Basic Operations for Recording

Preparation:

1. Connect smartphone to digital camera via Wi-Fi®

2. Tap theiconicon that is displayed at the bottom of the screen when starting up this application to display the recording screen

Taking a picture

1. Tapicon

  1. When Burst mode has been set, tapiconto take multiple pictures in quick succession.

Recording a video

1. Tapicon

  1. Video recording is started. Tap again to stop recording video.

Using zoom

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(If zooming by remote operation possible, it will be displayed.)

Move the zoom levericontoward T (telephoto) to magnify and toward W (Wide) to widen zoom.

  1. The zoom bar and focal length will be displayed at the bottom of the screen.

Recording settings

Tap the icons below to perform each setting.

(For smartphones)

If you tapiconoricon, the icons below will be displayed. If you tapiconoriconagain, you will return to the original screen.

icon Simply touch the subject you want to focus on, and it will automatically focus and release the shutter.
icon You can easily optimize the brightness in the position that you touched.
  • This icon is not displayed for DMC-GF6.
icon You can select the focus method depending on the position and number of the subjects.
icon Set the Aperture, Shutter Speed, and Program Shift, etc.

* The icon display will change depending on the digital camera's settings.

icon Compensation will be made if you cannot obtain proper exposure, such as when there is a great difference between the brightness of the subject and the background.
icon Set Single, Burst, Auto Bracket and Self-timer.
icon Adjust White Balance.
icon Set Sensitivity (sensitivity to light).

Tapiconto display information (settings etc.) on the top and bottom of the recording screen. You can cancel the displayed information by tapping again.

Tapiconto display other recording settings and to perform settings such as [Photo Style].

  1. Depending on the recording mode, some items may not be displayed, and setting values may differ.
  2. The options you can set change depending on the model and settings of the digital camera.
  3. Setting options and setting values are only part of the digital camera items. All of the setting options and setting values will not be displayed.
  4. Operation may differ from the digital camera.
  5. After changing settings, the quality of the image displayed on your smartphone can differ from the image displayed on your digital camera. It is recommended that you check image quality using the playback screen on your digital camera.

Taking pictures using the Touch Shutter function

Simply touch the subject you want to focus on, and it will automatically focus and release the shutter.

1. Tapicon

  1. Icon will change toicon, and taking a picture with the Touch Shutter function becomes possible.

2. Touch the subject you wish to focus on, and then take a picture

  1. The picture is taken when the focus is achieved.
  2. Tapicononce again to cancel the Touch Shutter function.

Easily optimizing the brightness for a specified area (Touch AE)

When setting [Touch AF] to [AF+AE] in [Touch Settings] in the [Custom] menu on the digital camera, you can optimize the focus and brightness in the area you touch.
Touch the subject for which you would like to optimize the brightness to display the AF area frame and brightness optimization position. The brightness and focus can be optimized in the same area.

  1. Tapiconto cancel the setting.

(For Manual Focus)

This function is not available for when using DMC-GF6.
When using DMC-G6, the settings screen for the position for brightness optimization will be displayed and only the brightness can be optimized.

If the [Touch Settings] are different from those above, you can only optimize the brightness for the area that has been touched.*

1. Tapicon

2. Touch the subject for which you would like to optimize the brightness

The settings screen for the position for brightness optimization will be displayed.

3. Tap [Set]

  1. The icon will change toicon, and the brightness will be optimized for the set position.
  2. Tapiconto cancel the brightness optimization position.

* This function is not available when using DMC-GF6.

Taking pictures with an automatic focus point (Auto Focus)

When the digital camera is set to Auto Focus, touching the screen will display the AF area frame, and the point of focus can be adjusted.
Explanation follows below.

Item Contents
[Face Detection] Recognize people's faces, adjust focus point and exposure.
[AF Tracking] Adjusts to the set subject and exposure. The focus point and exposure will follow even if the subject moves.
[23-Area] When the subject is not the center of the screen, AF area can focus on up to 23-Areas.
[1-Area] After the focus point has been selected, the AF area frame in the center of the screen will focus accordingly.
[Pinpoint] When you want to focus on a point smaller than [1-Area], use the enlarged view and select a focus point.
  1. Tapiconto clear the AF area frame settings.
  2. Tap [Reset] to return the AF area frame to the center of the screen.
  3. When changing Auto Focus Mode, you can change the digital camera's settings or change settings with the iconicon* on the screen.

* When using a smartphone, tapiconoriconto display iconicon.

  1. Operation may differ from the digital camera.

Manually selecting focus point (Manual Focus)

When the digital camera is set to Manual Focus, a sliding bar appears on the screen, and the focus point can be manually adjusted. This can be used if you want to fix the focus point, if the distance of the subject is fixed, or if you do not want to move Auto Focus.

You can adjust the sliding bar shown below by dragging it.

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(During vertical display)

  1. Tap the recording screen to switch to the MF Assist screen, and display zoom.
  2. Tapicon/iconto enlarge/shrink the image.
  3. Tap [Reset] to return the magnified position to the center.

Changes to digital camera operation

If the digital camera is used while using the remote function on smartphone, the smartphone remote function will be stopped, and digital camera operations will be given priority.

  1. During digital camera operation, [Camera operation is in progress.] is displayed, and it cannot perform smartphone operations. Specifically, when the digital camera is in Playback mode, [Camera operation is in progress.] will continue to display. If you want to resume smartphone operation, please switch the digital camera itself to recording mode.

Creating a video with [Stop Motion Animation]

Shoot a stationary object like a doll while moving it bit by bit to create a video that looks as if it is moving by connecting these images.

1. Tapicon

2. Tap [Stop Motion Animation]

3. Tap [Start]

4. Tap [New]

The recording screen is displayed.

5. Tapicon

(When confirming/deleting recorded images)

  1. You can confirm recorded images by tappingiconand going to the playback screen.

6. Tap [Complete] to exit recording

7. Select method for creating video

Set the quality, frame rate, and sequence.

8. Tap [Execute]

  1. When recording in [Stop Motion Animation] with the digital camera, the 2 previously recorded images will be displayed, but they are not displayed on this application.
  2. Pictures recorded in [Stop Motion Animation] will be displayed together in a single Picture group. If only a single image is recorded, it will not be recorded as a Picture group.
  3. Created videos will be saved in MP4 recording format.
  4. In some cases, [Stop Motion Animation] cannot be used depending on the recording mode.