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 [Set-up: 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 screens
    • 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 screens
    • Tap the face or subject on the screen.
    • On the point you tap, the camera focuses (Touch AF) using your specified AF Area.
    • The camera shoots automatically when set to [Touch on].

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].