Choose the operations performed in movie mode using camera or lens controls or by pressing camera controls and rotating command dials.
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Choose the roles played by the controls below. Highlight the desired control and press J.

Option
w
[]
y
[]
V
[]
8
[]
G
[]
l
[]
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The roles that can be assigned to these controls are as follows:
Option
w
y
V
8
G
l
t
[]
4
—
—
—
—
—
q
[]
—
4
—
—
—
—
i
[]
4
—
—
—
—
—
h
[]
—
4
—
—
—
—
n
[]
4
4
—
—
—
—
b
[]
4
4
—
4
—
—
p
[]
4
4
4
4
—
—
g
[]
4
4
—
—
—
—
K
[]
—
—
4
4
—
—
A
[]
—
—
4
—
—
—
F
[]
—
—
4
4
—
—
E
[]
—
—
4
4
—
—
C
[]
—
—
4
4
—
—
B
[]
—
—
4
4
—
—
C
[]
—
—
—
—
4
—
1
[]
—
—
4
4
4
—
J
[]
4
4
—
4
—
—
m
[]
4
4
—
—
—
—
h
[]
4
4
—
—
—
—
y
[]
4
4
—
—
—
—
w
[]
4
4
—
—
—
—
z
[]
4
4
—
—
—
—
H
[]
4
4
—
—
—
—
W
[]
4
4
—
—
—
—
c
[]
4
4
—
—
—
—
X
[]
—
—
—
—
—
41, 2
q
[]
—
—
—
—
—
42
E
[]
—
—
—
—
—
42
9
[]
—
—
—
—
—
42
[]
4
4
4
4
—
42
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Available with compatible lenses only.
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Regardless of the option selected, in manual focus mode the control ring can only be used to adjust focus.
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The following options are available:
Role
Description
t
[]
Aperture widens while the Fn1 button is pressed. Use in combination with Custom Setting g2 [] > [] > [] for button-controlled aperture adjustment.
q
[]
Aperture narrows while the Fn2 button is pressed. Use in combination with Custom Setting g2 [] > [] > [] for button-controlled aperture adjustment.
i
[]
Exposure compensation increases while the Fn1 button is pressed. Use in combination with Custom Setting g2 [] > [] > [] for button-controlled exposure compensation.
h
[]
Exposure compensation decreases while the Fn2 button is pressed. Use in combination with Custom Setting g2 [] > [] > [] for button-controlled exposure compensation.
n
[]
Pressing the control during auto-area AF enables subject tracking; the focus point will change to a targeting reticle and the monitor and viewfinder to subject-tracking displays.
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To end subject-tracking AF, press the control again or press the W (Q) button.
b
[]
Press the control to display a framing grid. Press the control again to turn the display off.
g
[]
Press the control during playback to protect the current picture.
K
[]
Pressing the control selects the center focus point.
A
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Pressing the control initiates autofocus, duplicating the function of the AF-ON button.
F
[]
Focus locks while the control is pressed.
E
[]
Exposure locks when the control is pressed. Exposure lock does not end when the shutter is released. Exposure remains locked until the control is pressed a second time or the standby timer expires.
C
[]
Exposure locks while the control is pressed.
B
[]
Focus and exposure lock while the control is pressed.
p
[]
Press the control to zoom the display in on the area around the current focus point (the zoom ratio is selected in advance). Press again to cancel zoom.
C
[]
Press the shutter-release button all the way down to take a photograph with an aspect ratio of 16:9.
1
[]
Press the control to start recording. Press again to end recording.
J
[]
Press the control and rotate a command dial to choose the image area for movies. Note that the image area cannot be changed while recording is in progress.
m
[]
Hold the control and rotate the main command dial to adjust white balance for movies. Some options offer sub-options that can be selected by rotating the sub-command dial.
h
[]
Press the control and rotate a command dial to choose a Picture Control.
y
[]
Press the control and rotate a command dial to adjust Active D-Lighting for movies.
w
[]
Press the control and rotate a command dial to choose a movie metering option.
z
[]
Hold the control and rotate the main command dial to choose the focus mode, the sub-command dial to choose the AF-area mode.
H
[]
Press the control and rotate a command dial to adjust microphone sensitivity.
W
[]
Press the control and rotate the main command dial to choose a peaking level and the sub-command dial to select the peaking color.
c
[]
To rate the current picture in playback mode, press the control and rotate the main command dial.
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To display rating options, highlight [] and press 2. If an option other than [] is selected, the chosen rating can be assigned to pictures simply by pressing the selected control. Pressing the control again selects a “no star” rating.
X
[]
The lens control ring can be used for manual focus regardless of the option selected for focus mode. To refocus using autofocus, press the shutter-release button halfway or press a control to which AF-ON has been assigned.
q
[]
Rotate the lens control ring to adjust aperture.
E
[]
Rotate the lens control ring to adjust exposure compensation.
9
[]
Rotate the lens control ring to adjust ISO sensitivity.
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The control has no effect.
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Power aperture is available only in modes A and M.
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A 6 icon in the shooting display indicates that power aperture cannot be used.
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The display may flicker while aperture is adjusted.
