Choose the operations performed in movie mode using camera or lens controls or by pressing camera controls and rotating command dials.

  • Choose the roles played by the controls below. Highlight the desired control and press J.

Control

w

[Fn1 button]

y

[Fn2 button]

V

[AF-ON button]

8

[Sub-selector center]

G

[Shutter-release button]

l

[Lens control ring]

  • The roles that can be assigned to these controls are as follows:

Option

w

y

V

8

G

l

t

[Power aperture (open)]

4

q

[Power aperture (close)]

4

i

[Exposure compensation +]

4

h

[Exposure compensation -]

4

n

[Subject tracking]

4

4

b

[Live view info display off]

4

4

4

4

b

[Framing grid display]

4

4

4

p

[Zoom on/off]

4

4

4

4

g

[Protect]

4

4

K

[Select center focus point]

4

4

A

[AF-ON]

4

F

[AF lock only]

4

4

E

[AE lock (Hold)]

4

4

C

[AE lock only]

4

4

B

[AE/AF lock]

4

4

C

[Take photos]

4

1

[Record movies]

4

4

4

J

[Choose image area]

4

4

4

m

[White balance]

4

4

h

[Set Picture Control]

4

4

y

[Active D-Lighting]

4

4

w

[Metering]

4

4

z

[Focus mode/AF-area mode]

4

4

H

[Microphone sensitivity]

4

4

W

[Focus peaking]

4

4

c

[Rating]

4

4

X

[Focus (M/A)]

41, 2

q

[Power aperture]

42

E

[Exposure compensation]

42

9

[ISO sensitivity]

42

[None]

4

4

4

4

42

  1. Available with compatible lenses only.

  2. Regardless of the option selected, in manual focus mode the control ring can only be used to adjust focus.

  • The following options are available:

Role

Description

t

[Power aperture (open)]

Aperture widens while the Fn1 button is pressed. Use in combination with Custom Setting g2 [Custom controls] > [Fn2 button] > [Power aperture (close)] for button-controlled aperture adjustment.

q

[Power aperture (close)]

Aperture narrows while the Fn2 button is pressed. Use in combination with Custom Setting g2 [Custom controls] > [Fn1 button] > [Power aperture (open)] for button-controlled aperture adjustment.

i

[Exposure compensation +]

Exposure compensation increases while the Fn1 button is pressed. Use in combination with Custom Setting g2 [Custom controls] > [Fn2 button] > [Exposure compensation −] for button-controlled exposure compensation.

h

[Exposure compensation −]

Exposure compensation decreases while the Fn2 button is pressed. Use in combination with Custom Setting g2 [Custom controls] > [Fn1 button] > [Exposure compensation +] for button-controlled exposure compensation.

n

[Subject tracking]

Pressing the control when [Auto-area AF], [Auto-area AF (people)], or [Auto-area AF (animals)] is selected for AF-area mode enables subject tracking; the focus point will change to a targeting reticle and the monitor and viewfinder to subject-tracking displays.

  • To end subject-tracking AF, press the control again or press the W (Q) button.

b

[Live view info display off]

Press the control to hide the indicators in the live view display. Press again to view indicators.

b

[Framing grid display]

Press the control to display a framing grid. Press the control again to turn the display off.

g

[Protect]

Press the control during playback to protect the current picture.

K

[Select center focus point]

Pressing the control selects the center focus point.

A

[AF-ON]

Pressing the control initiates autofocus, duplicating the function of the AF-ON button.

F

[AF lock only]

Focus locks while the control is pressed.

E

[AE lock (Hold)]

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

[AE lock only]

Exposure locks while the control is pressed.

B

[AE/AF lock]

Focus and exposure lock while the control is pressed.

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.

C

[Take photos]

Press the shutter-release button all the way down to take a photograph with an aspect ratio of 16:9.

1

[Record movies]

Press the control to start recording. Press again to end recording.

J

[Choose image area]

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

[White balance]

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

[Set Picture Control]

Press the control and rotate a command dial to choose a Picture Control.

y

[Active D‑Lighting]

Press the control and rotate a command dial to adjust Active D-Lighting for movies.

w

[Metering]

Press the control and rotate a command dial to choose a movie metering option.

z

[Focus mode/AF-area mode]

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

[Microphone sensitivity]

Press the control and rotate a command dial to adjust microphone sensitivity.

W

[Focus peaking]

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

[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.

X

[Focus (M/A)]

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

[Power aperture]

Rotate the lens control ring to adjust aperture.

E

[Exposure compensation]

Rotate the lens control ring to adjust exposure compensation.

9

[ISO sensitivity]

Rotate the lens control ring to adjust ISO sensitivity.

[None]

The control has no effect.

Power Aperture
  • Power aperture is available only in modes A and M.

  • A 6 icon in the shooting display indicates that power aperture cannot be used.

  • The display may flicker while aperture is adjusted.

A Custom Settings: Fine-Tuning Camera Settings

a: Autofocus

b: Metering/Exposure

c: Timers/AE Lock

d: Shooting/Display

e: Bracketing/Flash

f: Controls

g: Movie