Fine-Tuning Camera Settings
Menu Guide—Custom Settings
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Custom Setting 6:
Monitor Off
This option controls whether the monitor stays on
for ten seconds (
10 s
), twenty seconds (
20 s
), one
minute (
1 min.
), five minutes (
5 min.
), or ten min-
utes (
10 min.
) when no operations are performed.
The default setting is
20 s
. Note that the longer
the monitor remains on, the more often you will
need to recharge the battery.
Custom Setting 7:
Auto Meter-Off
This option controls how long the camera contin-
ues to meter exposure when no operations are
performed. The exposure meter can be set to turn
off automatically after approximately four seconds
(
4 s
), six seconds (
6 s
), eight seconds (
8 s
), sixteen
seconds (
16 s
), or thirty minutes (
30 min.
). The
default setting is
6 s
. Choose a shorter meter off
delay for longer battery life.
Custom Setting 8:
Self-Timer
This option controls length of the delay from the
time the shutter release button is pressed to the
time the shutter is released in self-timer mode (
108). Shutter release can be delayed by approxi-
mately two (
2 s
), five (
5 s
), ten (
10 s
), or twenty
seconds (
20 s
). The default setting is
10 s
.
OK
Monitor Off Delay
20
10
1
5
10
s
s
min.
min.
min.
F6
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OK
Auto Meter-Off
Delay
F7
CSM MENU
6
4
8
16
30
s
s
s
s
min.
OK
Self-timer Delay
F8
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2
5
10
20
s
s
s
s
Custom Setting 9:
EV Step
Adjustments to exposure settings (shutter speed,
aperture, exposure compensation, flash compen-
sation, and exposure and flash bracketing) can be
made in increments equivalent to
1
/
3
EV (
1/3 Step
)
or
1
/
2
EV (
1/2 Step
). The default setting is
1/3
Step
. Any changes to this setting are reflected in
the exposure displays in the viewfinder and con-
trol panel.
OK
EV Steps for
Exposure Control
1/3 Step
1/2 Step
F9
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