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Basic Operation
Turn the Mode Dial while holding down 
the Mode Dial lock-release button at the 
center.
(1) After pressing a button, turn the  dial.
When you press a button such as < f>, 
< R >, or < i>, the respective 
function remains selected for 6 seconds 
( 9 ). During this time, you can turn the 
< 6 > dial to set the desired setting.
When the function selection turns off or if 
you press the shutter button halfway, the 
camera will be ready to shoot.
  Use this dial to select or set the AF 
mode, drive mode, ISO speed, 
metering mode, AF point, etc.
(2) Turn the < 6> dial only.
While looking at the viewfinder or LCD 
panel, turn the < 6> dial to set the 
desired setting.
  Use this dial to set the shutter speed, 
aperture, etc.
Mode Dial
6 Making Selections with the Main Dial
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Basic Operation
(1) After pressing a button, turn the  dial.
When you press a button such as < f>, 
< R >, or < i>, the respective 
function remains selected for 6 seconds 
( 9 ). During this time, you can turn the 
<
5> dial to set the desired setting.
When the function selection turns off or if 
you press the shutter button halfway, the 
camera will be ready to shoot.
  Use this dial to select or set the AF 
mode, drive mode, ISO speed, 
metering mode, AF point, etc.
(2) Turn the < 5> dial only.
While looking at the viewfinder or LCD 
panel, turn the  dial to set the 
desired setting.
  Use this dial to set the exposure 
compensation amount, the aperture 
setting for manual exposures, etc.
In Creative Zone modes, you can set the [ 6 Lock  5 ] menu setting to 
[Enable ] to prevent the Quick Control Di al from inadvertently turning 
and changing the following settings:
• Exposure compensation (When shooting mode is  d/s /f .)
• Aperture setting with manual exposures
• Aperture setting with bulb exposures
With [Lock  5: Enable ] set, the < R> button below the Quick 
Control Dial enables the [ Lock 5] setting to be canceled temporarily 
so that you can change the se ttings above. Press the  button 
( 0 ), then turn the < 5> dial. ( 8 in movie mode.)
5 Making Selections with the Quick Control Dial
Using the UNLOCK button
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Basic Operation
 Use it to select the AF point, correct 
the white balance, move the AF 
frame or the magnifying frame during 
Live View shooting, or scroll over the 
image during magnified view. You can 
push it in eight directions.
  For menus and the Quick Control 
screen, the Multi-controller works 
only in the < V> and < U> 
directions.
Turn on ( 9)/off the LCD panel 
illumination by pressing the < U> button. 
During a bulb exposure, pressing the 
shutter button completely will turn off the 
LCD panel illumination.
After you press the < B> button a number of times, the shooting 
settings will be displayed. With the shooting settings displayed, you ca\
n 
turn the Mode Dial to see the settings for each shooting mode (p.266).\
 
To switch to the Quick C ontrol screen, press the < Q> button (p.44, 67). 
To turn off the display, press the < B> button.
9 Operating the Multi-controller
U LCD Panel Illumination
Displaying Shooting Settings
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You can directly select and set the shooting functions displayed on the 
LCD monitor. This is called the Quick Control screen.
1Display the Quick Control screen.
 Press the < Q> button.
X The Quick Control screen will appear 
(7 ).
2Set the desired function.
 Press the < V>  key on the 
< 9 > to select the function.
X The name of the selected function is 
displayed on the screen’s bottom.
  Turn the <
5> or < 6> dial to 
change the setting.
3Take the picture.
  Press the shutter button completely to 
take the picture.
X The LCD monitor turns off and the 
captured image is displayed.
Q  Using the Quick Control Screen
Basic Zone modes Creative Zone modes
In Basic Zone modes, the selectable functions may differ depending on the 
Basic Zone shooting mode (p.67).
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Q Using the Quick Control Screen
  On the Quick Control screen, select 
the function and press < 0>. The 
function’s setting screen will then 
appear (except for the shutter speed 
and aperture).
  Turn the <
5> or < 6> dial to 
change the setting. With certain 
settings, you can also press the 
< U > key to change it.
  Press < 0> to finalize the setting and 
return to the Quic k Control screen. 
While on the , < >, or < > 
screen, you can return to the Quick 
Control screen by pressing the 
< M > button.
Quick Control Screen Nomenclature
Function Setting Display
Shutter speed (p.114)
Drive mode (p.81)
Electronic level (p.127)
AF mode (p.76) White balance (p.96)
Shooting mode* (p.20) Highlight tone priority* (p.255)
Auto Lighting Optimizer (p.101)
Metering mode (p.119)
AF point (p.78) Picture Style (p.90)
Exposure compensation/
AEB setting (p.121)
Flash exposure
 compensation (p.132)
ISO speed (p.88)
Custom Controls
(p.257)
Image-recording quality 
(p.84)
Aperture (p.116)
Asterisked functions ca nnot be set with the Quick Control screen.
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With menus, you can set various functions such as the image-recording 
quality, date/time, etc. While looking at the LCD monitor, press the 
 button on the camera back to display the menu screen and use 
the   keys and  button.
3 Menu Operations
 
Ta b
Menu items
Menu settings
1 Shooting
LCD monitor
5 Set-up
9 My Menu
 button
3 Playback
In the Basic Zone, Creative Zone,  and Movie shooting modes, the tabs 
and menu options displayed will be different.
Menu Screen
Basic Zone modes Movie shooting mode
Creative Zone modes
 button
8 Custom Functions
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3 Menu Operations
1Display the menu screen.
 Press the < M> button to display 
the menu screen.
2Select a tab.
  Press the < U> key to select a 
menu tab.
3Select the desired item.
  Press the < V> key to select the 
item, then press .
4Select the setting.
 Press the < V> or < U> key to 
select the desired setting. (Some 
settings require you to press either 
the < V> or < U> key to select it.)
  The current setting is indicated in 
blue.
5Set the desired setting.
 Press < 0> to set it.
6Exit the setting.
  Press the < M> button to return to 
the shooting settings display.
Menu Setting Procedure
  For Step 2, you c an also turn the < 6> dial. For Step 4, you can also 
turn the < 5> dial depending on the setting.
  The explanation of menu  functions hereinafter assumes that you have 
pressed the < M> button to display the menu screen.
  A list of menu functi ons is on page 278.
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If the card is new or was previously formatted by another camera or 
computer, format the card with the camera. When the card is formatted, all images and data in the card will 
be erased. Even protected  images will be erased, so make 
sure there is nothing you need to keep. If necessary, transfer 
the images to a computer, etc ., before formatting the card.
1Select [Format].
 Under the [ 5] tab, select [ Format], 
then press < 0>.
2Format the card.
  Select [OK ], then press < 0>.
X The card will be formatted.
X When the formatting is completed, 
the menu will reappear.
  For low-level formatting, press the 
 button to checkmark [ Low level 
format ] with < X>, then select [ OK].
Before You Start
3  Formatting the Card
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Before You Start
 The card is new.
  The card was formatted by a diff erent camera or a computer.
  The card is full with images or data.
  A card-related error is displayed  (p.291).
Execute [Format] in the following cases:
About Low-level Formatting Do low-level formatting if  the card’s recording or reading speed seems slow 
or if you want to totally er ase all data in the card.
  Since low-level formatting  will erase all recordable sectors in the card, the 
formatting will take slightly  longer than normal formatting.
  You can stop the low-level formatting by selecting [ Cancel]. Even in this 
case, normal formatting  will have been completed and you can use the 
card as usual.
  When the card is formatted or data  is erased, only the file management 
information is changed. The actual  data is not completely erased. Be 
aware of this when selling or disc arding the card. When discarding the 
card, execute low-level formatting or destroy the card physically to 
prevent the data from being leaked.
  Before using a new Eye-Fi card, th e software in the card must be 
installed in your computer. Then  format the card with the camera.
 The card capacity displa yed on the card format sc reen might be smaller 
than the capacity in dicated on the card.
  This device incorporates exFAT te chnology licensed from Microsoft.
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Before You Start
You can change the auto power-off time for the camera to turn off 
automatically after a certain period  of non-operation. If you do not want 
the camera to turn off automatically, set this to [ Off]. After the power 
turns off, you can turn on the came ra again by pressing the shutter 
button or other button.
1Select [Auto power off].
  Under the [ 5] tab, select [ Auto 
power off], then press < 0>.
2Set the desired time.
  Select the desired setting, then press 
.
You can set how long the image is  displayed on the LCD monitor 
immediately after capture. To keep the image displayed, set [ Hold]. To 
not have the image displayed, set [Off ].
1Select [Image review].
 Under the [ 1] tab, select [Image 
review ], then press < 0>.
2Set the desired time.
  Select the desired setting, then press 
.
3  Setting the Power-off Time/Auto Power Off
3 Setting the Image Review Time
Even if [ Off] has been set, the LCD monitor wi ll turn off automatically after 
30 min. to save power. (The  camera’s power does not turn off.)
If [Hold] is set, the image will be displayed unt il the auto power off time elapses.
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