Panasonic DMC-GF1 Hands on Preview: 12. Menus: Digital Photography Review

Camera Menus

The GF1 fits its many options onto 21 pages of menus. These are divided into six categories: Record, Motion Picture, Custom Menu, Setup, the customizable My Menu and Playback. Generally you'll find all the options where you'd expect them and, after a short while with the GF1, navigating the menus is easy.

Note that you get a much smaller subset of menus in full Auto mode.

Record menu


Option	Values / Actions	Notes
Film Mode	• Standard • Dynamic • Nature • Smooth • Nostalgic • Vibrant • B & W Standard • B & W Dynamic • B & W Smooth • My Film 1 • My Film 2 • Multi Film	Each film mode can be customized with 5 levels of Contrast, Saturation, Sharpness and Noise reduction (B & W modes do not have Saturation). Multi Film Allows 3 different files to be saved using different Film Modes.
Aspect Ratio	• 4:3 • 3:2 • 16:9 • 1:1	- 4000 x 3000/2816 x 2112/2048 x 1536 - 4128 x 2752/2928 x 1952/2064 x 1376 - 4352 x 2448/3072 x 1728/1920 x 1080 - 2992 x 2992/2112 x 2112/1504 x 1504
Picture Size	• Large • Medium • Small
Quality	• Fine • Standard • RAW + Fine • RAW + Standard • RAW	RAW mode stores only the maximum number of pixels of your chosen aspect ratio, not necessarily the entire sensor.
Face Recognition	• Off • On • Memory • Set
Metering Mode	• Multiple • Center weighted • Spot
Stabilizer	• Mode 1 • Mode 2 • Mode 3	Mode 1 is always active. Mode 2 only when the shutter is pressed. Mode 3 is used when horizontally panning.
Flash	• Auto • Auto with Red-eye correction • On • On with Red-eye correction • Slow sync • Slow sync with Red-eye correction
D.Red-eye	• On • Off	Camera tries to digitally remove red eyes from images.
Flash Syncro	• 1st • 2nd	Flash fires at start or end of exposure
Flash Adjust	+/- 2 EV in 0.3 EV steps
Metering Mode	• Intelligent Multi • Center-Weighted • Spot
i.Exposure	• Off • Low • Standard • High	Exposure and contrast are adjusted to compensate for scenes requiring a wide dynamic range
Long Shtr NR	• On • Off	Takes a second, dark-frame to allow subtraction of long exposure noise
ISO Limit Set	• Off • 200 • 400 • 800 • 1600	Sets the maximum limit to which Auto or i.ISO settings will set the sensitivity.
ISO Increments	• 1 EV • 1/3 EV
Ex. Opt. Zoom	• On • Off	"Extra Optical Zoom" - crops the image to simulate additional zoom
Digital Zoom	• Off • 2X • 4X
Burst Rate	• H • L	Selects 3 or 2 fps shooting
Auto Bracket	• Steps 3, 5 or 7 frames 1/3 or 2/3 EV steps • Sequence: 0/-/+ -/0/+
Self-Timer	• 10 sec • 10 sec (3 images) • 2 sec
Color Space	• sRGB • AdobeRGB
Audio Rec	• On • Off

Motion picture menu


Option	Values / Actions	Notes
Rec Mode	• AVCHD • Motion JPEG
Rec Quality	• Rec Mode: AVCHD SH H L • Rec Mode: Motion JPEG HD WVGA VGA QVGA
Continuous AF	• Off • On
Metering Mode	• Multiple • Center weighted • Spot
i.Exposure	• Off • Low • Standard • High	Exposure and contrast are adjusted to compensate for scenes requiring a wide dynamic range
Wind Cut	• Off • Low • Standard • High	Reduces wind noise in motion picture recording
Digital Zoom	• Off • 2X • 4X

Custom menu


Option	Values / Actions	Notes
Cust. Set Mem.	• C1: Set 1 • C2: Set 1 • C2: Set 2 • C3: Set 3	Assigns current settings to one of three custom memories
LCD Disp. Style	• Finder style • LCD Monitor style
Histogram	• Off • On	Provides a histogram on the shooting screen
Guide lines	• Off • Thirds • Center • Movable
Expo. Meter	• On • Off
AF/AE Lock	• AE • AF • AF/AE	Which parameters are locked by the AL/AE lock button
AF/AE Lock Hold	• Off • On	Is the action of the AF/AE Lock button retained?
Preview Hold	• Off • On	Is the action of the preview button retained upon button release?
Pre AF	• Off • Quick AF • Continuous AF	Quick AF will start to try to achieve focus when it detects the camera is being held steadily.
Direct AF Area	• Off • On	On allows the AF point to be moved when in single-point AF mode
Focus Priority	• Off • On	Does the camera wait for focus before allowing shutter release
AF Assist Lamp	• Off • On
AF + MF	• Off • On	Allows manual fine-tuning of focus once AF lock has been achieved
MF Assist	• Off • On	Zooms in the view to allow high-precision manual focus
Rec Area	• Stills • Movies	Changes the angle of view during motion picture and still picture recording
Remaining Disp	• Stills (frames) • Movies (time)	Switches between number of recordable pictures and available recording time
Movie button	• Off • On	Enables/disables the movie button
Dial Guide	• Off • On	Gives cues to the dial's function in the viewfinder after a change
Menu Resume	• Off • On	Menus return to last-used position
Pixel Refresh	Start processing Yes No	Checks the sensor for malfunctioning pixels
Sensor cleaning	Start processing Yes No
Shoot W/O Lens	• Off • On
LVF Disp. Style	• Finder style • LCD Monitor style	Electronic Viewfinder display style

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