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The Location Data Options Menu
Electronic Compass
B
Notes About Using the Electronic Compass
See “Notes About Using the Electronic Compass” (
106) for more information.
Press the
d
button
M
z
menu icon
M
Electronic compass
M
k
button
Option
Description
Compass display
Set whether or not to display a compass on the shooting screen.
•
Default setting:
Off
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The direction the camera is pointing is displayed based on
measured direction information.
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When the camera lens faces downward, the compass display
switches to a circle compass with a red arrow that points north.
- Display style: north, east, south, and west
- Display range: 16 cardinal points
•
The direction measured by the electronic compass can be
imprinted on images using
Data imprint
in the playback menu
(
76).
Compass correction
Correct the compass when the compass direction is not displayed
correctly.
When the screen shown on the
right is displayed, swing the
camera to draw a figure eight in
the air while turning your wrist to
face the camera forward and
backward, side to side, or up and
down.
Compass correction
Move camera in a figure eight.