Basic Operation Guide

This section describes the camera’s buttons and functions.

Shutter button (p.49)

 

Power switch (p.36)/Illuminator switch (p.18)

 

 

 

Press this button halfway to restore the camera to shooting mode. Press down fully to take a picture.

Turns the camera on and off. Illuminates the control panel.

Accessory shoe (p.91)

Mount an external flash here.

Flash pop-up button (p.79)

Sync terminal (p.91)

To use the built-in flash, press this button to pop-up the flash.

Focus-mode selector (p.47, 54)

Selects AF-S (Single-AF servo), AF-C (Continuous-AF servo) or M (Manual) as the focus mode.

Use this to connect flash units that require a sync cable.

d Flash sync mode button (p.82)

Used with the main-command dial to select synchro mode.

Flash compensation button (p.84)

Used with the sub-command dial to select the flash exposure compensation value.

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