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88 Quick Guide for the Impatient User

via MENU  1  Rotate and then press the center button multiple
times to rotate the image counterclockwise. (Which is as much of a
pain as it sounds.) (And oddly, you can’t assign the Rotate function to a
button.)
When playing back movies, the following arrow keys are functional:

 LEFT and RIGHT will act as fast forward and fast reverse. Press them
several times in a row and they will play back faster (note that all it
does is jump around – it’s not exactly smooth playback in this mode).
 The CENTER button will pause and unpause the playback. While
paused, rotating the rear control dial will control slow playback. LEFT
and RIGHT will still work and they will jump ahead by several seconds
each.
 The DOWN button brings up a menu that controls playback speed,
playback volume.

3.7 CONFIGURING THE DISPLAY

When you press the
DISP button (the UP
arrow button on the
rear control wheel
Figure 3-13a)
multiple times, the
camera will cycle
through the displays
you have checked in Figure 3-13: You can choose which displays the DISP
Menu  2  button cycles through via this screen. (And you can
DISP Button  configure the camera to cycle through different
[Monitor or Finder]. screens depending on whether you’re looking at the
When you go to this LCD (“Monitor”) or EVF (“Finder”). Notice that once
screen you can scroll you make your selection, pressing the MENU button is
amongst the options the ONLY way to have your selections stick!
and a small preview will appear in the lower-right-hand corner. You can
select and unselect the screens you want using the center button. In order
to have your settings take effect, though, you MUST press the MENU
button to exit the screen – pressing anything else (such as the shutter

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