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Camera Displays

This section lists the indicators that may be displayed during shooting.

For illustrative purposes, displays are shown with all indicators lit.

The LCD Monitor

Date stamp

Focus check

Depth-of-field preview

Location data download status

[Bluetooth ON/OFF]

Image transfer status

Number of frames selected for upload

Movie mode

Time remaining

Date and time

Number of available frames 1

Image size

Image quality

Touch screen mode 2

Focus frame

Temperature warning

Focus warning

White balance

Dynamic range

Film simulation 2

Scene position 2

Advanced filter 2

Portrait enhancement level 2

Sound and flash indicator

Histogram

Focus mode 2

Distance indicator

Battery level

Sensitivity

Exposure compensation

Aperture

Shutter speed

AE lock

Metering

Shooting mode

Focus mode

AF lock

Focus indicator

Manual focus indicator

AF+MF indicator

Shutter type

Continuous mode

Self-timer indicator

Exposure indicator

Microphone/remote release

Flash mode

Flash compensation

Touch zoom

1 Shows “9999” if there is space for over 9999 frames.

2 Camera functions can also be accessed via touch controls.

Adjusting Display Brightness

Use the items in the A[SCREEN SET-UP] menu to adjust the brightness and hue of the LCD monitor when changes in ambient brightness make the display difficult to read. Choose [LCD BRIGHTNESS] to adjust brightness or [LCD COLOR] to adjust hue.

The [DISP/BACK] Button

Press [DISP/BACK] to cycle through display modes as follows.

Standard   Information off

Customizing the Standard Display

To choose the items shown in the standard display:

  1. Display standard indicators.

    Use the [DISP/BACK] button to display standard indicators.

  2. Select [DISP. CUSTOM SETTING].

    Select A[SCREEN SET-UP] > [DISP. CUSTOM SETTING] in the setup menu.

  3. Choose items.

    Highlight items and press [MENU/OK] to select or deselect.

    • [FRAMING GUIDELINE]
    • [ELECTRONIC LEVEL]
    • [FOCUS FRAME]
    • [AF DISTANCE INDICATOR]
    • [MF DISTANCE INDICATOR]
    • [HISTOGRAM]
    • [SHOOTING MODE]
    • [APERTURE/S-SPEED/ISO]
    • [INFORMATION BACKGROUND]
    • [Expo. Comp. (Digit)]
    • [Expo. Comp. (Scale)]
    • [FOCUS MODE]
    • [PHOTOMETRY]
    • [SHUTTER TYPE]
    • [FLASH]
    • [CONTINUOUS MODE]
    • [WHITE BALANCE]
    • [FILM SIMULATION]
    • [DYNAMIC RANGE]
    • [FRAMES REMAINING]
    • [IMAGE SIZE/QUALITY]
    • [MOVIE MODE & REC. TIME]
    • [DIGITAL TELE-CONV.]
    • [AUTO IMAGE TRANSFER]
    • [BATTERY LEVEL]

  4. Save changes.

    Press [DISP/BACK] to save changes.

  5. Exit the menus.

    Press [DISP/BACK] as needed to exit the menus and return to the shooting display.

Virtual Horizon

Selecting [ELECTRONIC LEVEL] displays a virtual horizon. The camera is level when the two lines overlap. Note that the virtual horizon may not be displayed if the camera lens is pointed up or down.

Histograms

Histograms show the distribution of tones in the image. Brightness is shown by the horizontal axis, the number of pixels by the vertical axis.

Number of pixels

  
Shadows Pixel brightness Highlights

Optimal exposure: Pixels are distributed in an even curve throughout the tone range.

Overexposed: Pixels are clustered on the right side of the graph.

Underexposed: Pixels are clustered on the left side of the graph.