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in a hurry!) The one with the diagonal line is for those who want to add
some energy to their shot and place the subject lines according to it
(although I personally can’t see needing a compositional aid for that!)

I grew up with ground glass viewfinder screens, and so I don’t really need
any compositional guides. However if I were to pick one, I’d probably go
for the Rule of Thirds as my standard grid.

TIP: If you’re wondering where that ubiquitous rule-of-thirds was derived
from (hint: it’s related to the Golden Ratio), here’s a website which explains it
all very well: http://tinyurl.com/899jssb .

6.4 AUDIO LEVEL DISPLAY

Menu Position MENU  1 
Audio Level Display

What it Does Do you want to see
pseudo VU meters superimposed on
top of your video image as you shoot
video?

Recommended Setting On

I call them “Pseudo VU meters”
because they don’t behave like a
traditional VU meter. With a
traditional VU meter (Figure 6-3a),
you want your sound level to get to
about ¾ of the allowable scale; after
which certain distortion will occur. Figure 6-3: A traditional VU meter
But using the same rule while (top) and what the A77 II shows you
monitoring these green scales (bottom). The two don’t seem to work
(Figure 6-3b) results in low audio the same way – full-scale on the A77 II
levels when you get back to your display seems to equal the “0” level
computer. I haven’t done (3/4 deflection) of the VU meter.