X contact | Used to mount an optional flash. |
|
|
Lens release button | Used to mount or remove lenses. |
|
|
Locks exposure. | |
|
|
Photo quality/WB lever | Sets photo quality or white balance. |
|
|
SD card access LED | Indicates the following statuses of the SD card. |
| On: accessing a memory card |
| Flashing: a memory card error has occurred |
| Off: not accessing a memory card |
|
|
LCD button | Switches between |
| playback mode. |
|
|
MENU button | Displays the Main menu on the LCD monitor |
| (available in playback mode). |
|
|
ENTER button | Defines the selected item or settings (available |
| in playback mode). |
|
|
CANCEL button | Returns to the previous menu without making |
| any settings (available in playback mode). |
|
|
USER button | Performs the function previously assigned to it. |
|
|
LCD display | Displays a menu screen or photos. |
|
|
Shutter button | |
| down to display the optimal shutter speed (i.e., |
| optimal exposure value) in the viewfinder. |
| Also, pressing this button halfway in playback |
| mode or Power Save Timer mode returns the |
| camera to |
| |
| a photo. |
|
|
Status gauge | Four needles display information about the |
| current settings (number of remaining photos, |
| photo quality, remaining battery power, and |
| white balance settings). For details, see |
| “About the Status Gauge” on page 23. |
|
|
Accessory shoe | Used to mount optional equipment such as a |
| flash or external viewfinder. |
|
|
JOG dial | Navigates through the menus or photos |
| displayed on the LCD monitor. For details, see |
| “Menu structure” on page 40. |
|
|
Frame selector lever | Sets a field angle for the finder. |
|
|
Shutter charge lever | Winds up the shutter. |
|
|
Power switch | Switches the power on/off. |
|
|
Shutter speed /ISO | Sets the shutter speed. Or pull this dial up and |
speed dial | rotate it to set the ISO sensitivity. |
|
|
Unlocks the shutter speed dial. | |
|
|