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Interchangeable Lens Digital CameraILME-FX2/ILME-FX2BHelp Guide

Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • Top
  • How to use the “Help Guide”
    • Safety precautions
    • Precautions
    • Lending, transferring or discarding the camera and/or memory card to others (Notes on protecting private information)
    • Notes on the battery pack and charging the battery
    • Notes on memory card
    • Cleaning the image sensor (Sensor Cleaning)
    • On cleaning
  • Checking the camera and the supplied items
    • Front side
    • Rear side
    • Top side
    • Sides
    • Bottom
    • XLR handle unit (ILME-FX2 only)
    • Basic icons displayed on the monitor
    • Touch function icons
    • Touch panel
    • Touch function icons
    • Control wheel
    • Multi-selector
    • Still/Movie switch
    • MENU button
    • HOME (Home) button
    • Main menu (shooting setting list)
    • Fn (function) button
    • Custom buttons
    • DISP (Display Setting) button
    • Delete button
    • Front dial and rear dial
    • Keyboard screen
    • In-Camera Guide
    • Functions for accessibility
      • Inserting/removing the battery pack
      • Charging the battery with a USB-PD-compatible device
      • Using the battery charger abroad
    • Supplying power from a wall outlet (wall socket)
    • Memory cards that can be used
    • Inserting/removing a memory card
    • Attaching/removing a lens
    • Attaching the supplied XLR handle unit (only with ILME-FX2)
    • Performing initial setup for the camera
      • Confirmation before shooting
      • Shooting movies
      • Shooting still images (Intelligent Auto)
  • Finding functions from MENU
    • Contents of this chapter
      • Exposure Ctrl Type
      • Auto/Manual Swt. Set.
      • Shoot Mode (still image)/Shoot Mode (movie)
      • Shoot Mode: Intelligent Auto
      • Shoot Mode: Program Auto
      • Shoot Mode: Aperture Priority
      • Shoot Mode: Shutter Priority
      • Shoot Mode: Manual Exposure
      • Shutter Mode
      • Bulb shooting
      • BULB Timer Settings
      • Self-timer (movie)
      • Auto Framing Settings
      • Framing Stabilizer
      • Selecting the focus method (Focus Mode)
      • Selecting the focus area (Focus Area)
      • Tracking subject (Tracking function)
      • Manual Focus
      • Direct manual focus (DMF)
      • Focusing using subject recognition functions
      • Subject Recog in AF (still image/movie)
      • Recognition Target (still image/movie)
      • Recog Trgt Select Set (still image/movie)
      • Right/Left Eye Select (still image/movie)
      • Sbj Recog Frm Disp. (still image)
      • Sbj Recog Frm Disp. (movie)
      • Face Memory (still image/movie)
      • Regist. Face Priority (still image/movie)
      • Selecting a person to track (Select Face to Track)
      • Focus Standard
      • Adjusting the focus area settings to the camera’s orientation (horizontal/vertical) (Switch V/H AF Area)
      • Registering the current focus area (AF Area Registration)
      • Deleting a registered AF Area (Del. Regist. AF Area)
      • Focus Area Limit (still image/movie)
      • Circ. of Focus Point (still image/movie)
      • AF Frame Move Amt (still image/movie)
      • Focus Area Color (still image/movie)
      • AF Area Auto Clear
      • Area Disp. dur Tracking
      • AF-C Area Display
      • Phase Detect. Area
      • AF Lvl for Crossing
      • AF Trk for Spd Chng
      • AF Transition Speed
      • AF Subj. Shift Sensitivity
      • AF Assist
      • AF/MF Selector
      • Full Time DMF
      • AF w/ Shutter
      • AF On
      • Focus Hold
      • Pre-AF
      • Priority Set in AF-S
      • Priority Set in AF-C
      • Aperture Drive in AF
      • Preset Focus/Zoom
      • AF in Focus Mag.
      • Auto Magnifier in MF
      • Focus Magnifier
      • Focus Magnif. Time (still image/movie)
      • Initial Focus Mag. (movie)
      • Initial Focus Mag. (still image)
      • Focus Map
      • Peaking Display
      • Exposure Comp. (still image/movie)
      • Histogram display
      • Exposure step (still image/movie)
      • Exposure Std. Adjust (still image/movie)
      • D-Range Optimizer (still image/movie)
      • Metering Mode (still image/movie)
      • Face Priority in Multi Metering (still image/movie)
      • Spot Metering Point (still image/movie)
      • ND Filter
      • AE lock
      • AEL w/ Shutter
      • Auto Slow Shutter
      • Zebra Display
      • ISO (still image/movie)
      • ISO Range Limit (still image/movie)
      • ISO AUTO Min. SS
      • White Balance (still image/movie)
      • Capturing a standard white color to set the white balance (custom white balance)
      • WB Capt. Frame Size (still image/movie)
      • Priority Set in AWB (still image/movie)
      • Shutter AWB Lock
      • Shockless WB
      • Log shooting
      • Log Shooting Setting (movie)
      • Select LUT
      • Manage User LUTs
      • Base ISO
      • Base ISO Switch EI
      • Exposure Index
      • Display LUT
      • Log Shooting Setting (still image)
      • Creative Look (still image/movie)
      • Picture Profile (still image/movie)
      • Drive Mode
      • Cont. Shooting
      • Selection/Memo Shot
      • Self-timer(Single)
      • Self-timer(Cont)
      • Cont. Bracket
      • Single Bracket
      • Indicator during bracket shooting
      • Focus Bracket
      • WB bracket
      • DRO Bracket
      • Bracket Settings
    • Self-timer (movie)
    • Interval Shoot Func.
      • JPEG/HEIF Switch
      • Image Quality Settings: File Format (still image)
      • Image Quality Settings: RAW File Type
      • Image Quality Settings: JPEG Quality/HEIF Quality
      • Image Quality Settings: JPEG Image Size/HEIF Image Size
      • Aspect Ratio
      • HLG Still Image
      • Color Space
      • File Format (movie)
      • Movie Settings (movie)
      • FPS
      • Proxy Settings
      • APS-C S35 (Super 35mm) Shooting (still image/movie)
      • Angle of view
      • Touch Operation
      • Touch Panel/Pad
      • Touch Panel Settings
      • Touch Pad Settings
      • Focusing using touch operations (Touch Focus)
      • Starting tracking with touch operations (Touch Tracking)
      • Shooting with touch operations (Touch Shutter)
      • Adjusting the exposure with touch operations (Touch AE)
      • Silent Mode Settings (still image/movie)
      • Shutter Type
      • Release w/o Lens (still image/movie)
      • Release w/o Card
      • Anti-flicker Set.
      • Differences between the [Anti-flicker Shoot.] and [Var. Shutter] functions
      • The zoom features available with this product
      • Clear Image Zoom/Digital Zoom
      • Zoom Range (still image/movie)
      • Zoom Lever Speed (still image/movie)
      • Custom Key Z. Speed (still image/movie)
      • Remote Zoom Speed (still image/movie)
      • About zoom scale
      • Zoom Ring Rotate
      • Using flash (sold separately)
      • Flash Mode
      • Flash Comp.
      • Exp.comp.set
      • Wireless Flash
      • Red Eye Reduction
      • FEL lock
      • External Flash Set.
      • Reg. Flash Shooting Set
      • SteadyShot (still image)
      • SteadyShot (movie)
      • SteadyShot Adjust. (still image/movie)
      • SteadyShot focal length (still image/movie)
      • Framing Stabilizer
    • Lens Compensation (still image/movie)
      • Long Exposure NR
      • High ISO NR
      • Auto Review (still image)
      • Remain Shoot Display (still image)
      • Grid Line Display (still image/movie)
      • Grid Line Type (still image/movie)
      • Live View Display Set.
      • Aperture Preview
      • Shot. Result Preview
      • Bright Monitoring
      • Emphasized REC Display
      • Marker Display (still image)
      • Marker Display (movie)
      • Gamma Display Assist
      • Gamma Disp. Assist Typ.
      • De-Squeeze Display
      • Audio Recording
      • Audio Rec Level
      • Audio Out Timing
      • Wind Noise Reduct.
      • Shoe Audio Set.
      • Recording audio using the XLR handle unit
      • Automatic creation of still images from Shot Marks
      • Shot Marks after still image creation (shooting)
      • TC/UB
      • TC/UB Disp. Setting
      • Matching the time code with other devices
      • Network Streaming (movie)
      • USB Streaming (movie)
    • Contents of this chapter
    • Customization features of the camera
    • Assigning frequently used functions to buttons and dials (Custom Key/Dial Set.)
    • Changing the function of the dial temporarily (My Dial Settings)
      • Camera Set. Memory
      • Recalling registered shooting settings (Memory recall)
      • Memory/Recall Media
      • Registering shooting settings to a custom key (Reg. Custom Shoot Set)
      • Fn Menu Settings (still image/movie)
      • Fn Menu Settings (playback)
      • Add Item
      • Sort Item
      • Delete Item
      • Delete Page
      • Delete All
      • Display From My Menu
      • Different Set for Still/Mv
      • Av/Tv Rotate
      • Function Ring(Lens)
      • Lock Operation Parts
      • REC w/ Shutter (movie)
      • Adding Shot Marks with the shutter button (movies)
      • Select Finder/Monitor
      • Monitor Flip Direction
      • Vertical Display
      • DISP (Screen Disp) Set (Monitor/Finder)
      • Home (Lower Left)
    • Contents of this chapter
      • Play Set of Multi. Media
      • Disp Set of Multi Media
      • Playing back still images
      • Enlarging an image being played back (Enlarge Image)
      • Enlarge Initial Mag.
      • Enlarge Initial Position
      • Rotating recorded images automatically (Display Rotation)
      • Playing back movies
      • Playback/Monitor. Vol.
      • 4ch Audio Monitoring (movie)
      • Playing back images using slideshow (Slide Show)
      • Cont. Play for Interval
      • Play Speed for Interval
      • Playing back images on the image index screen (Image Index)
      • Playback Filter Condition
      • Image Order
      • Display as Group
      • Focus Frame Display (playback)
      • Aspect Marker Disp. (still image)
      • Disp Specified Time Img.
    • Setting the method for jumping between images (Image Jump Setting)
    • Protecting recorded images (Protect)
      • Rating
      • Rating Set(Custom Key)
      • Clip Flag
      • Rotating an image (Rotate)
    • Crop
      • Photo Capture
      • Creating still images from Shot Marks
      • Shot Marks after still image creation (playback)
      • JPEG/HEIF Switch (Photo Capture / Creating still images from Shot Marks)
    • Copying images from one memory card to another (Copy)
      • Deleting multiple selected images (Delete)
      • Delete pressing twice
      • Delete confirm.
      • Viewing images on a TV using an HDMI cable
      • Format
      • Rec. Media Settings (still image/movie): Recording Media (still image)
      • Rec. Media Settings (still image/movie): Recording Media (movie)
      • Rec. Media Settings (still image/movie): Auto Switch Media Card
      • Recover Image DB (still image/movie)
      • Display Media Info. (still image/movie)
      • File/Folder Settings
      • Select REC Folder
      • Create New Folder
      • File Settings
      • Display File Name (movie)
      • IPTC Information
      • Copyright Info
      • Write Serial Number (still image/movie)
      • Wi-Fi Connect
      • WPS Push
      • Access Point Set.
      • Wi-Fi Frequency Band (models supporting 5 GHz)
      • Display Wi-Fi Info.
      • SSID/PW Reset
      • Bluetooth Settings
      • Bluetooth Rmt Ctrl
      • Wired LAN (USB-LAN)
      • USB-LAN/Tethering
      • Airplane Mode
      • Edit Device Name
      • Importing root certification to the camera (Import Root Certificate)
      • Access Authen. Settings
      • Access Authen. Info
      • Wi-Fi Direct Settings
      • Reset Network Set.
      • FTP Transfer Func.
      • Monitor Brightness
      • Viewfinder Bright.
      • Finder Color Temp.
      • Finder Frame Rate (still image)
      • Monitor Off (still image)
      • Power Save Start Time
      • Power Save by Monitor
      • Auto Power OFF Temp.
      • Fan Control (movie)
      • Display Quality (still image)
      • USB Connection Mode
      • USB LUN Setting
      • USB Power Supply
      • HDMI Resolution
      • HDMI Output Settings (movie)
      • HDMI Info. Display
      • CTRL FOR HDMI
      • Language 
      • Area/Date/Time Setting
      • NTSC/PAL Selector
      • Audio Signal(Shooting)
      • Audio Signal(Start/End)
      • Audio Signal Volume
      • REC Lamp
      • Video Light Mode
      • Anti-dust Function
      • Auto Pixel Mapping
      • Pixel Mapping
      • Version
      • Display Serial Number
      • Privacy Notice
      • Screen Reader
      • Enlarge Screen
      • Save/Load Settings
      • Setting Reset
    • Functions available with a smartphone (Creators' App)
    • Monitor & Control
    • Pairing the camera with a smartphone (Smartphone Connection)
      • Using a smartphone as a remote commander
      • Remote Shoot Setting
      • Select on Cam & Send (transferring to a smartphone)
      • Reset Transfer Status (transferring to a smartphone)
      • Cnct. while Power OFF (smartphone)
    • Reading location information from a smartphone
    • Recommended computer environment
      • Connecting the camera to a computer
      • Disconnecting the camera from the computer
      • Introduction to desktop application (Imaging Edge Desktop/Catalyst)
      • Importing images to the computer
      • Operating the camera from a computer (Remote Shoot Function)
      • Remote Shoot Setting
    • USB Streaming (movie)
    • Creators' Cloud
    • Creating an account for Creators' Cloud and linking your camera to the account (Cloud Connection)
    • Displaying cloud connection information (Cloud Information)
    • Notes on using the cloud service (Creators' Cloud)
    • Audio accessories compatible with the Multi Interface Shoe
      • Mount Adaptor
      • LA-EA3/LA-EA5 Mount Adaptor
      • LA-EA4 Mount Adaptor
    • Multi Battery Adaptor Kit
    • Battery life and number of recordable images
    • Number of recordable images
    • Recordable movie times
      • List of icons on the screen for shooting movies
      • List of icons on the screen for shooting still images
      • List of icons on the playback screen
      • List of default setting values (Shooting)
      • List of default setting values (Exposure/Color)
      • List of default setting values (Focus)
      • List of default setting values (Playback)
      • List of default setting values (Network)
      • List of default setting values (Setup)
      • List of default setting values (My Menu)
    • Specifications
    • Trademarks
    • License
    • Troubleshooting
    • Warning messages
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Recommended pages in the Help Guide

  • Finding functions from MENU

    You can check the list of the menu items. You can also move to the explanation page for each item from the menu item on the list.

  • Memory cards that can be used

    Information about memory cards that can be used with this camera.

  • Customization features of the camera

    The camera has various customization features, such as custom keys and a function to register shooting settings.

  • Log Shooting

    Shoots with the assumption that color grading will be applied in post-production.

  • Picture Profile (still image/movie)

    Allows you to change the settings for the color, gradation, etc.

  • TC/UB

    The time code (TC) and the user bit (UB) information can be recorded as data attached to movies.


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