor is horizontally reversed. The settings for mirror shooting do not affect the images output or recorded by the camera.