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l Before Using the Camera - Operations

Pressing the DISP. button switches the display mode.

The screens that are displayed are based on the [Custom Display]

settings (p. 17).

Also, closing the LCD monitor causes the viewfinder to display.

1Pressthe DISP. button.

•Thedisplay modechanges as follows.

Shooting Mode (a)

When the LCD monitor isopened.

(Defaultsetting)

i_11_LCD MonitorDisplay

(NoInformation)

!

LCDMonitor Display.1

(InformationView)

!

ViewfinderDisplay

(NoInformation)

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mViewfinderDisplay.! .............................

(InformationView)

Playback Mode (I-_-])

"1 Shootinginformation, grid lines,anda histogram(p, TV, AV, and

M only)are displayed with the default settings.

*2 When the LCD monitorisclosed.

• In the shooting modes, the shooting information displays for

approximately 6 sec. when settings such as the flash setting are

changed, regardless of the selected display mode.

• You canadjust the brightness forthe LCD monitor (or

viewfinder) (p. 31).

• Ifthe surroundings are too bright (forexample, when you are

shooting outdoors) and images on the LCD monitor are not

clear, use the viewfinder for shooting. Adjust the viewfinder

focus (p. 20) with the diopter adjustment dial (p. 15) sothe

displayed information appears cteady.

Contents

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