Reference Guide (PDF Edition)
Table Of Contents
- When your first photo can’t wait
- Package contents
- About this document
- Table of contents
- Menu list
- For your safety
- Notices
- Getting to know the camera
- Parts of the camera
- Camera controls
- Viewfinder
- The monitor mode button
- The mode selector
- The shutter-speed dial
- The command dials
- The ISO sensitivity dial
- The exposure compensation dial
- Monitor
- Touch controls
- The DISP button
- The playback zoom and thumbnail (help) buttons
- The AE-L/AF-L (protect) button
- The MENU button
- The i button (the i menu)
- The Fn button
- First steps
- Basic photography and playback
- Basic settings
- Shooting controls
- The i menu
- Playback
- Menu guide
- Defaults
- The playback menu: Managing images
- The photo shooting menu: Shooting options
- Reset photo shooting menu
- Storage folder
- File naming
- Choose image area
- Image quality
- Image size
- RAW recording
- ISO sensitivity settings
- White balance
- Set Picture Control
- Manage Picture Control
- Color space
- Active D-Lighting
- Long exposure NR
- High ISO NR
- Vignette control
- Diffraction compensation
- Auto distortion control
- Flicker reduction shooting
- Metering
- Flash control
- Flash mode
- Flash compensation
- Release mode
- Focus mode
- AF-area mode
- Vibration reduction
- Auto bracketing
- Multiple exposure
- HDR (high dynamic range)
- Interval timer shooting
- Time-lapse video
- Focus shift shooting
- Silent photography
- The video recording menu: Video recording options
- Reset video recording menu
- File naming
- Frame size/frame rate
- Video quality
- Video file type
- ISO sensitivity settings
- White balance
- Set Picture Control
- Manage Picture Control
- Active D-Lighting
- High ISO NR
- Vignette control
- Diffraction compensation
- Auto distortion control
- Flicker reduction
- Metering
- Release mode (save frame)
- Focus mode
- AF-area mode
- Vibration reduction
- Electronic VR
- Microphone sensitivity
- Attenuator
- Frequency response
- Wind noise reduction
- Timecode
- Custom Settings: Fine-tuning camera settings
- Reset custom settings
- a: Autofocus
- a1: AF-C priority selection
- a2: AF-S priority selection
- a3: Focus tracking with lock-on
- a4: Focus points used
- a5: Store points by orientation
- a6: AF activation
- a7: Limit AF-area mode selection
- a8: Focus point wrap-around
- a9: Focus point options
- a10: Low-light AF
- a11: Built-in AF-assist illuminator
- a12: Manual focus ring in AF mode
- b: Metering/exposure
- c: Timers/AE lock
- d: Shooting/display
- e: Bracketing/flash
- f: Controls
- g: Video
- The setup menu: Camera setup
- Format memory card
- Language
- Time zone and date
- Monitor brightness
- Monitor color balance
- Viewfinder brightness
- Viewfinder color balance
- Limit monitor mode selection
- Information display
- AF fine-tuning options
- Non-CPU lens data
- Save focus position
- Image Dust Off ref photo
- Pixel mapping
- Image comment
- Copyright information
- Beep options
- Touch controls
- Self-portrait mode
- HDMI
- Airplane mode
- Connect to smart device
- Connect to computer
- Wireless remote (ML-L7) options
- Conformity marking
- USB power delivery
- Energy saving (photo mode)
- Slot empty release lock
- Save/load menu settings
- Reset all settings
- Firmware version
- The retouch menu: Creating retouched copies
- My Menu/Recent settings
- Establishing wireless connections to computers or smart devices
- Cabled connections to computers and HDMI devices
- On-Camera flash photography
- Remote flash photography
- Troubleshooting
- Technical notes
- Compatible lenses and accessories
- Camera displays
- Compatible flash units
- Other compatible accessories
- Software
- Caring for the camera
- Caring for the camera and battery: Cautions
- Specifications
- Approved memory cards
- Portable chargers (power banks)
- Memory card capacity
- Battery endurance
- AF-assist illumination
- Trademarks and licenses
- Notices
- Bluetooth and Wi-Fi (wireless LAN)
- Index
Problems and solutions
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･ S
elect an option other than [O] for [Beep options] > [Beep on/o] in
the setup menu.
･ The beep does not sound in video mode.
The full range of shutter speeds is not available:●
Using a ash r
estricts the range of shutter speeds available. Flash sync
speed can be set to values of 1/200–1/60 s using Custom Setting e1 [Flash
sync speed]. When using ash units that support auto FP high-speed
sync, choose [1/200 s (Auto FP)] for a full range of shutter speeds.
Focus does not lock when the shutter-release button is pressed
halfw
ay:
●
If AF-C is selected for focus mode or if AF-A is selected and you are
shooting in AF-C, press the
A
(
g
) button to lock the focus.
Focus-point selection is not available:●
Not available when [A
uto-area AF], [Auto-area AF (people)], or [Auto-
area AF (animals)] is selected for AF-area mode.
The camera is slow to record photos:●
Is [O
n] selected for [Long exposure NR] in the photo shooting menu?
Photographs and videos do not appear to have the same
e
xposure as the preview shown in the display:
●
･ The eects of changes to settings that aect exposure and color are not
visible in the display when [O] is selected for Custom Setting d7 [Apply
settings to live view].
･ Note that changes to [Monitor brightness] and [Viewnder
brightness] have no eect on images recorded with the camera.
Flicker or banding appears in video mode:●
Select [Flicker reduction] in the video recording menu and choose an
option that matches the frequency of the local AC power supply.
Bright regions or bands appear:●
Bright regions or bands may occur if the subject is lit by a ashing sig
n,
ash, or other light source with brief duration.