Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF1 Review: 13. Menus: Digital Photography Review

Camera Menus

Setup menu


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
Fn Button Set	• Film Mode • Aspect ratio • Quality • Metering Mode • i.Exposure • Guide lines • Rec Area • Remaining Disp
Economy	• Power save 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 • Zoom Off 1 Sec 3 Sec 5 Sec
Highlight	• Off • On	Blinking highlights in playback mode
Monitor	• Brightness +/- 3 •Saturation +/- 3	Adjusts the brightness and saturation of the LCD screen. Pressing 'Display' allows you to fine tune the color response in the Amber/Blue and Green/Magenta axes
LCD Mode	• Off • Auto Power LCD • Power LCD	Auto mode brightens the LCD when needed. Power LCD brightens at all times.
Scene menu	• Off • Auto	Shows a mode selection menu when mode dial is turned to a scene setting.

Beep	• Muted • Low • High
Volume	• Level 0 - 6
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
USB Mode	• Select on connection • PC • PTP

Video Out	• NTSC • PAL
TV Aspect	• 16:9 • 4:3	Selects output ratio of video output
HDMI Mode	• 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
Version Disp.	• Body Firmware version • Lens Firmware version

Language	• English • German • French • Spanish • Italian • Polish • Czech • Hungarian • Dutch • Turkish • Portuguese • Finnish • Danish • Swedish • Japanese
Format	• Yes • No

My Menu


The GF1'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


Option	Values / Actions	Notes
Slide Show	Choose one of the following first: • All • Picture only • Motion picture only • Favorite • Face recognition Then pick from these options: • Start • Effect Natural Swing Urban Off • Duration 1 sec 2 sec 3 sec 5 sec • Repeat On Off • Music On Off • Audio On Off
Playback Mode	• Normal play • Picture play • AVCHD Lite play • Motion JPEG play • Category play
Favorite	• Off • On • Cancel	When enabled allows you to mark images as favorites by simply pressing the up arrow.
Title edit	• Single • Multi	Add text comments to images
Text stamp	• Single • Multi	'Stamp' image information onto a picture

Resize	• Single • Multi
Trimming	(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

Print Set	• Single • Multi • Cancel
Protect	• Single • Multi • Cancel
Audio Dub.		Add audio to an image
Face Rec Edit	• Replace • Delete	Erases face recognition data in an image

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