Live view display – Sony a7C Mirrorless Camera (Black) User Manual

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Interchangeable Lens Digital Camera

ILCE-7M3

α7III

Live View Display

Sets whether or not to show images altered with effects of the exposure compensation, white balance, [Creative Style],
or [Picture Effect] on the screen.

Menu item details

Setting Effect ON:
Displays Live View in conditions close to what your picture will look like as a result of applying all your settings. This
setting is useful when you want to shoot pictures while checking the results of the shot on the Live View screen.
Setting Effect OFF:
Displays Live View without the effects of exposure compensation, white balance, [Creative Style], or [Picture Effect].
When this setting is used, you can easily check the image composition.
Live View is always displayed with the appropriate brightness even in [Manual Exposure] mode.
When [Setting Effect OFF] is selected, the

icon is displayed on the Live View screen.

Hint

When you use a third-party flash, such as a studio flash, Live View Display may be dark for some shutter speed settings. When
[Live View Display] is set to [Setting Effect OFF], Live View Display will be displayed brightly, so that you can easily check the
composition.

Note

[Live View Display] cannot be set to [Setting Effect OFF] in the following shooting modes:

[Intelligent Auto]
[Movie]
[S&Q Motion]
[Scene Selection]

When [Live View Display] is set to [Setting Effect OFF], the brightness of the shot image will not be the same as that of the
displayed Live View.

MENU →

(Camera Settings2) → [Live View Display] → desired setting.

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