Chapter 3 Preparation
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Adjusting and setting the LCD monitor
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Adjusting and setting the LCD monitor
Using the LCD monitor
This unit is equipped with a 3.5-inch LCD monitor. Use either the viewfinder or the LCD monitor depending on your purpose and the shooting conditions.
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Open the LCD monitor.
The light goes on when the LCD monitor is opened. The light goes off
when it is closed.
2
Turn the LCD monitor to a comfortable viewing angle.
It can be turned towards the lens by 180° and in the forward direction by
90°.
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NOTE
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When closing the LCD monitor, be sure to close it firmly.
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Take care not to apply excessive force on the LCD monitor when it is opened. Doing so may result in a malfunction.
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The image brightness and color hue seen on the viewfinder and LCD monitor may be different from that seen on a TV monitor. The final check of the
image should be done on a TV monitor.
Adjusting the LCD monitor
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Adjusting brightness, contrast, color level, redness, and blueness
By setting the following items in the [VIDEO OUT/LCD/VF] menu
→
[LCD], you can adjust items such as brightness and contrast for the LCD monitor:
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[BRIGHTNESS]: Adjusts the brightness.
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[COLOR LEVEL]: Adjusts the density of the colors.
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[CONTRAST]:
Adjusts the contrast.
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[RED TINT]:
Adjusts the strength of red.
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[BLUE TINT]:
Adjusts the strength of blue.
The adjustments of the LCD monitor do not affect the images output or recorded by the camera.
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Adjusting the backlight luminance
The following operations switch the luminance of the backlight of the LCD monitor:
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Set with the [VIDEO OUT/LCD/VF] menu
→
[LCD]
→
[BACK LIGHT].
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Each time you either press the USER button assigned to [LCD BACKLIGHT] or touch the USER button icon, the brightness switches in the order [0],
[1], [2], [
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1].
Mirror shooting
When recording with the LCD monitor rotated towards the lens side, if the unit is set to the [VIDEO OUT/LCD/VF] menu
→
[LCD]
→
[SELF SHOOT]
→
[MIRROR], the image is displayed in reverse in left and right on the LCD monitor. This allows shooting as if looking at a mirror image. Note that only the
display of the LCD monitor is horizontally reversed. The settings for mirror shooting do not affect the images output or recorded by the camera.
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