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Monitor indications — Shooting information
The information below is displayed
for about 3 seconds after operating
the buttons/mode dial or closing the
menus.
The information below is always
displayed in the shooting mode.
*The illustrations show examples of
indications displayed when the mode
dial is set to P.
1 Shooting mode
● Displays the shooting mode.
: Full-auto mode, : Portrait mode, : Landscape-Portrait
mode, : Landscape-Scene mode, : Night Scene mode, : Self-
Portrait mode, P: Program mode, A: Aperture priority mode, S: Shutter
priority mode, M: Manual mode,
: My Mode,
: Movie mode
2 Aperture value
● Displays the current aperture value.
3 Shutter speed
● Displays the current shutter speed.
4 Exposure compensation
● Displays the current exposure (brightness) compensation value.
Exposure differential (M mode only)
● Displays the difference between the exposure determined by the
currently selected aperture and shutter speed compared to the
exposure level considered optimal by the camera.
5 AF target mark
● Place this on the subject.
The indications vary depending on the shooting mode.
If you shoot using the monitor for a long time, noise may appear on pictures.
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