Electronic Compass

Press the dbutton Mz(location data options) menu icon M Electronic compass Mkbutton

Option

 

Description

 

Set whether or not to display a compass on the shooting

 

screen.

 

 

 

Default setting: Off

 

 

 

The direction the camera is pointing is displayed based

Compass display

 

on measured direction information.

When the camera lens faces downward, the compass

 

 

 

display switches to a circle compass with a red arrow

 

 

that points north.

 

 

 

 

- Display style: north, east, south and west

 

 

- Display range: 16 cardinal points

 

 

 

 

Correct the compass when the compass direction is not

 

displayed correctly.

 

 

 

When the screen shown

 

 

 

Compass correction

 

 

on the right is displayed,

 

 

 

swing the camera to draw

Move camera in a figure eight.

 

 

a figure eight in the air

 

 

 

while turning your wrist

 

 

 

to face the camera

 

 

 

forward and backward,

 

 

 

side to side, or up and

 

 

Compass correction

down.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section Reference

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