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288 “Custom” (Gear icon) Menu Settings

When set to VIEWFINDER, the rear LCD remains dark and the EVF will
only turn on if the IR sensor above the viewfinder senses something
proximate. This is the equivalent of turning the rear LCD so it faces the
body, and you can think of this as a battery saving feature for people who
only use the EVF.

6.18 RELEASE W/O LENS

Menu Position MENU  4  Release w/o Lens
What it Does Allows you to take a picture even though the camera doesn’t
think there’s a lens attached

Recommended Setting Enable

If you attach a specialty lens to the camera (such as a telescope, LensBaby
or just drill a hole into your body cap to make a pinhole camera), because
these items have no electrical contacts and don’t communicate with the
camera body via the proprietary Sony lens <--> Camera protocol, your
camera will think that there’s no lens attached and not allow you to take the
shot. Setting this feature to “Enable” saves you from Big Brother and lets
you take a picture any damn time you choose. (It’s also useful if you like
looking through the semi-transparent mirror with the lens off and seeing
how the shutter works.)

TIP: If you are going to attach such a special-purpose, non-standard lens to the
camera, remember that such lenses usually have no adjustable f/stop, and so
exposure mode settings “P” and “A” will provide identical automatic metering
behavior. “S” and “M” modes, on the other hand, will not automatically meter
for the scene at all – the camera will blindly shoot with whatever shutter speed
you specify (and whatever fixed f/stop the lens has). So check your image after
you shoot to make sure it’s right.

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