Using the LCD Monitor. Canon a95

Preparing the Camera

Using the LCD Monitor

Pressing the DISP. button switches the LCD monitor display mode.

Shooting Mode

DISP. Button

Standard

(No Information)

Detailed

(Information View)

DISP. Button

Shutter Speed

DISP. Button

AF Frame

Spot AE

Point Frame

Aperture Value

• Still images: Shots Remaining

• Movies (seconds):

- Remaining Movie Time

- Elapsed Time

Off

The AF frame changes according to its setting (LCD monitor On).

AF Frame set to [AiAF] (p. 81) AF Frame set to [Center] or [FlexiZone] (p. 81)

z Green: Focusing complete (focused AF frame) z Green: Focusing complete z Does not appear: Focusing difficulty z Yellow: Focusing difficulty

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Icons Displayed in Shooting Mode

Shooting Mode p. 39, 76

Exposure Compensation p. 85

White Balance p. 86

Drive Mode

ISO Speed

Photo Effect p. 46, 48 p. 89 p. 90

Light Metering Mode p. 83

Compression p. 41

Resolution

Postcard Print p. 41, 54

Flash p. 43

Red-eye Reduction p. 44

Macro Mode

Manual Focus p. 45 p. 93

Auto Rotate Function p. 95 z(Red)

Movie Recording Mode p. 56

3.8x 4.9x 6.1x 7.6x 9.3x 12x Digital Zoom Setting

*2 p. 47

Camera Shake Warning p. 14

Low Battery p. 17

*1:The icons of all the SCN mode options appear (p. 51).

*2:Zoom powers reflect the combined optical and digital zoom effects. These figures appear when the digital zoom is activated.

Preparing the Camera z When a Shooting mode setting is changed, the settings appear on the LCD monitor for about 6 seconds even if the LCD monitor is set to

Standard (No Information) or off. (The Shooting mode settings may not appear depending on the camera setting.) You can set the flash, Macro mode, and the manual focus settings while this information appears on the LCD monitor.

z

and the icons in (the shaded area of the chart) appear even when the information view is turned off.

z In addition to the above, the AF frame, spot metering frame, shutter speed, aperture value, recordable images or recordable movie time are displayed as in the example to the left.

z Setting the shooting mode dial to or modes turns the LCD monitor on regardless of whether it is set to on or off.

z A slow shutter speed has likely been selected because of insufficient lighting if the upper indicator blinks orange after the metering preparations are complete and the camera shake icon ( ) displays in the LCD monitor. Set the flash to or , or affix the camera to a tripod to shoot.

z After you take a photo by fully pressing the shutter button, the image displays on the LCD monitor for approximately two seconds (or the review duration you set from 2 to 10 seconds). If you press the SET button while the image is displayed, it will continue to display (p. 37).

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Preparing the Camera

Playback Mode

Standard

File Number

DISP. Button

No Display

DISP. Button

Image Number and Total

(Display Image/Total)

Shooting

Date/Time

Aperture Value

Detailed*

Shutter Speed

Compression

Resolution (Still image)

Sound memo (WAVE file)

Movie

Protection Status p. 41 p. 41 p. 98 p. 56 p. 100

DISP. Button

Histogram

Movie Length

* Detailed Display is not available in index playback (9 images).

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Icons Displayed in Playback Mode

(Detailed Display)

Shooting Mode p. 39, 76

*1

Exposure Compensation p. 85

White Balance p. 86

Photo Effects

ISO Speed p. 90 p. 89

Flash

Macro Mode p. 43 p. 45

Manual Focus p. 93

Light Metering Mode p. 83

Resolution (Movies) p. 41

Low Battery p. 17

*2

In addition to the above, the shutter speed, aperture value, histogram and recorded movie time are displayed as in the example in the figure on the left.

*1: Each mode of the SCN mode appears (p. 51).

*2: appears even in No Display mode.

Preparing the Camera

The following information may also appear with some image files.

An audio file other than a wave file, or a file with unrecognized format, is attached.

JPEG file with format not conforming to

Design rule for Camera File System

Standards

RAW format file

A file with unrecognized format.

z The on/off setting of the LCD monitor display mode is memorized when the camera is turned off. When the camera is turned on again it assumes the last mode. However, when the LCD monitor is turned on and the “Change the batteries” message appears, the LCD monitor may not automatically turn on the next time the camera is started.

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Preparing the Camera z While a recorded image is displayed on the LCD monitor, you can check the exposure with the graph (see About the

Histogram (below)) that shows the distribution of the brightness data. If the exposure requires adjustment, set the exposure compensation and re-shoot.

(Press the DISP. button if the histogram and other information is not shown.) z Please note that image information recorded by this camera may not display correctly on other cameras and image information recorded by other cameras may not display correctly on this camera.

About the Histogram

z The histogram is a graph that allows you to judge the brightness of the shot image. The greater the bias toward the left in the graph, the darker the image.

The greater the bias toward to the right, the brighter the image. If the image is too dark, adjust the exposure compensation to a positive value.

Similarly, adjust the exposure compensation to a negative value if the image is too bright (p. 85).

Sample Histograms

Dark image Balanced image Bright image

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