Chapter 2:
Taking Pictures and
Recording Video Clips
Using the Displays
Your camera has two displays - the Microdisplay and the Image Display. Whichever display is currently on will be called the “active display” throughout this manual:
Microdisplay (viewfinder) | Image Display | |
Allows you to frame pictures | Allows you to frame pictures | |
and video clips using Live View, | and video clips using Live View, | |
and to view the Capture and | review images and video clips in | |
| Setup menus. | Playback, and to view all the | |
Activate Live View by looking | menus. |
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through the viewfinder. The Eye | Activate Live View by pressing | |
Start sensor below the | the Live View | button. |
viewfinder detects your eye and |
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automatically turns on the |
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microdisplay. Use the diopter |
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control to adjust the focus in the |
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microdisplay (see page 19). |
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NOTE Using the Image Display consumes a lot of battery power. To preserve batteries, use the microdisplay instead.
NOTE If the microdisplay does not turn on automatically when you look through the viewfinder, you may need to change the Eye Start setting in the Setup menu. See Eye Start on page 84.
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