OTHER RECORDING FUNCTIONS

Using the Camera’s Shortcut Features

Changing REC mode FUNCTION Menu Settings Using the Shortcut Buttons

The shortcut features of the camera help to make it quicker and easier to obtain the REC mode setup you want. There are three shortcut procedures that you can use.

SHIFT MF

INFO

Shortcut buttons

Changing REC mode FUNCTION Menu settings is normally a multi-step process: Press MENU, use [+] and [–] to select “FUNCTION”, press the shutter release button, use [+] and

[–]to select the item, and then use [+] and [–] to change the setting. This shortcut lets you change the settings of specific REC mode FUNCTION menu items without displaying the FUNCTION menu.

■Changing specific REC mode FUNCTION menu set-

tings using the shortcut buttons

The shortcut buttons are the three buttons to the right of the SHIFT INFO button below the monitor screen. You can cycle through REC mode FUNCTION menu settings by holding down SHIFT INFO and pressing the shortcut but- tons. See page E-91.

■Direct access to the FUNCTION menu

This shortcut lets you display the FUNCTION menu with the press of a button. See page E-93.

■Cycling through settings on the FUNCTION menu This shortcut lets you cycle through the settings of the cur- rently selected FUNCTION menu item, without advancing to the item’s setting screen.

To change settings using the shortcut buttons

1.Enter the REC mode.

2.Hold down SHIFT INFO.

•This causes icons that identify the FUNCTION menu items assigned to the shortcut buttons to appear on the monitor screen above each button.

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