Chapter 3 Preparation — Adjusting and setting the LCD monitor- 49 -Adjusting and setting the LCD monitorUsing the LCD monitorThis unit is equipped with a 3.5-inch LCD monitor. Use either the viewfinder or the LCD monitor depending on your purpose and the shooting conditions.1 Open the LCD monitor.The light goes on when the LCD monitor is opened. The light goes offwhen it is closed.2 Turn the LCD monitor to a comfortable viewing angle.It can be turned towards the lens by 180° and in the forward direction by90°.@ NOTE0 When closing the LCD monitor, be sure to close it firmly.0 Take care not to apply excessive force on the LCD monitor when it is opened. Doing so may result in a malfunction.0 The image brightness and color hue seen on the viewfinder and LCD monitor may be different from that seen on a TV monitor. The final check of theimage should be done on a TV monitor.Adjusting the LCD monitor∫ Adjusting brightness, contrast, color level, redness, and bluenessBy setting the following items in the [VIDEO OUT/LCD/VF] menu → [LCD], you can adjust items such as brightness and contrast for the LCD monitor:j [BRIGHTNESS]: Adjusts the brightness.j [COLOR LEVEL]: Adjusts the density of the colors.j [CONTRAST]: Adjusts the contrast.j [RED TINT]: Adjusts the strength of red.j [BLUE TINT]: Adjusts the strength of blue.The adjustments of the LCD monitor do not affect the images output or recorded by the camera.∫ Adjusting the backlight luminanceThe following operations switch the luminance of the backlight of the LCD monitor:≥ Set with the [VIDEO OUT/LCD/VF] menu → [LCD] → [BACK LIGHT].≥ Each time you either press the USER button assigned to [LCD BACKLIGHT] or touch the USER button icon, the brightness switches in the order [0],[1], [2], [j1].Mirror shootingWhen recording with the LCD monitor rotated towards the lens side, if the unit is set to the [VIDEO OUT/LCD/VF] menu → [LCD] → [SELF SHOOT] →[MIRROR], the image is displayed in reverse in left and right on the LCD monitor. This allows shooting as if looking at a mirror image. Note that only thedisplay of the LCD monitor is horizontally reversed. The settings for mirror shooting do not affect the images output or recorded by the camera.
