SiggiGun Posted August 2, 2015 Share #1 Â Posted August 2, 2015 Advertisement (gone after registration) Any ideas about the 2 vertical with lines on the screen. They are also present in the EVF. The camera is 3 weeks old and was the first attempt to use LV? Thanks in advance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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cldp Posted August 2, 2015 Share #2 Â Posted August 2, 2015 They're framing lines, that one is for 1:1 image ratio. Press the bottom of the ring that surrounds the Info button and you will cycle thru various camera aspect ratios. Eventually you'll cycle back to Off. The lines will not be on your image nor will the final crop be limited to anything less than full frame. They are just an assist to your visualization. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiggiGun Posted August 3, 2015 Author Share #3 Â Posted August 3, 2015 Thanks alot! I'll dry your suggestion this evening (after work) :-) Habe a good day Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joakim Posted August 3, 2015 Share #4  Posted August 3, 2015 I had no idea you could do that, I need to read through my manual more carefully  Thanks for the tip! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted August 3, 2015 Share #5 Â Posted August 3, 2015 I'm doing it accidentally all the time. Very irritating, but my own fault. The same for the superimposed virtual horizon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cldp Posted August 3, 2015 Share #6  Posted August 3, 2015 This function is NOT described in the M246 manual, or I just haven't been able to find it. Originally the Crop Mark function was included in the M240 Firmware Update 2.0.1.5. It was then carried over to the M246 but I don't believe any mention of it was put in that manual.  I agree with those who often engage it by accident. It's a minor irritation since it is very easy to return the monitor/EVF to no crop marks. At first I couldn't figure out why they kept appearing but re-reading the Firmware Improvements page pdf solved the riddle.  BTW, you can use either the Up or Down keys in the ring to cycle the aspect ratios. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cldp Posted August 3, 2015 Share #7 Â Posted August 3, 2015 Advertisement (gone after registration) In case you're wondering, the aspect ratios that are represented are: Â 3:4 - 6:7 - 1:1 - 16:9. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bocaburger Posted August 3, 2015 Share #8  Posted August 3, 2015 At least the EVF is an optional accessory and the LV button can be disabled, after which the M240 operates with pretty much the same simple intuitiveness as a film M.  The thing I fear most about coming generations is that the glut of electronic "features" will become more and more obtrusive and prone to accidental switching. I hope it doesn't happen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Livingston Posted August 3, 2015 Share #9 Â Posted August 3, 2015 That's pretty much the way I have my camera set up... It's as close to a film camera in operation that there is no real difference in actual use... However, the options are there should I need them (which I do from time to time). Â I think what is often referred to as an over complication in menus and options is really a generational thing. I'm in my late fifties and when I grew up it was normal to know how everything worked and every option was explored, and learned, as soon as you bought a new piece of equipment. (Although in my day there was only two channels of TV in the U.K. - I remember BBC 2 coming on line and when channel 4 came along I was almost in TV channel overload. Â Today though, there are SO many options, the idea of using them all is redundant. And completely unnecessary. Â Think of it as a 'customisable' product... you set it up how you want to use it and leave it at that... if at any point in the future you decide to lose an option or add an option, it is there... The technology is so cheap now it's more cost effective to put all the options on and choose not to use them than to have a selected issue and hope you meet the needs of the majority of consumers. Â My son looks at me as if I am mad if I wonder why he doesn't make full use of everything on his products... as he says, it's there if you need it and no one in their right mind would use EVERYTHING offered... or even consider doing so... Â It's like TV... I still only watch two or three channels... But they are what I want to use out of a choice of nearly six hundred...! But they are better channels, at far higher quality... and I don't need to work out how to programme a video recorder! Â Life is SO much easier... and far more flexible today... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kilmister Posted August 3, 2015 Share #10  Posted August 3, 2015 That's pretty much the way I have my camera set up... It's as close to a film camera in operation that there is no real difference in actual use... However, the options are there should I need them (which I do from time to time).  I think what is often referred to as an over complication in menus and options is really a generational thing. I'm in my late fifties and when I grew up it was normal to know how everything worked and every option was explored, and learned, as soon as you bought a new piece of equipment. (Although in my day there was only two channels of TV in the U.K. - I remember BBC 2 coming on line and when channel 4 came along I was almost in TV channel overload.  Today though, there are SO many options, the idea of using them all is redundant. And completely unnecessary.  Think of it as a 'customisable' product... you set it up how you want to use it and leave it at that... if at any point in the future you decide to lose an option or add an option, it is there... The technology is so cheap now it's more cost effective to put all the options on and choose not to use them than to have a selected issue and hope you meet the needs of the majority of consumers.  My son looks at me as if I am mad if I wonder why he doesn't make full use of everything on his products... as he says, it's there if you need it and no one in their right mind would use EVERYTHING offered... or even consider doing so...  It's like TV... I still only watch two or three channels... But they are what I want to use out of a choice of nearly six hundred...! But they are better channels, at far higher quality... and I don't need to work out how to programme a video recorder!  Life is SO much easier... and far more flexible today... Thanks Bill,  Your statements make me appreciate again the wonders of simplicity in a modern world. BBC for me; TV, radio and online.  Peter  P.S. I lived in Cambridge as a boy and attended the Perse School for a short time. I even met David Gilmour there ... he was in the choir. He told me off for photographing Princess Alexandra when she formally opened the new school premises. We weren't allowed to use cameras but I made a huge click with my Kodak camera. Tee hee! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Livingston Posted August 3, 2015 Share #11 Â Posted August 3, 2015 A great school, the Perse (although a couple of their current pupils ended up in a spot of bother recently!). Â Perse girls were always a bit of a sure thing too, back in my day... Â Cambridge is a wonderful city. I've lived in the area since my student days. Thankfully, visiting friends always welcome a tour around the colleges and town and they manage to keep my appreciation intact... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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