Sony DSLR A100 User Guide - Page 97

Custom menu For details on the operation 1 page 80 Monitor Disp. The eyepiece sensors located right below the viewfinder determines whether the photographer is looking into the viewfinder or not. The LCD monitor can be set to turn off automatically when you are looking into the viewfinder. Automatic The LCD monitor turns off automatically when you look into the viewfinder. Manual The LCD monitor stays on when you look into the viewfinder. • Regardless of the setting in this menu, the recording information display automatically turns off after a set duration (five seconds in the default setting (page 102)). Rec. display You can set the recording information display to rotate automatically when the camera is in a vertical position. Auto rotate The display rotates automatically to a vertical position when the camera is in a vertical position. Horizontal The display does not rotate when the camera is in a vertical position. Play. display The image orientation can be recorded with the image which allows images recorded in a vertical position to be automatically displayed in the vertical position. Auto rotate The image orientation is recorded with the image. Man. rotate The image orientation is not recorded with the image. • When [Auto rotate] is selected, an image loaded on a computer will be displayed in the vertical position with "Picture Motion Browser"/"Image Data Converter SR" (supplied). The image may not be displayed in a vertical position, depending on the software employed. • To rotate the displayed image manually, see page 76. 97