Sony A700 Manual - Page 16

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Part I

Using the Sony Alpha A700

The following bulleted list details the

Recording Information display.

have three user-deﬁned settings.

When the Mode dial is set to MR

(Memory Recall mode), the selected

set of settings displays here.

Mode dial display. The display

here shows the Mode dial's setting.

Shutter speed indicator. Displays

the current shutter speed.

Aperture indicator. Displays the

current f-stop.

Exposure. This display is blank

unless the photographer has made

any exposure compensation adjust-

ments; otherwise, it shows the

amount of exposure compensation.

AE lock indicator. Displays an

asterisk when the AE lock is

pressed and the AE lock is in use.

Flash mode. The indicator shows

whether the Flash mode is set to

Autoﬂash, Fill Flash, Rear Sync, or

Wireless. It also shows if Red-eye

reduction has been set.

Exposure compensation /

Metered manual indicator. The

display shows a small arrow above

the EV scale, showing what the

camera believes is the difference

between your exposure and the

correct exposure. When the arrow

is above the 0, the EV scale, the

camera meter, and the photogra-

pher's settings agree. When the

arrow appears toward the right,

it indicates overexposure, which

causes the photo to be too light.

When the arrow appears to the

left, it indicates underexposure,

which causes the photo to be

too dark.

Flash compensation indicator. If

any ﬂash compensation is set, a

small arrow appears under the EV

Scale, showing the amount of

compensation.

EV scale. The EV or Exposure

Value scale shows what the cam-

era believes is the correct expo-

sure, which is set at 0. The scale

also shows three steps of overex-

posure and three steps of underex-

posure. The scale is also used as a

guide for exposure compensation

and ﬂash compensation.

ISO setting. The current ISO set-

ting is shown here below the word

ISO. The ISO is shown as a number

from 100 to 6400. The word AUTO

appears if the ISO is set to Auto.

Drive mode indicator. The Drive

mode indicator shows what Drive

mode the camera is in. There are

eight modes that can be set. Most

modes have more than one choice,

for a total of 22 available settings

that can be shown.

Focus mode indicator. This shows

which of the four Focus modes is

selected: AF-S when the camera

is set on Single-Shot Auto Focus,

AF-A when the camera is set to

Automatic Auto Focus, AF-C for

Continuous Auto Focus, and MF

for Manual Focus.

Auto focus area indicator. Shows

if the Wide, Spot, or Local Auto

Focus area is selected.

Metering mode indicator. Shows

if the Multi-segment, Center-

weighted, or the Spot metering

mode is being used.

D-Range Optimizer setting.

When the D-Range Optimizer is

turned on, the mode it is set for is