f3: Custom Controls (Playback)
G button U A Custom Settings menu
Choose the operations performed during playback using camera buttons and command dials.
- You can also choose the roles played by the controls on optional battery packs connected to the camera.
Choose the roles played by the controls below. Highlight the desired control and press J.
Option v [Fn1 button] x [Fn2 button] k [Fn button for vertical shooting] D [DISP button] 1 [Protect/Fn3 button] q [Playback button] p [OK button] 3 [Sub-command dial] y [Main command dial] z [Video record button] F [ISO sensitivity button] E [Exposure compensation button] r [BKT button] C [WB button] S [Lens Fn button] 3 [Lens Fn2 button] The roles that can be assigned to these controls are listed below. The roles available vary with the control.
Role Description g [Protect] Press the control to toggle protection for the current picture on or off. O [Delete] Press the control once to display a confirmation dialog. Press the control again to delete the current picture 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 on/off is available in both full-frame and thumbnail playback.
l [Filtered playback] Press the control to view only pictures that meet the criteria selected for [Filtered playback criteria] in the playback menu. N [Filtered playback (select criteria)] Press the control to jump to [Filtered playback criteria] in the playback menu. O [Start series playback] Pressing the control when a picture from a burst is displayed full frame starts automated playback (0 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. W [Choose slot and folder] Press the control to display the [Choose slot and folder] dialog, where you can then choose a slot and folder for playback. M [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. P [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.
[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 how frames can be skipped by rotating the command dials during full-frame playback.
| Option | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| [1 frame] | Skip forward or back a 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. |
| W | [Folder] | Rotate the dial to select a folder. |
| 7 | [Page] | View the next or previous page of thumbnails. |
| N | [Uploaded to FTP] | Skip to the next or previous picture that has been uploaded to an FTP server. |
| K | [Uploaded to computer] | Skip to the next or previous picture that has been 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] | Choose the video playback speed. You can toggle between the original speed, ¹/₂× speed, and ¹/₄× speed. |
Frame Advance Zoom Position
Choose how the camera centers the display when a 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 that was active when the photograph was taken. |
| [Prefer focus point (face priority)] | Center the display on the focus point that was active when the photograph was taken. If a person's face is detected in the photograph, playback zoom will center on the face. |
Playback Zoom Face Selection
If [ON] is selected, when multiple faces are detected in the picture during playback zoom, the sub-command dial can be rotated to switch between the detected faces.
- This can only be assigned to the [Sub-command dial].
Restoring Default Settings
You can reset selected controls to their default settings in the custom-control selection display. You can reset individual controls or all controls to their default settings. For information on resetting the custom controls, see “Restoring Default Settings” in the “f2: Custom Controls (Shooting)” section (0 Restoring Default Settings).
