number / total images that are
on the card. The type of stor-
age, CompactFlash or Memory
stick, is also displayed on the
top-left corner of the image.
The Front or Rear control dial
or the multi-selector can be
used to cycle through the
images on the memory card.
•
Display without information.
In this mode, the image is dis-
played without any information
at all. The Front or Rear control
dial or the multi-selector can
be used to cycle through the
images on the memory card.
•
Display with 5-image thumb-
nails. In this mode, the display
is broken into two parts; the
thumbnail strip along the top
and the main image on the
bottom. Shutter speed, aper-
ture, ISO, the date and time
the image was taken, and the
image number / total images
taken are all displayed over the
bottom of the main image. The
Front or Rear control dial or the
multi-selector can be used to
cycle through the images on
the memory card. The selected
image will have a red line
under it on the thumbnail strip.
✦
Press the Custom button to
open the Histogram view. Press
it again to revert back to the previ-
ous view. Use the histogram to
help you determine if you have a
good exposure.
✦
Zoom in on any photo using the
AM/MF button. To help identify
this button’s dual purpose, there is
a blue magnifying icon next to the
button. When in the Zoom mode,
the Front control dial scrolls from
one photo to the next, and the
Rear control dial changes the per-
centage of the zoom. Pressing the
multi-selector moves the zoomed
image around within the LCD
screen. Pressing the multi-selector’s
center button changes the display
by showing the entire image with
a red box located in the middle of
the image. This red box is the area
of the image that is displayed when
the multi-selector’s center button
is pressed a second time. The red
box can be moved around the
image by using the multi-selector
to select the area of the image
you want to look at closer. While
in this mode, the Rear control dial
changes the amount of zoom and
graphically shows this change by
making the red box bigger or
smaller. The Front control dial
changes from one image to the
next. Pressing the AM/MF button
returns the view to the previous
mode.
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✦
Using the Sony Alpha A700
2008 1 13
±
0.0
±
0.0
D-R
+
–
+
60/63
1:51
PM
100-0629
CF
1/125
F6.3
AWB
200mm
ISO
800
RAW
AUTO
Standard
1.20
The Histogram view
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