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(Note: All screens and menus can be displayed on
either the EVF or LCD.)
Here you can see the playback screen with minimal, extended with histogram, and no exposure information
displayed. A musical note indicates Audio has been added to this frame (not shown), press "Down" on the
4-way controller to listen. Pressing the DISPLAY button will put the extended exposure information over
the image and includes a histogram, the exposure mode, aperture, shutter speed, ISO speed and flash
mode used. Press it again to clear all information, which is prefect for showing family and friends you
photos.
Here you can see the options when pressing and holding the Display/LCD MODE button.
Toggling the zoom lever to the Wide angle position brings up the thumbnail index mode
display. You can bring up 9 or 25 images per page as well as the calendar display, allowing
you to quickly sort though saved images.
Toggling the zoom lever to the telephoto position allows you to enlarge the current image up to 16X in 2x
steps. At any point you can use the 4-way selector to scroll around inside of the enlarged image.
Playback Menu options:
Category - Category view, camera detects style of shot (portrait, scenery, etc.) Rotate Display - Automatically rotate vertical images Rotate - Manually rotates images Favorite - Add the image to favorite list Title Edit - Edit the Title of an image Text Stamp - Add a Text stamp to an image DPOF Print - Select one or all images for later printing Protect - Protect/Unprotect one or all images Audio Dub - Add up to a 10-second audio note to a still image Resize - Make a smaller image Trimming - Create a new smaller image from a zoom-cropped larger image. Aspect Conversion - convert image to different aspect ratio Copy - Copy images from Internal memory to SD card or visa versa Format - Format the internal memory or SD card
The Resize option lets you "down size" larger images.
The Trim option lets you crop an image and save it as a smaller image.
Ten-second audio memos can be recorded and replayed.
Movies are played back fullscreen on the LCD, EVF or a television set when using the supplied audio/video
cables. If played back in-camera, the audio portion of a clip is heard on the built-in speaker.
You get VCR like controls to pause, stop, fast forward and rewind.
Setup Menu (same in record or play mode):
World Time - Set the world time used by the camera Cust. Set Mem. - Saves/overwrite You Custom Mode (1, 2 or 3) settings Monitor - Adjust the EVF brightness Guide Line - Enable or disable Rec. Info, Histogram, and Grid lines Travel Date - Adds an icon indicating which day of your vacation the image was taken Play on LCD - Show playback images on EVF or LCD Auto Review - Auto review after capture (off, 1s, 3s, Zoom) Power Save - Auto power off delay 1m, 2m, 5m, 10m, Off Zoom Resume - Camera returns to last zoom position before last power off. MF Assist - Enlarge center of screen during manual focus Beep - Camera beep sounds, On or Off AF Beep - AF lock sounds, On or Off Shutter - Shutter release sound-effects Volume - Internal speaker volume control No. Reset - Reset file numbering counter Reset - Reset all settings to factory default Video Out - Video output signal format, NTSC or PAL TV Aspect - Choose 4:3 or 16:9 MF m/ft - Choose method of measurement used Scene Menu - Display scene menu Automatically when selected or never Dial Display - On or Off Language - Menu language; English, French, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Japanese |
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