Preview Modes
Choosing the Preview mode
You can use the view-mode button to cycle through the available preview modes.
The preview screen works in several different modes:
• Standard preview:
shows a preview image surrounded by a display of few important settings.
• Histogram:
shows a preview image overlaid with a histogram.
• Histogram and full details:
shows a preview image overlaid with both a histogram and camera-setting details.
• Battery saver:
turns off the screen, but you can still use the menus and take pictures.
• Full-screen preview:
shows the preview only, with no frame or settings information.
To cycle through the various modes, press the view-mode button on the front panel. The
order is circular, as listed above. Each mode is described in detail in the sub-sections
below.
Regardless of the current mode, if you zoom in on the image or zoom out to the thumbnails,
the display reverts to showing the “standard” preview frame, which shows information
about the current image and camera settings around the edges. When you return to the
standard zoom level, however, you will then also return to your last-selected preview
mode.
Note that the screen can also operate in menu mode, which does not show a preview, but
enables you to make digital back settings. To enter menu mode, press the menu button.
See Working with the Menus for details.
You can cycle
through all the
available preview
modes by pressing
the
View-Mode
button.
