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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Setup of the camera
Setup of the camera
Setting the other functions of the
camera
You can release the shutter when no lens is attached. Select this when you
attach the camera on an astronomical telescope, etc.
MENU button t 1 t [Release w/o Lens] t [Enable]
Note
• Correct metering cannot be achieved when you use lenses that do not provide a lens
contact, such as the lens of an astronomical telescope. In such cases, adjust the
exposure manually by checking it on the recorded image.
The grid line is an auxiliary line for shooting composition. You can set the
grid line to on/off or select the type of grid line. The available range of
movie recording is also displayed.
MENU button t 2 t [Grid Line] t Select the desired setting
You can check the recorded image on the screen right after the shooting.
You can change the displayed time.
MENU button t 2 t [Auto Review] t Select the desired
setting
Notes
• In auto review, the image will not be displayed in the vertical position even if
[Playback Display] is set to [Auto Rotate] (page 164).
• In auto review, the camera may display an image to which an image process, such as
[Lens Comp.: Distortion], has not been performed, then display the same image to
which an image process has been performed.
Release w/o Lens
Grid Line
Auto Review










