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[z 4] Menu
When you select [ Movies] under [z4: 
LV   z/k  set.], the [ z4] [ z5] tabs for 
movie shooting will appear. The menu 
options are as follows.
  AF mode
The AF modes will be the same  as described on pages 209-215. 
You can select [ Live mode], [u Live mode ], or [Quick mode ]. Note 
that continuous focusing of a moving subject is not possible.
Even if the AF mode is set to [ Quick mode], it will switch to [ Live 
mode ] during movie shooting.
  Grid display
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3 Menu Function Settings
 Silent LV shooting
This function applies to still photo shooting. For details, see page 
208.
  Metering timer
You can change how long the exposu re settings are displayed (AE 
lock time).
[ z 5] Menu
  Time code
You can set the time code. For details, see pages 239 and 240.
  Silent Control
When [Enable  h] is set, you can use the touch pad < h> and 
Quick Control screen to change  settings silently during movie 
shooting. For details, see page 238.
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Movie Shooting Cautions
White  and Red < E> Internal Temperature Warning Icons  If the camera’s internal temperatu re increases due to prolonged movie 
shooting or a high ambient  temperature, a white icon < s> will appear. 
Even if you shoot a movie while this icon is displayed, the movie’s image 
quality will hardly be affected. Howe ver, if you shoot still photos, the 
image quality of the still photos may  degrade. You should stop shooting 
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Movie Shooting Cautions
Recording and Image Quality If you use a card with a slow  writing speed, a five-level 
indicator may appear on the right of the screen during movie 
shooting. It indicates how  much data has not yet been 
written to the card (remaining ca pacity of the internal buffer 
memory). The slower the card, the faster the indicator will 
climb upward. If the indicator  becomes full, movie shooting 
will stop automatically. 
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Image Playback
This chapter explains how to play back and erase 
photos and movies, how to display them on a TV 
screen, and other playback-related functions.
About images taken with another cameraThe camera may not be able to properly display images captured 
with a different camera or edited with a computer or whose file name 
was changed.
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1Play back the image.
 Press the < x> button.
X The last captured image or last image 
viewed will appear.
2Select an image.
  To play back images starting with the 
last image, turn the < 5> dial 
counterclockwise. To play back 
images starting with the first captured 
image, turn the dial clockwise.
  Each time you press the < B> 
button, the display format will change.
x  Image Playback
Single-Image Display
No information
Histogram With basic information
Shooting information display
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x Image Playback
3Exit the image playback.
 Press the < x> button to exit the 
image playback and return to 
shooting-ready state.
With single-image display, you can 
overlay the grid on the image during 
playback.
With [ 33: Playback grid ], you can 
select [ 3x3 l ], [6x4  m ], or [ 3x3+diag  
n ].
This function is convenient for checking 
the image’s tilt and composition.
3  Grid Display
The grid is not displayed during movie playback.
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* When you shoot in RAW+JPEG image quality, the RAW  image file size will be 
displayed.
* During flash photography withou t flash exposure compensation,  will be 
displayed.
* < P > will be displayed for  multiple-exposure photos.
* For still photos taken during movie shooting, < G> will be displayed.
* For JPEG images develo ped with the camera’s RAW processing function or 
resized, and then saved, < u> will be displayed.
B : Shooting Information Display
Sample Information for Still Photos
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B: Shooting Information Display
 About the Highlight Alert
When [3 3: Highlight alert ] is set to [Enable], overexposed 
highlight areas will blink. To obtain more image detail in the 
overexposed areas, set the exposure compensation to a negative 
amount and shoot again.
  About the AF Point Display
When [3 3: AF point disp.] is set to [ Enable], the AF point that 
achieved focus will be displayed in  red. If automatic AF point 
selection was used, multiple AF points may be displayed.
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B: Shooting Information Display
 About the Histogram
The brightness histogram shows the  exposure level distribution and 
overall brightness. The RGB histogram is for checking the color 
saturation and gradation. The display can be switched with [ 33: 
Histogram ].
[Brightness] Display
This histogram is a graph showing the 
distribution of the image’s brightness level. The 
horizontal axis indicates the brightness level 
(darker on the left and br ighter on the right), 
while the vertical axis...