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Options Available in Live View

Settings for the selected effect are adjusted in the live view display but apply during live view and viewfinder photography and movie recording.

❚❚ g Color Sketch

1

Select live view.

Press the a button. The view through the lens will be displayed in the monitor.

a button

2

Adjust options.

Press J to display the options shown at right. Press 1 or 3 to highlight

Vividness or Outlines and press 4 or 2 to change. Vividness can be increased to make colors more saturated, or decreased for a washedout, monochromatic effect, while outlines can be made thicker or thinner. Increasing the thickness of the lines also makes colors more saturated.

3

Press J.

Press J to exit when settings are complete. To resume viewfinder photography, press the a button.

The selected settings will continue in effect and will apply to photographs and movies recorded in live view or using the viewfinder.

❚❚ i Miniature Effect

1

Select live view.

Press the a button. The view through the lens will be displayed in the monitor.

a button

2

Position the focus point.

Use the multi selector to position the focus point in the area that will be in focus and then press the shutterrelease button halfway to check focus. To temporarily clear miniature effect options from the display and enlarge the view in the monitor for precise focus, press

X (T). Press W (S) to restore the miniature effect display.

3

Display options.

Press J to display miniature effect options.

4

Adjust options.

Press 4 or 2 to choose the orientation of the area that will be in focus and press 1 or 3 to adjust its width.

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5

Press J.

Press J to exit when settings are complete. To resume viewfinder photography, press the a button. The selected settings will continue in effect and will apply to photographs and movies recorded in live view or using the viewfinder.

❚❚ u Selective Color

1

Select live view.

Press the a button. The view through the lens will be displayed in the monitor.

a button

2

Display options.

Press J to display selective color options.

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3

Select a color.

Frame an object in the white square in the center of the display and press

Selected color

1 to choose the color of the object as one that will remain in the final image (the camera may have difficulty detecting unsaturated colors; choose a saturated color). To zoom in on the center of the display for more precise color selection, press X (T). Press W (S) to zoom out.

4

Choose the color range.

Press 1 or 3 to increase or decrease the range of similar hues that will be included in the final image. Choose from values between 1 and 7; note that higher values may include hues from other colors.

Color range

5

Select additional colors.

To select additional colors, rotate the main command dial to highlight another of the three color boxes at the top of the display and repeat Steps 3 and 4 to select another color. Repeat for a third color if desired. To deselect the highlighted color, press O (Q). To remove all colors, press and hold O (Q). A confirmation dialog will be displayed; select Yes.

6

Press J.

Press J to exit when settings are complete. During shooting, only objects of the selected hues will be recorded in color; all others will be recorded in black-and-white. To resume viewfinder photography, press the a button. The selected settings will continue in effect and will apply to photographs and movies recorded in live view or using the viewfinder.

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Live View Photography

Follow the steps below to take photographs in live view.

1

Rotate the live view selector to C

(live view photography).

Live view selector

D

Cover the Viewfinder

To prevent light entering via the viewfinder from interfering with photographs and exposure, remove the rubber eyecup and cover the viewfinder with the supplied eyepiece cap before shooting

(0 107).

2

Press the a button.

The mirror will be raised and the view through the lens will be displayed in the camera monitor. The subject will no longer be visible in the viewfinder.

a button

3

Position the focus point.

Position the focus point over your subject as described on page 57.

4

Focus.

Press the shutter-release button halfway to focus.

The focus point will flash green while the camera focuses. If the camera is able to focus, the focus point will be displayed in green; if the camera is unable to focus, the focus point will flash red (note that pictures can be taken even when the focus point

A AE-L/AF-L button flashes red; check focus in the monitor before shooting). Exposure can be locked by pressing the A AE-L/AF-L button (0 141); focus locks while the shutter-release button is pressed halfway.

If exposure preview is enabled, the effects of shutter speed, aperture, ISO sensitivity, and exposure compensation (0 143) can be previewed in the monitor as shown at right (note that although exposure can be adjusted by ±5 EV, only values between –3 and +3 EV will be reflected in the preview display). To enable exposure preview, press the P button and select On for Exposure preview (0 62).

5

Take the picture.

Press the shutter-release button the rest of the way down to shoot. The monitor will turn off.

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6

Exit live view mode.

Press the a button to exit live view mode.

A

Live View Zoom Preview

Press the X (T) button to magnify the view in the monitor up to a maximum of about 19 ×. A navigation window will appear in a gray frame at the bottom right corner of the display. Use the multi selector to scroll to areas of the frame not visible in the monitor or press

W (S) to zoom out.

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X (T) button

Navigation window

A

The Standby Timer

Regardless of the setting selected for Custom Setting c2 (Standby

timer, 0 336), the standby timer will not expire during live view photography.

A

Previewing Focus During Live View Photography (P, S, A, and M Modes Only)

To temporarily select maximum aperture for an improved focus preview during live view photography, press the Pv button. To return aperture to its original value, press the button again or focus using autofocus. If the shutter-release button is pressed all the way down to take a picture during focus preview, aperture will return to the original value before the photo is taken.