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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List of icons on the screen
Before use
* Even when the remaining number of recordable images is more than 9,999, “9999”
is displayed on the display panel.
To turn on the backlight of the display panel
List of icons on the display panel
You can adjust the shutter speed,
aperture, exposure compensation, flash
compensation, ISO sensitivity, white
balance, drive mode and image quality by
checking the display panel on the top of
the camera.
Shutter speed (80)/
Aperture (78)
Exposure (106)/Flash
compensation (120)
ISO sensitivity (124) White balance (133)
Drive mode (110) Image quality (139)
Remaining battery
(53)
Remaining number of
recordable images*
Press the display panel illumination
button on the top. Pressing again turns off
the backlight.
Display panel illumination button