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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Functions list
Functions that can be selected with
the Fn (Function) button
The functions that can be selected with the Fn button are as follows:
Auto Mode (69) Selects the automatic shooting mode.
(Intelligent Auto/Superior Auto)
Scene Selection (71) Selects an appropriate mode from among the Scene Selection
preset settings to suit shooting conditions.
(Portrait/Sports Action/Macro/Landscape/Sunset/Night
Scene/Hand-held Twilight/Night Portrait)
Movie (153) Selects the exposure mode for movie recording to suit your
subject or your effect.
(P/A/S/M)
Tele-zoom Cont.
Priority AE (76)
Sets the speed for continuous shooting.
(T10/T8)
Drive Mode (110) Sets the drive mode such as continuous shooting.
(Single Shooting/Cont. Shooting/Self-timer/Bracket: Cont./
Single Bracket/WB bracket/DRO Bracket/Remote Cdr.)
Flash Mode (115) Sets the flash mode of a flash (sold separately).
(Flash Off/Autoflash/Fill-flash/Rear Sync./Wireless)
Focus Mode (91) Selects the focus mode.
(Single-shot AF/Automatic AF/Continuous AF/Depth Map
Assist Continuous AF/DMF/Manual Focus)
AF area (95) Selects the area of focus.
(Wide/Zone/Spot/Local)
Object Tracking (95) Keeps the focus on a subject while tracking it.
(Off/On/On(Tracking focus w/ shutter))
Smile/Face Detect.
(141, 145)
Automatically captures people’s face(s) with the optimal
focus and exposure./Shoots when a smile is detected.
(Face Detection Off/Face Detection On (Regist. Faces)/Face
Detection On/Smile Shutter)
Auto Port. Framing
(143)
Analyzes the scene when capturing a face and saves another
image with a more impressive composition.
(Auto/Off)
ISO (124) Sets the sensitivity to light. The larger the number, the faster
the shutter speed.
(Multi Frame Noise Reduct./ISO AUTO/ISO 50 to 25600)
Metering Mode (109) Selects the method for measuring brightness.
(Multi segment/Center weighted/Spot)