Panasonic DMC-GM5 Advanced Owners Manual - Page 97

3. Recording Modes ∫ About playback Pressing 3 will start scrolling playback automatically in the same direction as the recording. 1/98 • The following operations can be performed during scrolling playback. 3 Start panorama playback/Pause¢ 4 Stop ¢ When the playback is paused, you can scroll forwards and backwards by dragging the screen. When the scroll bar is touched, the playback position jumps to the touched position. • The optimal speed for moving the camera varies depending on the lens being used. • When the focal length is long, such as when a telephoto lens is attached, move the camera slowly. • Pictures are taken with the electronic shutter in Panorama Shot Mode. • The focus, White Balance, and exposure are fixed at the optimum values for the first picture. As a result, if the focus or brightness changes substantially during recording, the entire panorama picture may not be recorded at the suitable focus or brightness. • When multiple pictures are combined to create a single panorama picture, the subject may appear distorted or the connection points may be noticeable in some cases. • The number of recording pixels in the horizontal and vertical directions of the panorama picture varies depending on the recording direction and the number of combined pictures. The maximum number of pixels is shown below. Recording direction Horizontal Resolution Vertical Resolution Horizontal 8176 pixels 1920 pixels Vertical 2560 pixels 8176 pixels Not available in these cases: • A panorama picture may not be able to be created, or the pictures may not be combined properly when recording the following subjects or under the recording conditions below. - Subjects with a single, uniform color or repetitive pattern (such as the sky or a beach) - Moving subjects (person, pet, car, waves, flowers blowing in the breeze, etc.) - Subjects where the color or patterns change in a short time (such as an image appearing on a display) - Dark places - Locations with flickering light sources such as fluorescent lights or candles • This cannot be used when [Silent Mode] is set to [ON]. 97