Choose the operations performed during playback using camera buttons and command dials.
- Choose the roles played by the controls below. Highlight the desired control and press J.
| Option | |
|---|---|
| v | [Fn1 button] |
| x | [Fn2 button] |
| H | [DISP button] |
| j | [AE-L/AF-L button] |
| m | [Release mode button] |
| k | [OK button] |
| I | [Playback button] |
| z | [Video record button] |
| z | [ISO sensitivity button] |
| A | [Exposure compensation button] |
| x | [Picture Control button] |
| H | [Sub-command dial] |
| y | [Main command dial] |
| 3 | [Lens Fn2 button] |
| S | [Lens Fn button] |
- Settings can be reset on the screen for selecting the control to be assigned. Highlight the control you want to reset, press the O button, and then highlight [Yes] on the confirmation screen and press J to reset the highlighted control to the default settings. Highlight any control and press the O button for about 3 seconds; then highlight [Yes] on the confirmation screen and press J to reset all controls to the default settings.
- The roles that can be assigned to these controls are as follows: The roles available vary with the control.
Role Description g [Protect] Press the control to protect the current picture. O [Delete] Press the control; a confirmation dialog will be displayed. Press the control again to delete the image and return to playback. p [Zoom on/off] 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. - To choose the zoom ratio, highlight [Zoom on/off] and press 2.
- Zoom is available in both full-frame and thumbnail playback.
Y [Filtered playback] Press the control to view only pictures that meet the criteria selected for [Filtered playback criteria] in the playback menu. Z [Filtered playback (select criteria)] Press the control to jump to [Filtered playback criteria] in the playback menu. k [Start series playback] Pressing the control when a picture from a burst is displayed full frame starts automated playback (Series playback). The pictures will play back while the control is pressed, at a speed higher than when the multi selector is used. Playback stops when the control is released or the last picture in the burst is displayed. b [Voice memo] Use the control for voice memo operations. K [Select for upload to computer] Press the control to upload the current picture to a computer or FTP server with which the camera is currently connected.
To view upload options, highlight [Select for upload to computer] or [Select for upload (FTP)] and press 2. Highlight options and press J to select (M) or deselect (U).- [Priority upload]: If this option is selected (M), pressing the control to mark a picture for upload will move it to the front of the upload queue.
- [Protect]: If this option is selected (M), pressing the control to mark a picture for upload will simultaneously protect it.
- [Rating]: If this option is selected (M), pressing the control to mark a picture for upload will simultaneously assign it a preset rating. Press 2 to choose the rating.
N [Select for upload (FTP)] n [Thumbnail on/off] Press the control to toggle between full-frame and 4-, 9-, or 72-frame thumbnail playback. o [View histograms] A histogram is displayed while the control is pressed. The histogram display is available in both full-frame and thumbnail playback. u [Choose folder] Press the control to display the [Choose folder] dialog, where you can then choose a folder for playback. V [Cycle info display] Press the control to cycle the photo information display during full-frame playback. The pages available can be chosen using [Playback display options] in the playback menu. f [Resume shooting] Press the control to end playback and return to shooting mode. c [Rating] To rate the current picture in playback mode, press the control and rotate the main command dial. - To display rating options, highlight [Rating] and press 2. If an option other than [None] 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.
7 [RAW processing (current picture)] Pressing the control jumps to the option in [Retouch] in the i menu. B [RAW processing (multiple pictures)] k [Trim] 8 [Resize (current picture)] C [Resize (multiple pictures)] i [D-Lighting] Z [Straighten] a [Distortion control] e [Perspective control] l [Monochrome] D [Overlay (add)] E [Lighten] F [Darken] G [Motion blend] [None] The control has no effect.
Command dials
The following roles can be assigned to the command dials. To view options, highlight items and press 2.
Frame advance
Choose the number of frames that can be skipped by rotating the command dials during full-frame playback.
| Option | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| [1 frame] | Skip forward or back 1 frame at a time. | |
| [10 frames] | Skip forward or back 10 frames at a time. | |
| [50 frames] | Skip forward or back 50 frames at a time. | |
| c | [Rating] | Skip to the next or previous picture with the selected rating. |
| P | [Protect] | Skip to the next or previous protected picture. |
| C | [Photos only] | Skip to the next or previous photo. |
| 1 | [Videos only] | Skip to the next or previous video. |
| c | [Skip to first shot in series] | Select this option to skip all but the first shot in each burst displayed when scrolling through pictures with the command dials. Pictures that are not part of a burst will not be skipped. |
| u | [Folder] | Rotate the dial to select a folder. |
| g | [Page] | View the next or previous page of thumbnails. |
| [Uploaded to FTP] | Skip to the next or previous picture uploaded to FTP. | |
| [Uploaded to computer] | Skip to the next or previous picture uploaded to a computer. | |
Video playback
Choose the roles played by the command dials during video playback.
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| [1 frame] | Advance or rewind a frame at a time. |
| [5 frames] | Advance or rewind 5 frames at a time. |
| [10 frames] | Advance or rewind 10 frames at a time. |
| [2 s] | Skip forward or back 2 s at a time. |
| [5 s] | Skip forward or back 5 s at a time. |
| [10 s] | Skip forward or back 10 s at a time. |
| [First/last frame] | Skip to the first or last frame. |
| [Playback speed] | Change the video playback speed. Select original speed, 1/2× speed, or 1/4× speed. The changed playback speed is only applied to the currently playing video. |
Frame advance zoom position
Choose how the camera centers the display when either the main or sub-command dial is rotated to scroll through pictures during playback zoom.
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| [Keep current zoom position] | Center the display on the current zoom location. |
| [Prefer focus point] | Center the display on the focus point active when the photograph was taken. |
| [Prefer focus point (face priority)] | Center the display on the focus point active when the photograph was taken. However, this will center the display on a face when a person’s face was detected. |
Playback zoom face selection
Setting this option to [ON] allows you to cycle through the faces of people in the image by rotating the sub-command dial when the faces of multiple people were detected during playback zoom.