Panasonic DMC-G2 Review: 8. Menus: Digital Photography Review

Camera Menus

Setup Menu

A lot of the menu items here have been moved around, but apart from that, not much is new.


Option	Values / Actions	Notes
Clock set	• HH:MM, MMM/DD/YYYY • Date order M/D/Y D/M/Y Y/M/D • Clock format 24Hr AM/PM
World Time	• Destination • Home	Selects your home time zone and that of your current location. (From 33 regions)
Travel Date	• Travel setup • Location	This is for recording which day of your vacation you take a picture
Beep	• Muted • Low • High
Volume	• Level 0 - 6
Monitor	• Brightness +/- 3 • Color and Saturation +/- 3
LCD Mode	• Off • Auto Power LCD • Power LCD	Auto mode brightens the LCD when needed. Power LCD brightens at all times.
Economy	• Sleep Mode * Off 1 Min 2 Min 5 Min 10 Min • Auto LCD Off Off 15 Sec 30 Sec
Auto review	• Review Off 1 Sec 3 Sec 5 Sec Hold
USB Mode	• Select on connection • PC • PTP
Video Out	• NTSC • PAL
TV Aspect	• 16:9 • 4:3	Selects output ratio of video output
HDMI	• Auto • 1080i • 720p • 576p	Selects the output from the HDMI port. 480p is selected instead of 576p when NTSC is selected under 'Video Out'
Viera Link	• Off • On	Allows the remote control from a Panasonic Viera TV to control the camera
Scene menu	• Off • Auto	Shows a mode selection menu when mode dial is turned to a scene setting [Example]
Calibration	• Cancel • OK	To calibrate LCD touch response, touch the marked position with the stylus pen.
Language	• English • German • French • Spanish • Italian • Polish • Czech • Hungarian • Dutch • Turkish • Portuguese • Finnish • Danish • Swedish • Japanese
Version Disp.	• Body Firmware version • Lens Firmware version
No.Reset	• Reset File No. in the camera? Yes/No
Reset	• Reset Rec Settings? Yes/No • Reset Setup/Custom Parameters? Yes/No	Options are presented sequentially
Format	• Yes • No

My Menu


The G2's My Menu isn't quite as sophisticated as the custom menu we've seen on some DSLRs, but it is perhaps more useful to the average user as it simply remembers the five most recently used menu items, and thus in most cases shows the settings you change most often.

Playback menu

A couple of new options here, mainly concerning video capture and the new Favorites feature.


Option	Values / Actions	Notes
Slide Show	Choose one of the following first: • All • Picture only • Video only • Category Selection • Favorite * Then pick from these options: • Start • Effect Natural Slow * Swing Urban Off • Duration 1 sec 2 sec 3 sec 5 sec • Repeat On Off • Sound * Auto Music Audio
Playback Mode	• Normal play • Picture play • AVCHD Lite play • Motion JPEG play • Category play *
Title edit	• Single • Multi	Add text comments to images
Text stamp	• Single • Multi	'Stamp' image information onto a picture
Video Divide	(Select movie)	Allows you to divide a video in two
Resize	• Single • Multi
Cropping	(Select image)
Aspect Conv	• 3:2 • 4:3 • 1:1	Converts 16:9 images to other aspect ratios
Rotate	(Select image)
Rotate Disp.	• Off • On	Is the image rotated on playback
Favorite	• Off • On • Cancel	When enabled allows you to mark images as favorites by simply pressing the up arrow.
Print Set	• Single • Multi • Cancel
Protect	• Single • Multi • Cancel
Face Rec Edit	• Replace • Edit	Replaces or erases face recognition data in an image

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