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Display Indicators
1
Monitor
The various information appears on the monitor depending on the status of the camera.
Monitor
The brightness and the color of the monitor can be adjusted. (p.297, p.298)
At Start-up or when Operating the Mode Dial
Guides appear on the monitor for 3 seconds (default setting) when the camera is switched on or the mode dial is turned.
1
P Program
Automatic Exposure
2
RAW
AF
RAW
Cancel AF
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P
10:30AM
Tv
Av
3 4
1
Exposure Mode (p.100)
2 Guide indicator
3
4
World Time (p.289)
Current date and time (p.67)
* 3 appears only when [World Time] is set to [Destination].
• Select [Off] for [Guide Display] in the [R Set-up 1] menu to not show guides.
(p.293)
• When the mode dial is set to A, the screen for selecting the USER mode is displayed for 30 seconds regardless of the [Guide Display] setting.
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Capture Mode
While shooting, the status screen is displayed showing the current shooting function settings. You can change the type of the screen displayed by pressing the M button.
P
1/ 2000
ISO
AUTO
1600
AF.S
F 2.8
±0.0
±0±0
-5 4 3 2 1 1 2 3 4 +5
AWB
JPEG 16
M
[
Status screen
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M
M
ISO AUTO Setting
Adjustment Range
ISO
AUTO
200-1600
HDR
OFF
JPEG 16
M
[
Control panel
37 ]
M
M
1
Blank Electronic level display
[Electronic Level] is P (Off) by default. Set in the [A Rec. Mode 4] menu.
(p.299)
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Status screen
(All items are displayed here for explanatory purposes. The actual display may differ.)
1
P USER
SHIFT
1/ 2000
ISO
AUTO
1600
AF.S
F 2.8
+1.0
G1A1
-5 4 3 2 1 1 2 3 4 +5
AWB
JPEG 16
M
[ 1234 ]
1 2 3 4
9
8
8
13
8
11
14
12
15 16 17
19 20 21
8
18
5 6 7
10
22
23
24
25
1
Exposure Mode (p.100)
2
AE Lock (p.121)
3
Interval Shooting (p.152)/Multi-
exposure (p.155)/Extended
Bracketing (p.160)/Digital Filter
(p.162)/HDR Capture (p.215)
4
Shake Reduction (p.140)/
Horizon Correction (p.140)
5
Focus Mode (p.122)
6
Metering Method (p.117)
7
Battery level (p.52)
8 E-dial guide
9 Shutter speed
10 Aperture value
11 ISO/ISO AUTO
12 Sensitivity (p.95)
13 EV Compensation (p.119)/
Exposure Bracketing (p.157)
14 EV bar
15 Flash Mode (p.77)
16 Drive Mode (p.88)
17 White Balance (p.205)
18 Custom Image (p.222)
19 File Format (p.202)
20 JPEG Recorded Pixels (p.200)
21 JPEG Quality (p.201)
22 Flash Exposure Compensation
(p.82)
23 White Balance fine-tuning (p.207)/
Cross Processing (p.225)
24 AF point (p.127)
25 Remaining image storage capacity/| button guide
Control panel
Press the M button in the status screen to display the control panel and change settings.
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ISO AUTO Setting
Adjustment Range
ISO
AUTO
200-1600
JPEG 16
M
[
HDR
OFF
37 ]
4
8
12
2
5
9
13
16
1
6
10
14
3
7
11
15
17
1 Function name
2
ISO AUTO Setting (p.96)
3
AUTO AF Point Setting (p.127)
4
Highlight Correction (p.214)
5
Shadow Correction (p.214)
6
Distortion Correction (p.218)
7 Lateral Chromatic Aberration
Adjustment (p.218)
8
Cross Processing (p.225)
9
Extended Bracketing (p.160)
10 Digital Filter (p.162)
11 HDR Capture (p.215)
12 File Format (p.202)
13 JPEG Recorded Pixels (p.200)
14 JPEG Quality (p.201)
15 Shake Reduction/
Horizon Correction (p.140)
16 Current date and time
17 Remaining image storage capacity
• Settings that cannot be changed due to the current camera setup cannot be selected.
• When [Status Screen] (p.295) in the [R Set-up 1] menu is set to P (Off), the
status screen is not displayed. The control panel turns on and off each time the M button is pressed.
• On the status screen, the setting currently being changed or guide display for the buttons that can be operated are displayed in blue (when [Status Screen]
(p.295) in the [R Set-up 1] menu is set to [Display Color 1]).
• The status screen will disappear if no operations are made within 30 seconds. Press the M button to display it again.
• If no operations are made within 30 seconds in the control panel, the status screen will reappear.
• [9999] is the maximum number of recordable images that can be displayed on the status screen and in the control panel. Even if the number of recordable images is 10,000 or more, [9999] is displayed.
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1
Electronic level display
This camera is equipped with an electronic level for detecting whether the camera is level. When [Electronic Level] is set to O (On), press the M button while the control panel is displayed to view the electronic level. When [Electronic Level] is assigned to the |/Y button, press the |/Y button to switch the display on/off.
A bar graph indicating the horizontal camera angle appears at the bottom of the screen, and a bar graph indicating the vertical camera angle appears on the right side.
Example:
Horizontally and vertically level (green)
Tilted 1.5° to the left (yellow)
Vertically level (green)
Outside horizontal level display (red)
Tilted 5° up (yellow)
Horizontally level (green)
Outside vertical level display (red)
• [Electronic Level] is P (Off) by default. Set in the [A Rec. Mode 4]
menu. (p.299)
• Refer to p.285 for assigning a function to the |/Y button.
• The electronic level display will disappear if no operations are made within 1 minute.
• If the camera angle cannot be detected, both ends and the center of the bar graphs flash red.
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When holding the camera vertically
If the camera is held vertically while measuring the brightness, the status screen or control panel is displayed vertically. The directions of the four-way controller (2345) also change to match the orientation of the camera.
To always display the contents of the screen horizontally, set in [Status Screen] of the [R
Set-up 1] menu. (p.295)
ISO AUTO Setting
Adjustment Range
ISO
AUTO
200-1600
JPEG 16
M
HDR
OFF
[ 1234 ]
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Playback Mode
The camera switches the types of information display when you press the
M button during playback.
Standard
Histogram display
Detailed information display
No info. display
Captured image, file format, and guides are displayed.
Captured image and histogram (Brightness/RGB) are
displayed. Not available during movie playback. (p.32)
Detailed information on how and when the image was taken
is displayed. (p.30)
Only captured image is displayed.
AE-L M AE-L
JPEG 1/ 2000 F5.6
ISO 200
Standard
M
No info. display
1/ 2000 F5.6
ISO 200
Histogram display
M
M
P 100-0001
AF.A
1/ 2000
F2.8
ISO 200
24mm
+1.5
-0.5
G2 A1
JPEG 16
M AdobeRGB
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± 0
± 0
± 0
± 0
± 0
Detailed information display
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1
The type of information display that is shown first during playback is the same as that of the last playback in the previous session. If [Playback Info Display] is
set to P (Off) in [Memory] (p.312) of the [A Rec. Mode 5] menu, the [Standard]
screen is always displayed first when the camera is turned on.
Detailed information display
Use the four-way controller (23) to switch between pages.
Page 1
Still Picture
P 100-0001
AF.A
1/ 2000
F2.8
ISO 200
24mm
+1.5
-0.5
G2 A1
JPEG 16
M AdobeRGB
09/09/2010 10:00AM
± 0
± 0
± 0
± 0
± 0
1
2
11 12
3
7
9
13 14 15 16
8
20
23
21
24
4
17
26 27 28
32
5
10
18
22
25
19
29
33
6
30
31
Movie
MONO
F2.8
100-0001
10min10sec
G2 A1
Movie FullHD
25
09/09/2010 10:00AM
± 0
± 0
± 0
± 0
± 0
3 5
2
34
35 36
20 37
26 27 28
32
24
14 38
25
4
6
30
31
Page 2
Still Picture/Movie
2
3
100-0001
1
2
2
3
5 6
39
39
40
41
31
1
Rotation information (p.249)
2 Captured image
3
Exposure Mode (p.89)
4 Shake Reduction/
Horizon Correction (p.140)
5
Protect (p.254)
6 Folder number-File number
(p.300)
7
Drive Mode (p.88)
8
Flash Mode (p.77)
9 Focal Length
10 AF point (p.127)/
Autofocus Method (p.166)
11 Focus Mode (p.122)
12 Metering Method (p.117)
13 Shutter speed
14 Digital Filter (p.162)
15 Extended Bracketing (p.160)/
HDR Capture (p.215)/
Multi-exposure (p.155)/
Cross Processing (p.225)
16 Highlight Correction (p.214)
17 Shadow Correction (p.214)
18 Distortion Correction (p.218)
19 Lateral Chromatic Aberration
Adjustment (p.218)
20 Aperture value
21 EV Compensation (p.119)
22 Flash Exposure Compensation
(p.82)
23 Sensitivity (p.95)
24 White Balance (p.205)
25 White Balance fine-tuning (p.207)
26 File Format (p.202)
27 Recorded Pixels (p.171, p.200)
28 Quality Level (p.171, p.201)
29 Color Space (p.212)
30 Image finishing tone (p.222)
31 Custom Image parameters
(p.222)
32 Shooting date and time
33 DPOF settings (p.309)
34 Recording time
35 Sound setting (p.172)
36 Sound type
37 Drive Mode (Remote Control)
38 Cross Processing (p.225)
39 Information tampering warning
40 Photographer (p.307)
41 Copyright Holder (p.307)
* For images taken during Live View using Face Detection AF or Contrast AF, the autofocus method is displayed for indicator 10.
* Indicators 8 and 22 appear only for images taken with the flash.
* Indicators 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 33, and 38 appear only for images taken with the corresponding functions enabled.
* Indicators 27 and 28 do not appear for RAW images.
* Indicator 39 appears only for images whose information was tampered.
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Histogram display
The following histograms can be displayed when playing back still pictures. The “Brightness histogram” shows the distribution of brightness and the “RGB histogram” shows the distribution of color intensity. Press the four-way controller (23) to switch between “Brightness histogram” and “RGB histogram”.
1 2 3 4 2 3
5
AE-L
4 23
23
5
1
1/ 2000 F5.6
ISO 200
6 7 8 9
Brightness histogram
1 0
1 Histogram (Brightness)
2 Protect
3 Folder number-File number
4 Additionally saving in RAW format
5 Switch RGB histogram/
Brightness histogram
6 File Format
7
8
9
Shutter speed
Aperture value
Sensitivity
10 DPOF settings
11 Histogram (R)
12 Histogram (G)
13 Histogram (B)
* Indicator 2 appears only for protected images.
* Indicator 4 appears only when the file format of the last captured image is
JPEG, and its data still remains in the buffer memory. (p.84)
11
1 2
AE-L
1/ 2000 F5.6
ISO 200
6 7 8 9 1 0
RGB histogram
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If [Bright/Dark Area] (p.236) in the [Q Playback 1] menu is set to O (On),
areas affected by bright or dark portions blink (except when in RGB histogram display and Detailed information display).
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Using the Histogram
A histogram shows the brightness distribution of an image. The horizontal axis represents brightness
(dark at the left and bright at the right) and the vertical axis represents the number of pixels.
The shape and the distribution of the histogram before and after shooting
(Dark) ←Brightness→ (Bright) tells you whether the exposure level and contrast are correct or not, and
Dark portions Bright portions lets you decide if you need to adjust the exposure and take a picture again.
1
Adjusting Exposure (p.119)
1
Adjusting Brightness (p.214)
Understanding Brightness
When the brightness is correct and there are no overly bright or dark areas, the graph peaks in the middle. If the image is too dark, the peak is on the left side, and if it is too bright, the peak is on the right side.
1
Dark image Image with few bright or dark areas
Bright image
When the image is too dark, the part to the left is cut off (dark portions with no detail) and when the image is too bright, the part to the right is cut off
(bright portions with no detail).
Bright portions blink red and dark portions blink yellow on the monitor when [Bright/Dark Area] is O (On).
1
Playing Back Images (p.83)
1
Setting the Playback Display Method (p.236)
1
Setting the Display for Instant Review (p.296)
Understanding Color Balance
Distribution of color intensity is displayed for each color in the RGB histogram. The right side of the graphs look similar for images that have
White Balance adjusted well. If only one color is lopsided to the left, that color is too intense.
1
Setting the White Balance (p.205)
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1
Guide Indicators
The following indicators appear on the monitor to indicate the keys, buttons and e-dials that can be operated at that time.
Example:
2
3
4
5
R
S
Four-way controller (2)
Four-way controller (3)
Four-way controller (4)
Four-way controller (5)
Front e-dial
Rear e-dial
3 button
|
4 button
Green button
L button i button
Shutter release button
|/Y button
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Viewfinder
The following information appears in the viewfinder.
2 3
1 1
4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
1
AF frame (p.61)
2
Spot metering frame (p.118)
3
AF point (p.127)
4
Flash indicator (p.77)
Lit: when the flash is available.
Blinks: when the flash is recommended but not set or is being charged.
5
Focus Mode (p.132)
Appears when the focus mode is set to \.
6 Shutter speed
Underlined when the shutter speed can be adjusted.
Displays a countdown of processing time when the Noise Reduction
function is activated. (p.98)
7 Aperture value
Underlined when the aperture value can be adjusted.
[nr] blinks when the Noise Reduction function is activated. (p.98)
8
Focus indicator (p.72)
Lit: when the subject is focused.
Blinks: when the subject is not in focus.
9 EV bar
Displays the EV compensation values or difference between the appropriate and current exposure values when the exposure mode is set to a
or M. (p.119)
Displays the camera angle when [Electronic Level] is O (On). (p.38)
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1
10 ISO/ISO AUTO
Appears when the sensitivity is displayed.
11 Sensitivity/Remaining image storage capacity
Underlined when the sensitivity can be adjusted.
Displays the number of recordable images immediately after shooting.
Displays the compensation value while adjusting the EV compensation.
Displays the amount of deviation from the correct exposure when the exposure mode is set to a or M and [Electronic Level] is set to O (On).
(p.114)
12 AE Lock (p.121)
Appears while the AE Lock function is activated.
13 Changing AF point (p.128)
Appears when the AF point can be changed with the AF point switching dial set to j (Select).
14 Multi-exposure (p.155)
Appears when Multi-exposure is set.
15 Metering Method (p.117)
Appears when the metering method is M (Center-weighted metering) or
N (Spot metering).
16 Shake Reduction (p.139)
Appears when the Shake Reduction function is activated.
17 Flash Exposure Compensation (p.82)
Appears when the flash exposure compensation is in use.
18 EV Compensation (p.119)/Exposure Bracketing (p.157)
Appears when adjusting the EV compensation or when the drive mode is set to [Exposure Bracketing].
19 File Format (p.202)
Displays the image save format in RAW/RAW+ format.
Not displayed in JPEG format.
• The AF point(s) in use for autofocus appear in red (Superimpose AF Area)
when the shutter release button is pressed halfway. (p.127)
• When [Cancel AF] is assigned to [AF Button] in [Button Customization] of the
[A Rec. Mode 5] menu, \ is displayed in the viewfinder while the =
button is pressed. (p.124)
• [9999] is the maximum number of recordable images that can be displayed in the viewfinder. Even if the number of recordable images is 10,000 or more,
[9999] is displayed.
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LCD Panel
The following information appears in the LCD panel on top of the camera.
3 4 5
1
2
6
7
8
9
10
1 Shutter speed/
Countdown of Noise Reduction
processing time (p.98)
2 Aperture value nr : Noise Reduction is
activated (p.98)
3
Multi-exposure (p.155)
4
Mirror Lock-up Shooting (p.149)
5
EV bar (p.119)/
Electronic Level (p.38)
6
EV Compensation (p.119)/
Exposure Bracketing (p.157)
7
Battery level (p.52)
8 Flash Exposure Compensation
(p.82)
9 Sensitivity/EV compensation value
10 ISO/ISO AUTO
Appears when the sensitivity is displayed.
11 12 13 14
11 Flash Mode (p.77)
b : Built-in flash is ready
(when blinking, flash should be used)
> : Red-eye Reduction
3 : Auto Flash Discharge
Q : Slow-speed Sync
E : Trailing Curtain Sync w : Wireless
12 Drive Mode (p.88)
9 j
: Single Frame Shooting
: Continuous Shooting g : Self-timer Shooting
W : Remote Control Shooting
13 File Format (p.202)
1 : RAW capture
1 P : RAW+JPEG capture
14 Remaining image storage capacity/USB Connection mode
(p.317)
Pc-S : MSC mode
Pc-P : PTP mode
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LCD panel is illuminated when the exposure metering is performed. You can
choose [High], [Low] or [Off] for LCD panel backlight in [22. LCD Panel
Illumination] of the [A Custom Setting 4] menu (p.92).
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Electronic level display
When the camera is not level, a bar graph indicating the horizontal camera angle is displayed in the viewfinder and on the LCD panel.
1
When level (at 0°)
When tilted 5° to the left
When held vertically and tilted 3° to the right
• [Electronic Level] is P (Off) by default. Set in the [A Rec. Mode 4]
menu. (p.299)
• The composition can also be adjusted in the camera when the camera
is stabilized using a tripod. (p.220)
