This section lists the indicators that may be displayed during shooting.
For illustrative purposes, displays are shown with all indicators lit.
Focus check
Depth-of-field preview
Location data download status
Movie mode
Time remaining
Number of available frames *
Image quality and size
Date and time
Focus frame
Virtual horizon
Focus warning
White balance
Film simulation
Dynamic range
Temperature warning
Control lock
Sound and flash indicator
Histogram
Distance indicator
Battery level
Sensitivity
Exposure compensation
Aperture
Shutter speed
TTL lock
AE lock
Metering
Shooting mode
Focus indicator
Manual focus indicator
Focus mode
AF lock
AF+MF indicator
Shutter type
Continuous mode
Exposure indicator
Self-timer indicatorr
Microphone/remote release
Flash (TTL) mode
Flash compensation
* Shows “9999” if there is space for over 9999 frames.
Control Lock
Pressing a locked control displays a 
icon.
Press the VIEW MODE button to cycle through the following display modes:
EYE SENSOR: Putting your eye to the viewfinder turns the viewfinder on and the LCD monitor off; taking your eye away turns the viewfinder off and LCD monitor on.: Putting your eye to the viewfinder turns the viewfinder on; taking it away turns the viewfinder off. The LCD monitor remains off.
The Eye Sensor
The eye sensor may respond to objects other than your eye or to light shining directly on the sensor.
Eye sensor
The brightness and hue of the viewfinder and LCD monitor can be adjusted using the items in the 
SCREEN SETTING menu. Choose EVF BRIGHTNESS or EVF COLOR to adjust viewfinder brightness or hue, LCD BRIGHTNESS or LCD COLOR to do the same for the LCD monitor.
When ON is selected for SCREEN SETTING > EVF AUTOROTATE DISPLAYS, the indicators in the viewfinder automatically rotate to match camera orientation.
The display in the LCD monitor is unaffected.
The DISP/BACK button controls the display of indicators in the viewfinder and LCD monitor.
| Standard | Information off |
| Standard | Information off |
Info display
To choose the items shown in the standard display:
Display standard indicators.
Use the DISP/BACK button to display standard indicators.
Select DISP. CUSTOM SETTING.
Select SCREEN SETTING > DISP. CUSTOM SETTING in the setup menu.
Choose items.
Highlight items and press MENU/OK to select or deselect.
Save changes.
Press DISP/BACK to save changes.
Exit the menus.
Press DISP/BACK as needed to exit the menus and return to the shooting display.
Virtual Horizon
Selecting ELECTRONIC LEVEL displays a virtual horizon. The camera is level when the two lines overlap. Note that the virtual horizon may not be displayed if the camera lens is pointed up or down.
Framing Outline
Enable FRAMING OUTLINE to make the borders of the frame easier to see against dark backgrounds.
Histograms
Histograms show the distribution of tones in the image. Brightness is shown by the horizontal axis, the number of pixels by the vertical axis.
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Number of pixels
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Shadows |
Pixel brightness |  Highlights |
Optimal exposure: Pixels are distributed in an even curve throughout the tone range.
Overexposed: Pixels are clustered on the right side of the graph.
Underexposed: Pixels are clustered on the left side of the graph.
To view separate RGB histograms and a display showing areas of the frame that will be overexposed at current settings superimposed on the view through the lens, press the function button to which HISTOGRAM is assigned (
Fn/AE-L/AF-L BUTTON SETTING, Assigning Roles to the Function Buttons).
Overexposed areas blink
RGB histograms
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