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)
- Added functions
- Index
Problems and solutions
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Shooting
The camera takes time to turn on:●
More time will be needed to nd les if the memor
y card contains large
numbers of les or folders.
The shutter cannot be released:●
･ Is a memor
y card inserted, and if so, does it have space available?
･ Is the memory card write-protected?
･ If you selected mode S after selecting a shutter speed of “Bulb” or
“Time” in mode M, choose a dierent shutter speed.
･ Is [Release locked] selected for [Slot empty release lock] in the setup
menu?
The camera is slow to respond to the shutter-release button:●
Select [O
] for Custom Setting d3 [Exposure delay mode].
Burst shooting is unavailable:●
Burst shooting cannot be used in conjunction with HDR.
Photos are out of focus:●
･ Is the camer
a in manual focus mode? To enable autofocus, select AF-A,
AF-S, AF-C, or AF-F for focus mode.
･ Autofocus does not perform well under the following conditions. In
these cases, use manual focus or focus lock. Autofocus does not perform
well if: there is little or no contrast between the subject and the
background, the focus point contains objects at dierent distances from
the camera, the subject is dominated by regular geometric patterns, the
focus point contains areas of sharply contrasting brightness, background
objects appear larger than the subject, or the subject contains many ne
details.
The beep does not sound:●
･ Is [On] selected for [Silent photography] in the photo shooting menu?
･ If AF-C is selected for focus mode or if AF-A is selected and you are
shooting in AF-C, a beep will not sound when the camera focuses.