The monitor
At default settings, the following indicators appear in the monitor. For more information, see “The monitor display” (The monitor display) in “Technical notes”.
Photo mode
| 1 | i menu (Selecting settings from the i menu) |
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| 2 | Release mode (Release mode) |
| 3 | Focus mode (Focus mode) |
| 4 | AF-area mode (AF-area mode) |
| 5 | Subject detection (Subject detection) |
| 6 | 1 icon (The 1 icon) |
| 7 | White balance (White balance) |
| 8 | Active D-Lighting (Active D-Lighting) |
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| 9 | Picture Control (Picture Controls) |
| 10 | Image quality (Changing image quality) |
| 11 | Image size (Choosing an image size) |
| 12 | Image area (Adjusting image area settings) |
| 13 | Battery indicator (Battery level) |
| 1 | Exposure indicator Exposure (Exposure indicators) Exposure compensation (Exposure compensation) |
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| 2 | Assist display (Setting the shooting display) |
| 3 | Number of exposures remaining (Number of exposures remaining, Memory card capacity) |
| 4 | ISO sensitivity (ISO sensitivity) |
| 5 | ISO sensitivity indicator (ISO sensitivity) Auto ISO sensitivity indicator (Auto ISO sensitivity control) |
| 6 | Exposure compensation (Exposure compensation) |
| 7 | Aperture (A (aperture-priority auto), M (manual)) |
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| 8 | Shutter speed (S (shutter-priority auto), M (manual)) |
| 9 | Shooting mode (Choosing a shooting mode) |
| 10 | Metering (Metering) |
| 11 | Vibration reduction (Vibration reduction) |
| 12 | Touch control guide (monitor display zoom) (Touch control guide) |
| 13 | Focus point (Focus-point selection) |
| 14 | View mode (photo live view; d9: View mode (photo Lv)) |
Video mode
| 1 | Recording indicator “No video” indicator (The 0 icon) |
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| 2 | Recording indicator (red border; g22: Red REC frame indicator) |
| 3 | Length of footage recorded |
| 4 | Frame size and rate (Video frame size and rate options) |
| 5 | Destination (Destination) |
| 6 | Available recording time |
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| 7 | Image area (Video image area options) |
| 8 | Video file type (Video file types) |
| 9 | Start/stop video recording (Recording videos (b auto)) |
| 10 | Sound level (Audio input sensitivity) |
| 11 | Audio input sensitivity (Audio input sensitivity) |
Using the monitor with the camera in “tall” orientation
The playback, i menu, and shooting displays rotate to match camera orientation.
Choosing a display
Press the Fn3 (DISP) button to cycle the shooting display. Choose from up to four displays, each with a customizable selection of icons and indicators. The items displayed can be selected using Custom Setting d18 or g21 [Custom monitor shooting display] (d18: Custom monitor shooting display, g21: Custom monitor shooting display).
Angling the monitor
The orientation and angle of the monitor can be adjusted.
Normal shooting
When shooting normally, use the monitor so that it is facing out and set in the camera body.
Low angle shooting
Turn the monitor facing up to shoot with the camera at low positions.
High angle shooting
Turn the monitor facing down to shoot with the camera at high positions.
Self-portrait mode
When the monitor is facing the front of the camera, the camera changes to self-portrait mode (Shooting in self-portrait mode).
Cautions: Using the monitor
- When rotating the monitor, rotate slowly within the allowable range. Applying excessive force will result in damage to the camera body and monitor.
- When you are not using the monitor, turning it facing inward and setting it in the camera body is recommended to prevent damage and dirt.
- Do not carry the camera by holding the monitor. This could result in damage to the camera.
Shooting in self-portrait mode
If the monitor is set to the self-portrait mode position, it will switch to self-portrait mode.
The monitor will display an image as if it were reflected on a mirror (inverted image), but the actual image is saved from the perspective of the camera.
- If you tap the self-timer icon (q), you can set the shutter-release delay and the number of shots in photo mode. In video mode, you can set the video recording delay.
- In video mode, if you tap the product review mode icon (e), you can set product review mode (Product review mode). This mode is useful because it adjusts the focus to objects close to the camera when shooting product review videos. The mode switches between [On], [On (customize focus area)], and [Off] each time you tap the icon.
- If you tap the audio directivity icon (w) when [ON] is selected for [Built-in microphone options] > [Audio control (OZO Audio)] in the video recording menu, you can set [Audio directivity] to configure the directional polar pattern of the built-in microphone (Built-in microphone options). Each time you tap the icon, the audio directivity switches between [Front (Super directional)], [Front], [All directions], [Rear], and [Stereo (binaural)]. If [Front] is selected for [Built-in microphone options] > [Self-portrait mode oriented], the microphone’s directional polar pattern for self-portrait mode will be fixed to the front, and [Audio directivity] cannot be configured.
Photo mode 
Video mode - Press the shutter-release/REC button halfway to focus.
- If the self-timer is enabled, a count-down timer will be displayed in the monitor when the shutter-release/REC button is pressed all the way down.
- You can use touch AF and touch shutter.
- If you press the shutter-release/REC button or the REC button (front), a photo is taken in photo mode. In video mode, video recording starts.
- If the monitor is moved from the self-portrait mode position, self-portrait mode ends.
Self-portrait mode
In self-portrait mode, note the following:
- During self-portrait mode, controls other than the power switch, shutter-release/REC button, REC button (front), and photo/video selector are disabled.
- If no operations are performed for about 1 minute when Custom Setting c3 [Power off delay] > [Standby timer] is set to less than 1 minute, or for the specified time when set to 1 minute or more, the standby timer will expire and the monitor will turn off.
- The following settings are fixed.
- [Release mode]: [Self-timer]
- [Focus mode] in the video recording menu: [Full-time AF]
- [Touch controls] > [Enable/disable touch controls (Lv)]: [Enable]
- The following functions cannot be used.
- [Auto bracketing]
- [HDR overlay]
- [Exposure delay mode]
- When [Product review mode] is set to [On (customize focus area)] in self-portrait mode, the AF-area size cannot be changed.
- When [Self-portrait mode] (Self-portrait mode) in the setup menu is set to [OFF], the monitor will not switch to self-portrait mode even if it is set to the self-portrait mode position.