Here you can see an example of the live preview image as seen on
the LCD/EVF just prior to taking a shot, note the composition bracket
in the center of the frame. Various settings information is displayed
along the top and down the right side of the display (in this case):
Battery life (in minutes), image size and quality, remaining frames,
Memory Stick status (bar graph), Flash status, White Balance setting,
Macro focus, ISO 100, +0.3 EV compensation.
A half-press of the shutter release causes the cameras
autofocus and metering systems to lock, a steady green dot indicates
a good AF lock and you can now see the exposure shown on the right
side of the display.
After fully depressing the shutter release a brief review
image is shown (for just half a second which is a bit too fast). Writing
to the Memory Stick continues 'in the background' while the camera
returns to composition mode.
Pressing the 4-way controller to the
left in record mode displays the last image taken as above. This display
can be instantly removed by half-pressing the shutter release.
An example of movie capture mode,
here the time indicator shows available space for 4 minutes 56 seconds
at the current setting (see later in the review for more detail).
Example of Shutter Priority mode (before
half-pressing the shutter release). Note the blue jog-dial indicator
in the bottom right of the screen, a click and roll of the jog-dial
will change shutter speed.
Example of Aperture Priority mode
(before half-pressing the shutter release). Note the blue jog-dial
indicator in the bottom right of the screen, a click and roll of the
jog-dial will change aperture.
Switching to NightFraming mode immediately
removes the Infrared filter (you'll hear the click) and the display
turns green. The two IR lamps on the front of the lens bathe the subject
in IR light. Fully depressing the shutter release takes a shot in
normal mode.
NightShot mode operates in the
same way as NightFraming, except that the final shot is taken in
the same IR sensitive mode used for focusing.
Manual Focus
Flipping the focus switch (side of lens barrel) to the
MANUAL setting enables manual focusing using the focus-by-wire ring on
the front of the lens barrel. During focusing the center portion of the
frame is magnified (to take up the whole view) and the current focus distance
is displayed in metres.
Play display
Switching to play mode
immediately displays the last image taken. The F707 uses a "rough
thumbnail" image initially (example above) while it loads the
full resolution image from the Memory Stick.
After a second or so a
higher resolution image is shown. Note that you don't have to wait
for this image to be able to scroll between images and that you can
use the jog-dial as well as the 4-way controller.
Pressing TELE on zoom magnifies
the image in several steps up to x5.0. Once magnified you can use
the 4-way controller to move around the image. In the examples above
you can see magnification of x2.7 and x5.0 (scrolled).
