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4 Selectthe
camera
TheDeviceName
shouldnowbe
displayedin theapp,
underneaththe
‘Camerasdetected’
heading.Selectit to
starttheBluetooth
connection.6 Successful
connection
Aftera fewmoments
theconnection
shouldbemadeand
theappwillalertyou
thattheconnection
hasbeensuccessful.
Youcannowuseall
of thefeaturesof the
app.Thescreenshot
(left)showsthe
homescreenwithits
variousdifferent
options.5 Establish
the
connection
OncetheBluetooth
connectionhasbeen
established,theapp
andcamerawill
attempttoconnect
viaWi-Fi.When
prompted,simply
click‘Join’toallow
theconnection to
take place.AUSEFULfeaturefoundwithintheLumix
Syncappis theabilitytosaveandtransfer
camerasettings.Thisverysimple-to-use
modetransfersthecurrentcamerasettings
toa smartphone,wheretheyarethensaved.
Bydefaultthesettingsarenamedafterthe
camerausedandthenthedateandtime,
buttheycanberenamed,makingit easyto
createyourowncustomsettings.For
exampleyoucouldcreateandsaveyour
ownwildlife,street,landscape,portraitsor
sportssettingsandsavethemtotheapp.
Whenyouwanttousethemonthecamera
simplyhittransferandthesettingswillbe
sent and immediately activated for use.SavecamerasettingsAutofocus
Withaccesstoallof thedifferentAFarea
settingsviaremoteshooting,it is easytoswitch
betweenPinpoint,225-AreaorFace/Eye/Body/
AnimalAFandtheotheroptions.
Touchscreenautofocusworkswell,witha
quicktapontheiPhonescreenshiftingtheAF
pointorarea.Thespeedof focusingis smooth,
ratherthansnappy,butprovedaccurate and
usablefornon-moving subjects.
Video
Videois comprehensivelycoveredbyLumixSync.
A varietyof differentrecordingformatscanbe
captured,andthefullcomplementof different
exposuresettingsis available.Thereis no
separatefunctionforvideocapture,it’sa red
recordbuttonwithintheremoteshootingfeature.
Impressivelyit is possibletochangethe
exposurewhilstrecording,andtheappalso
allowsuseof touchscreenAFforfocuspulling.
Heretheslowsmoothmotionof theAFcomes
intoitsown,makingit a greatoptionfor
videographerswantingtochangefocuswithout
touchingthecameraandriskingit moving.
Recordedvideoclipscanbeplayedbackvia
theLumixSyncapp,andit’salsopossibleto
transfervideoclipsfromthecameratothe
smartphone.Whetheryouwillbeabletoplay
the clip depends on the format you use.
Imagetransfer
Panasonichasn’tskimpedwhenit comesto
transferringimages,witha choiceof sizeand
formatforthebestpossibleflexibilitywhen
editingandsharingimagesonthemove.
Small(6MP),medium(12MP)andlarge
(24MP)JPEGsizesareavailable,andyoucan
choosewhetheryou’dliketotransferraw
files,JPEGsandraws,orjustJPEGs.
A fullsize24MPJPEGimagetransferredin
justunder5secs,a mediumsizeJPEGin less
than3secsanda smallJPEGin lessthan
2secs.Meanwhile,fullsizeJPEGandrawfiles
takearound23secs,andforthosewhojust
wanttotransfera rawfile,thistakes20secs.
Withintheimagesectionmenuthereis the
optiontoselectmultipleimagesfortransfer,
andyoucanalsoapplya 0-5starratingto
images,eitherindividually or to a selection.Locationdata
Addingthetimeandlocationis
straightforward,andis aboutaseasyas
I havefoundtodateonanycamerasystem.
It’sa simplematterof goingtotheBluetooth
menuandturningAutoClockSetand
LocationLoggingto‘ON’.Afterthisthe
camerawilladdlocationdataandcurrent
timefromtheconnected smartphone
via Bluetooth.Usersshouldexpecta 24MPrawfile
totakearound 20 secondstotransfer
from the camera to a smartphone