Switching The Information Display - Olympus E-3 Instruction Manual

Focusing during live view
• When you press the shutter button all the way
during live view, the focus is locked and a picture is
taken. The image display on the monitor freezes as
the mirror goes down during focusing.
• To focus in advance, hold down the
button and press the shutter button. When the
focus is locked, the AF confirmation mark lights up.
When the AF confirmation mark is blinking, the
focus is not locked.
• When the AF mode is set to S-AF, the picture
cannot be taken until the focus is locked.
• In MF mode, you can press the
to activate the auto focus.
Shooting while changing the angle of the LCD monitor
You can change the angle of the LCD monitor on the
camera. This enables you to shoot at an awkward
angle while checking the subject's composition on
the LCD monitor.
• Slowly rotate the LCD monitor within the moveable
range.

Switching the information display

You can switch the information displayed on the monitor by pressing
Information display on
250 F5.6 250 250 F5.6
Information display off
*1 Displayed when [FRAME ASSIST] is set. g"FRAME ASSIST (Ruled lines display)" (P. 102)
*2 For operation in the enlarged display, refer to "Enlarged display operation".
AEL
AEL AFL
/
Information display on
+ Ruled lines display
L N
N
38 38
AFL
/
button
270°
*1
250 F5.6 250 F5.6
38 38
250 F5.6 250
Enlarged display
250 250 F5.6 250 F5.6 F5.6
L N
N
38 38
AF confirmation mark
INFO
button repeatedly.
Information display on
+ Histogram
250 F5.6 250 F5.6
38 38
F5.6
3 8 3 8
*2
1
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