Choose the operations performed in movie mode using camera or lens controls or by pressing camera controls and rotating command dials.

  • Choose the roles played by the controls below. Highlight the desired control and press J.

    Option

    w

    [Fn1 button]

    y

    [Fn2 button]

    V

    [AF-ON button]

    8

    [Sub-selector center]

    G

    [Shutter-release button]

    l

    [Lens control ring]

  • The roles that can be assigned to these controls are as follows:

    Option

    w

    y

    V

    8

    G

    l

    t

    [Power aperture (open)]

    4

    q

    [Power aperture (close)]

    4

    i

    [Exposure compensation +]

    4

    h

    [Exposure compensation -]

    4

    n

    [Subject tracking]

    4

    4

    b

    [Framing grid display]

    4

    4

    4

    p

    [Zoom on/off]

    4

    4

    4

    4

    g

    [Protect]

    4

    4

    K

    [Select center focus point]

    4

    4

    A

    [AF-ON]

    4

    F

    [AF lock only]

    4

    4

    E

    [AE lock (Hold)]

    4

    4

    C

    [AE lock only]

    4

    4

    B

    [AE/AF lock]

    4

    4

    C

    [Take photos]

    4

    1

    [Record movies]

    4

    4

    4

    J

    [Choose image area]

    4

    4

    4

    m

    [White balance]

    4

    4

    h

    [Set Picture Control]

    4

    4

    y

    [Active D-Lighting]

    4

    4

    w

    [Metering]

    4

    4

    z

    [Focus mode/AF-area mode]

    4

    4

    H

    [Microphone sensitivity]

    4

    4

    W

    [Peaking highlights]

    4

    4

    c

    [Rating]

    4

    4

    X

    [Focus (M/A)]

    41, 2

    q

    [Power aperture]

    42

    E

    [Exposure compensation]

    42

    9

    [ISO sensitivity]

    42

    [None]

    4

    4

    4

    4

    42

    1. Available with compatible lenses only.

    2. Regardless of the option selected, in manual focus mode the control ring can only be used to adjust focus.

  • The following options are available:

    Role

    Description

    t

    [Power aperture (open)]

    Aperture widens while the Fn1 button is pressed. Use in combination with Custom Setting g2 [Custom controls] > [Fn2 button] > [Power aperture (close)] for button-controlled aperture adjustment.

    q

    [Power aperture (close)]

    Aperture narrows while the Fn2 button is pressed. Use in combination with Custom Setting g2 [Custom controls] > [Fn1 button] > [Power aperture (open)] for button-controlled aperture adjustment.

    i

    [Exposure compensation +]

    Exposure compensation increases while the Fn1 button is pressed. Use in combination with Custom Setting g2 [Custom controls] > [Fn2 button] > [Exposure compensation −] for button-controlled exposure compensation.

    h

    [Exposure compensation −]

    Exposure compensation decreases while the Fn2 button is pressed. Use in combination with Custom Setting g2 [Custom controls] > [Fn1 button] > [Exposure compensation +] for button-controlled exposure compensation.

    n

    [Subject tracking]

    Pressing the control during auto-area AF enables subject tracking; the focus point will change to a targeting reticle and the monitor and viewfinder to subject-tracking displays.

    • To end subject-tracking AF, press the control again or press the W (Q) button.

    b

    [Framing grid display]

    Press the control to display a framing grid. Press the control again to turn the display off.

    g

    [Protect]

    Press the control during playback to protect the current picture.

    K

    [Select center focus point]

    Pressing the control selects the center focus point.

    A

    [AF-ON]

    Pressing the control initiates autofocus, duplicating the function of the AF-ON button.

    F

    [AF lock only]

    Focus locks while the control is pressed.

    E

    [AE lock (Hold)]

    Exposure locks when the control is pressed. Exposure lock does not end when the shutter is released. Exposure remains locked until the control is pressed a second time or the standby timer expires.

    C

    [AE lock only]

    Exposure locks while the control is pressed.

    B

    [AE/AF lock]

    Focus and exposure lock while the control is pressed.

    p

    [Zoom on/off]

    Press the control to zoom the display in on the area around the current focus point (the zoom ratio is selected in advance). Press again to cancel zoom.

    C

    [Take photos]

    Press the shutter-release button all the way down to take a photograph with an aspect ratio of 16:9.

    1

    [Record movies]

    Press the control to start recording. Press again to end recording.

    J

    [Choose image area]

    Press the control and rotate a command dial to choose the image area for movies. Note that the image area cannot be changed while recording is in progress.

    m

    [White balance]

    Hold the control and rotate the main command dial to adjust white balance for movies. Some options offer sub-options that can be selected by rotating the sub-command dial.

    h

    [Set Picture Control]

    Press the control and rotate a command dial to choose a Picture Control.

    y

    [Active D‑Lighting]

    Press the control and rotate a command dial to adjust Active D-Lighting for movies.

    w

    [Metering]

    Press the control and rotate a command dial to choose a movie metering option.

    z

    [Focus mode/AF-area mode]

    Hold the control and rotate the main command dial to choose the focus mode, the sub-command dial to choose the AF-area mode.

    H

    [Microphone sensitivity]

    Press the control and rotate a command dial to adjust microphone sensitivity.

    W

    [Peaking highlights]

    Press the control and rotate the main command dial to choose a peaking level and the sub-command dial to select the peaking color.

    c

    [Rating]

    To rate the current picture in playback mode, press the control and rotate the main command dial.

    • To display rating options, highlight [Rating] and press 2. If an option other than [None] is selected, the chosen rating can be assigned to pictures simply by pressing the selected control. Pressing the control again selects a “no star” rating.

    X

    [Focus (M/A)]

    The lens control ring can be used for manual focus regardless of the option selected for focus mode. To refocus using autofocus, press the shutter-release button halfway or press a control to which AF-ON has been assigned.

    q

    [Power aperture]

    Rotate the lens control ring to adjust aperture.

    E

    [Exposure compensation]

    Rotate the lens control ring to adjust exposure compensation.

    9

    [ISO sensitivity]

    Rotate the lens control ring to adjust ISO sensitivity.

    [None]

    The control has no effect.

Power Aperture
  • Power aperture is available only in modes A and M.

  • A 6 icon in the shooting display indicates that power aperture cannot be used.

  • The display may flicker while aperture is adjusted.