11
Selected memory
card
SmartMedia
CompactFlash
/Microdrive ➝ 129
Memory gauge ➝ 38
Indicates shots are stored in
temporary memory (a buffer). Goes
off after pictures are stored on a
card. When the memory gauge is
blinking, the buffer is full and you
cannot take a picture.
Metering mode ➝ 83
Digital ESP metering
Center weighted
averaging metering
Spot metering
Number of storable pictures ➝ 30
At power on, also displays a percentage for the
battery check for the lithium polymer battery.
The (flash suppression) mark
displays when the built-in flash is
closed. Nothing displays for Auto
flash mode.
White balance (Displays
setting other than AUTO)
➝ 104, 105, 107
ISO (Displays setting other than AUTO)
➝ 88
• displays
When the PS mode is set (➝ 80) or
sharpness/contrast setting is not set
to NORMAL (➝ 113, 114).
• blinks
When the noise reduction mode is set
(➝ 115)
Flash control ➝ 42, 89
Shutter speed
➝ 74
Auto bracket ➝ 86
Manual focus ➝ 68
Card error
➝ 199
Aperture value
➝ 72
Remote control ➝ 122
Sequential shooting ➝ 120
Red-eye reduction
Fill-in flash
Slow synchro
Flash
intensity
control
2nd-curtain
Battery
check ➝ 29
Conversion lens
➝ 139
Macro ➝ 40
Self-timer ➝ 121
Exposure
compensation/
Exposure level
In the P, A, S modes
displays exposure
compensation value.
(➝ 84)
In the M mode displays
the exposure level (the
difference between the
selected and ideal
exposure levels). (➝ 77)
When the bars are blinking, you
cannot take a picture. The number of
blinking bars varies depending on
the following settings:
• IS/PS/Noise reduction mode setting
(➝ 78, 80, 115)
• Record mode setting (➝ 108)
Indicates the number
of pictures in the
buffer. The bars
disappear as the
pictures move from
the buffer to the card.
Record mode
➝ 108
TIFF*, SHQ,
HQ, or SQ
* Indicates
RAW when
blinking
Control panel
Note
• If you half-press the shutter
button, the viewfinder display
will light on. The viewfinder
display goes off eight seconds
after you release the button.
• After the camera is switched
on, you will see “- - ” displayed
for the aperture, shutter
speed, and exposure level
settings until you half-press
the shutter button. When you
release the shutter-button from
half-pressing, you will see “- -”
displayed again after 8
seconds.