Touch-Screen Operation

Tapping

Sample screen (Quick Control)

  • Use your finger to tap (touch briefly and then remove your finger from) the screen.
  • For example, when you tap [Q (Quick Control)], the Quick Control screen appears. By tapping [Return], you can return to the preceding screen.

Note

  • To have the camera beep for touch operations, set [Set-up: Beep] to [Enable] ().
  • Responsiveness to touch operations can be adjusted in [Control customization: Touch control] ().

Dragging

Sample screen (Menu screen)

  • Slide your finger while touching the screen.

Shooting with the Touch Shutter

Just by tapping the screen, you can focus and take the picture automatically.

  1. Enable the Touch Shutter.

    Sample screen
    • Tap [Touch off] on the screen.
    • Each time you tap the icon, it will toggle between [Touch off] and [Touch on].

    • [Touch on] (Touch Shutter: Enable)

      The camera will focus on the spot you tap, then the picture will be taken.

    • [Touch off] (Touch Shutter: Disable)

      You can tap a spot to perform focusing on the spot. Press the shutter button completely to take the picture.

  2. Tap the screen to shoot.

    Sample screen
    • Tap the face or subject on the screen.
    • On the point you tap, the camera focuses (Touch AF) using your specified AF Area.
    • When [Touch on] is set, the AF point turns green when focus is achieved, then the picture is taken automatically.
    • If focus is not achieved, the AF point turns orange and the picture cannot be taken. Tap the face or subject on the screen again.

Caution

  • The camera shoots in single shooting mode regardless of the drive mode setting ([High-speed continuous shooting plus], [High-speed continuous shooting], or [Low-speed continuous shooting]).
  • Tapping the screen focuses with [One-Shot AF], even if [Autofocus: AF operation] is set to [Servo AF].
  • Tapping the screen in magnified view will not focus or take the picture.
  • When shooting by tapping with [Review duration] in [Shooting: Review duration] set to [Hold], you can take the next shot by pressing the shutter button halfway or tapping [Return].

Note

  • To shoot with bulb exposure, tap the screen twice. Tap once to start exposure and again to stop it. Be careful not to shake the camera when tapping the screen.