AGS (Auto Ground-Directional Standby) I have a few questions about this ags...is there a way to turn it off or disable it?i am very concerned about this because i sometimes shoot at weird or bizarre angles and dont want my camera to be constantly turning off.any input is helpful. AGS (Auto Ground-Directional Standby) I have a few questions about this ags...is there a way to turn it off or disable it?i am very concerned about this because i sometimes shoot at... » Read More AGS (Auto Ground-Directional Standby) I have a few questions about this ags...is there a way to turn it off or disable it?i am very concerned about this because i sometimes shoot at weird or bizarre angles and dont want my camera to be constantly turning off.any input is helpful. « Show Less
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You press "Menu" on the back of the camera just above the garbage can icon. This brings up choices - "Basic, Video, Picture," etc. You want the second choice, "Video." You select "Video" by moving the miniature joystick [located in the center of the recording/playback/definition (STandarD or High D)] down and then pressing it in, it takes you to Page 1 of 2 pages under the Video category. Using the joystick, move past the last choice at the bottom ("Mic Level"), which will take you to Page 2. On Page 2 of "Video" you will find AGS which you can turn On or Off by using the joystick. You press "Menu" on the back of the camera just above the garbage can icon. This brings up choices - "Basic, Video, Picture," etc. You want the second choice, "Video." You select "Video" by moving the miniature joystick [located in the center of the recording/playback/definition (STandarD or High D)] down and then pressing it in, it takes you to Page 1 of 2 pages under the Video category. Using the joystick, move past the last choice at the bottom ("Mic Level"), which will take you to Page 2. On Page 2 of "Video" you will find AGS... » Read More You press "Menu" on the back of the camera just above the garbage can icon. This brings up choices - "Basic, Video, Picture," etc. You want the second choice, "Video." You select "Video" by moving the miniature joystick [located in the center of the recording/playback/definition (STandarD or High D)] down and then pressing it in, it takes you to Page 1 of 2 pages under the Video category. Using the joystick, move past the last choice at the bottom ("Mic Level"), which will take you to Page 2. On Page 2 of "Video" you will find AGS which you can turn On or Off by using the joystick. « Show Less
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You have the option to connect up to 4 cameras. There is a switch on the back that allows you to pick a constant or you can choose auto and it goes through each camera a few seconds at a time. There is the option to have the camera auto on, meaning if there's movement it turns on. Hope this helps! For the price these cameras are great!
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I think if you turn it off in-camera, it's off regardless of whether you have the dedicated switch on or off on the lens itself. It seems to have been designed with the expectation of the newer design of the current 14-42 which has no dedicated switch on the lens. It needs to be activated via the menu. I think it also must be activated to set the IS mode. I have the IS turned on in my G1 and use the 14-45 and 45-200 as normal. No problems. I know it works as I use slr lenses with no IS, where the lack of IS is immediately obvious. I think the menu setting just provides power for the lens IS. I never turn it off in camera regardless of whether I'm using the oem lenses or the slr lenses. I don't turn off the "shoot without lens" when I switch from the slr lenses to the oem either. It's the Olympus m4/3's that have the more involved IBIS where the Panasonic IS can overide and a user might want to select the IBIS or IS. I'm assuming you know the GF has no in-body IS. The G1 has the in-menu option, I thought the GF1 had it too. I've taken over 25,000 shots with that setting, no issues to date. NOTE: If your lenses are older, you might want to install the latest firmware updates. That seems to have a big effect on the performance of the G-bodies and lenses in some cases.
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Also when you turn your engine off the camera will turn off after a few moments but the key is when ignition is turned off the 12 volt plug should also turn off in most cars if yours doesn't you'll have to power off the camera or unplug the power cord. The safest is to power off the camera.
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Hi, The flash can be turned off in some settings (ie Intelligent Auto), but not in others (ie Background Defocus).
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Yes, if your car's cigarette outlet stays powered on when the car is powered off. The camera goes into a sleep mode where it only turns on when it detects motion to try and not drain your car battery. You can change the sensitivity of this feature. If your 12V outlet turns off with when your car turns off, then you will need to rewire the outlet a little or just wire the camera directly into the car's battery/fuse box. Another thing to note, my battery was getting old and alternator was apparently failing.... so leaving this plugged in without turning the car on for an entire weekend drained my battery to the point were the car would not start Monday morning. My boss was not pleased when I was late to work, trying to get a jump from my kind neighbor. Replacing the battery and alternator, I have not had this issue again. Just a warning, it does drain some power.
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The only way it turns off is if you unplug it from the cigarette lighter plug. You can change the settings so the screen doesn't stay on for more than a minute when it is first plugged in. I use that time to check the camera views to make sure it is recording where I want it to. It hardly uses any battery power, especially if the screen has timed out as I left mine on for a week trip when I left it in the airport parking lot. Car started right up.
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This item is a light with a switch and an accessory shoe. If your camera has an accessor shoe you can mount the light on your camera. You then switchave the light on and shoot your still image or movie and then switch it off. The only issue you might have is mounting the light without an accessory shoe. When I use it with a shoeless camera I mount on on a small tripod, have someone hold it, use my other hand or use a flash bracket that mounts to the camera's tripod screw. There is no electrical connection to the camera which uses its own exposure metering system to insure a properly exposed image or video.
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Those are the settings for whatever condition you are shooting in.............they adjust themselves when on automatic......I'm not very techy with all this, so just let it do it's "thing".............
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Hi Donald, The SteadyShot (image stabilization) function is set to [On] in the default setting. You can also turn off/on the SteadyShot function by pressing the [MENU] button --&gt; (camera icon) 1 --&gt; [SteadyShot] --&gt; [Off]. -Anthony
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Same thing happened to me. The camera needs to be active, not just on. For example I have a nikon d3100 and the display/ view screen needs to be on. It has something to do with providing power to the card.
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For some reason, Canon seems to use FULL TIME Continuous AF - which is active even when you're not touching anything - and turned it on by default. Very annoying feature. I didn't realize this either until I popped on a noisy EF lens and it just wouldn't stop auto-focusing. I suspect Canon decided this would somehow make the camera "easier to use".
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Hi Linda,We have used this camera extensively at many varying lighting conditions and have always been very satisfied with the results. The amazing part is that I have always left the setting in automatic and used the factory defaults. Someone with a bit more expertise that I, can get much more out of this camera. For the technically challenged, as am I, this is a great camera that does everything extremely well. Enjoy.
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Martin is correct. Panasonic G series cameras do not have "in body" stabilization. Many of the G series cameras do have a menu setting that allows control over the lens OIS when there is no switch on the lens itself. In general, leave the camera menu setting to on and use the lens switch to control OIS. If you have one of the new lenses that does not have an OIS switch, and you want to turn OIS off, then use the camera menu.
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Yes. Turn off the gps and it will increase the battery life quite a lot. In the owners manual it explains this function. Turn the gps on when you are out taking photos and the at the end of the day turn the gps function off to save battery life. If the gps function is left on, it will be searching for satellites even when the camera is turned off. Get a couple of extra batteries. They do not have to be Pentax batteries, you can get after market batteries and a charger from Amazon for a very reasonable price. That is what I did.
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I leave my camera plugged in 24/7 and it works perfectly. I have to periodically readjust the camera position because it gets moved when we do housecleaning.
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There are 2 buttons located on the upper outside edges of the cameras that provide 3 settings. 1. IR ON 2. IR OFF ,3. IR AUTO . If not all of the positions work it's just a minor switch defect . Send it back for a replacement. The two buttons on the front are for On/Off and Camera Selection. Hope that helps.