Program recording mode - onscreen icons indicate space for another 210 pictures on the SD card and the battery level is full. The white brackets in the center is the auto focus area.

When the shutter is half-pressed and the auto focus is locked, the AF bracket will turn green, the selected shutter speed and aperture value is also displayed.

Pressing the DISPLAY button turns the color LCD on/off and also controls how much information is shown on top of the live image. Here we have all the exposure information enabled including the real time histogram. Overexposed areas are highlighted.

Pressing the Fn button brings up this shortcut menu to quickly change user-selected exposure parameters with the 4-way controller.

The functions of the 4-way controller are registered in the Setup menu.

Press the MENU button to access these options:

Recorded Pixels

4:3 Aspect ratio: - 3056x2296, 2592x1944, 2048x1536, 1600x1200, 1024x768, or 640x480
3:2 Aspect ratio: - 3056x2040, 2592x1728, 2048x1368, 1600x1064, 1024x680, or 640x424
Quality Level - TIFF, Best, Better or Good
White Balance - Auto, Daylight, Shade, Tungsten, Fluorescent or Manual
AF Setting
Focusing Area - Wide or Spot
AF Mode - Single or Continuous
Focus Limiter - On or Off
Aux. AF Light - On or Off
AE Metering - Multi segment, Center-weighted or Spot
Sensitivity - Auto, 80, 100, 200, 400
Flash Exp. Comp. - +/-2.0 in 1/3EV steps
Auto Bracket
Exposure - +/-2.0 in 1/3EV steps
White Balance - +/-5 in steps of 1
Sharpness
Saturation
Contrast
Interval Shoot Interval rate, number of shots, and start time
Movie
Recorded Pixels - 640x480, 320x240
Color Mode - Full Color, B&W, Sepia
Frame Rate - 30 or 15fps
Time Lapse Movie - Select an interval of 2 to 50 times normal, or Off
3D Mode - Parallel or Cross, take two offset images of the same subject for 3D viewing
Digital Zoom - On/Off
Instant Review - 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 secs. and Off
Memory - Saving shooting function settings when camera is turned off
Image Tone - Standard or Vivid
Sharpness - Hard, Normal or Soft
Saturation - Hard, Normal or Soft
Contrast - Hard, Normal or Soft

The PICTure Modes available are: Landscape, Surf & Snow, Sunset, Flower, Autumn Colors, Food, Portrait, Self Portrait, Sport, Night Scene, Night Scene Portrait, Fireworks.

The Digital Filter Modes are: Black and White, Sepia, Red, Pink, Purple, Blue, Green, Yellow and Soft.

In Super Macro Mode you can close focus from 0.79 inches to 2.13 feet with excellent results. The regular Macro mode covers a range from 5.9 inches to 2.13 ft . The flash is disabled in Super Macro Mode.

Movie mode lets you record motion JPEG at 640x480 or 320x240 resolution at 15 or 30fps, monaural audio is also recorded. The length of movies is limited only by available memory space; the amount of time remaining is displayed at the upper right of the LCD. In addition to full color, movies can be recorded in black & white, or sepia.

The 750Z can be used as a voice-only recorder too.

If you are using the 750Z as a companion to film camera, its Digital Exposure Metering mode will help you determine the appropriate exposure settings.

Menu options allow you to select ISO from a range of 6 to 6400, exposure steps of 1/3 or 1/2 EV, and Black & White or Full Color.