User manual
Table Of Contents
- Quick Topic Search
- Introduction
- Parts of the Camera
- Getting Started
- Basic Shooting and Playback Operations
- Shooting Features
- Selecting a Shooting Mode
- Auto Mode
- Scene Mode (Shooting Suited to the Shooting Conditions)
- Creative Mode (Applying Effects When Shooting)
- P, S, A, and M Modes (Setting the Exposure for Shooting)
- Setting Shooting Functions with the Multi Selector
- Flash Mode
- Self-timer
- Focus Mode
- Using the Creative Slider
- Exposure Compensation (Adjusting Brightness)
- Using the Fn (Function) Button
- Using the Zoom
- Using Touch Shooting
- Focusing
- Default Settings (Flash Mode, Self-timer, and Focus Mode)
- Functions That Cannot Be Used Simultaneously When Shooting
- Playback Features
- Movies
- Connecting the Camera to a TV, Printer, or Computer
- Using the Menu
- Menu Operations
- Menu Lists
- The Shooting Menu (Common Across Shooting Modes)
- The Shooting Menu (P, S, A, or M Mode)
- The Movie Menu
- The Playback Menu
- The Network Menu
- The Setup Menu
- Time Zone and Date
- Monitor Settings
- EVF Auto Toggle (Automatically Switching the Display to the Viewfinder)
- Date Stamp
- Self-timer: After Release
- Photo VR
- AF Assist
- Digital Zoom
- Assign Side Zoom Control
- AE/AF Lock Button
- Sound Settings
- Auto Off
- Format Card/Format Memory
- Language
- HDMI Output
- Charge by Computer
- Image Comment
- Copyright Information
- Location Data
- Toggle Av/Tv Selection
- MF Peaking
- Reset All
- Touch-screen Controls
- Conformity Marking
- Firmware Version
- Technical Notes
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Shooting Features
Using the Creative Slider
C Creative Slider Settings
• When the shooting mode is set to D mode, Brightness (Exp. +/-) cannot be used.
• Active D-Lighting is not applied to movies recorded with Movie options set to h HS
720/4×.
• When using Active D-Lighting, noise (randomly-spaced bright pixels, fog, lines) may be
emphasized, dark shadows may appear around bright subjects, or bright areas may
appear around dark subjects under some shooting conditions.
• When using Active D-Lighting, gradation skipping may occur depending on the subject.
• This function may not be available to use in combination with other functions (A80).
• The following settings are saved in the camera’s memory even after the camera is turned
off.
- Hue
- Vividness
- Brightness (Exp. +/-)
- Active D-Lighting
• See “Using the Histogram” (A68) for more information.
C Active D-Lighting Versus D-Lighting
• The Active D-Lighting option in the shooting menu captures images while reducing loss
of details in highlights, and adjusts the tone when saving images.
• The D-Lighting (A89) option in the playback menu adjusts the tone of saved images.