α Handbook
Table Of Contents
- Table of contents
- Introduction of functions
- Before use
- Functions list
- Preparing the camera
- Shooting and viewing images
- Selecting a shooting mode
- Switching the recording information display
- Adjusting the focus
- Adjusting the brightness of the image
- Using the drive mode
- Advanced shooting
- Using the flash (sold separately)
- Flash modes available
- Flash Compensation
- Flash control
- FEL lock
- Setting ISO
- Compensating for the brightness and contrast automatically (D-Range)
- Setting the image processing
- Adjusting the color tones (White balance)
- Setting image size
- Setting the aspect ratio and image quality
- Detecting faces
- Smile Shutter
- Zooming
- Reducing the noise in an image
- Setting the color space
- Movie recording setup
- Advanced playback
- Setup of the camera
- Viewing images on a computer
- Troubleshooting/Others
- Index
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Identifying parts
Before use
A MENU button (37)
B Eyepiece cup (62)
C Viewfinder*
• When you look into the
viewfinder, the viewfinder
mode is activated, and when
you take your face away from
the viewfinder, the viewing
mode returns to the LCD screen
mode.
D Eyepiece sensors (62)
E Diopter-adjustment dial
• Adjust the diopter-adjustment
dial to your eyesight until the
display appears clearly in the
viewfinder.
F Light sensor (177)
G LCD screen (25, 59, 87, 165)
H MOVIE button (42, 65)
I For shooting: AF/MF (Auto
focus/manual focus) button (42,
105, 176)
For viewing: (Enlarge)
button (160)
J For shooting: AEL (AE lock)
button (41, 83, 108, 176)/
SLOW SYNC button (117)
For viewing: (Image index)
button (161)
K Multi-selector
L For shooting: Fn (Function)
button (34, 35)
For viewing: (Image
rotation) button (162)
Rear side