thefsb Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 Can the FINDER/MONITOR setting be assigned to a custom button on an A7ii with v4.00 firmware? This SAR post last week gave me the impression that I would be able to switch live view display between VF and rear panel. On Tuesday B&H had a used item at low price so I decided to upgrade. This feature is important enough to me. The camera arrived yesterday evening but I cannot find what I wanted. Can someone please confirm if I misunderstood? To be clear, I want to be able to quickly switch the camera between using the only the EVF or only the LCD. Quickly means not using the menus, i.e. a custom button. I'm inclined to return the A7ii and keep the A7 if I can't. Otherwise I'll put the A7 on ebay. thefsb 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted June 15, 2017 Posted June 15, 2017 Hi thefsb, Take a look here A7ii v4.00 FINDER/MONITOR custom button?. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
Guest all8 Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 I think you got the wrong impression. See: http://docs.esupport.sony.com/dvimag/DSCRX10_guide/en/contents/TP0000226630.html for description of what Live View Display is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefsb Posted June 15, 2017 Author Share Posted June 15, 2017 Hi timde, yes, that's what i think too. I'm hoping someone can confirm if the only way to access FINDER/MONITOR on A7ii-v4.00 is by navigating the menus. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adwb Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 you can on a7r2 so I dont see why not its a assigned to a customisable button in the menu Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefsb Posted June 15, 2017 Author Share Posted June 15, 2017 Hi adwb, I also don't see why not. Yet it seems to be the case. I have an A7ii with v4.00 since yesterday evening and I can't find this assignment but this isn't conclusive because there's a lot of stuff I don't understand or can't find in menus. Manuals for A7Rii and A7ii support the bad news but that too is not conclusive since I'm not sure the online manuals were updated since v4.00. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adwb Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 Ok in the options for the buttons, if you see "finder/monitor sel" , then that's the one to use . Also set the menu setting finder/monitors hold then be set to manual for monitor , then if you have the button set it will change between the two when pushed but the ir eye sensor is disabled on top of the evf Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefsb Posted June 15, 2017 Author Share Posted June 15, 2017 There are 60 options to choose for Custom Button 2 but I'm pretty sure none of them is FINDER/MONITOR. I've been through it many times now. Disappointing. I should instead make a small laminated cheat sheet showing the coordinates of the menu items I use to keep in my pocket. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefsb Posted June 15, 2017 Author Share Posted June 15, 2017 I'm going to call the question closed. For the record Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Username Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 "Live View Display" is simply the user's ability to choose what information the live view display includes. Before FW4.0 one had to navigate to the menu area where such choices are made. Presumably, FW4.0 will more directly get you to that area so you are free to be more fickle and change more easily what data surrounds the image in the monitor. This has NOTHING to do with flipping back and forth between EVF and the rear LCD monitor. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefsb Posted June 18, 2017 Author Share Posted June 18, 2017 Hi Username, yes, that's my conclusion too. Sending the A7ii back tomorrow. You might be amused by this... coordinates of things that should be easy to access but aren't. Thad E Ginathom 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Username Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 The new FW lacks the most obvious solution ... what other camera makers call the "My Menu", or something similar to that. It's a quick access menu that you populate with direct links to the things you often need but are fiendishly buried 3 menu layers down in some place you never can remember. And, no, a "My Menu" is NOT the same as the "Fn" button or the "Q" button. Cameras with a "My Menu" also have the "Fn" and the "Q". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brbhan Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 If the Fn function encompasses frequently used settings then an additional 'My Menu' becomes redundant. After all, the general goal is simplicity. Nikon 700 series have three my menus. Boy, is it a jungle! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefsb Posted June 23, 2017 Author Share Posted June 23, 2017 If the Fn function encompasses frequently used settings then an additional 'My Menu' becomes redundant. After all, the general goal is simplicity. Nikon 700 series have three my menus. Boy, is it a jungle! But all I wanted was this: Just that. But without needing to buy an A7Rii to get it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
martys Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 I programmed that function into one of the back controls long ago. at first I tried the AF/AEL button, but keep setting the camera into a different mode. Now i have programmed into the down button on the wheel. I also applied one of those dark dot things the light sensor under the eye cup. that works pretty good most of the time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Username Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 Hi Username, yes, that's my conclusion too. Sending the A7ii back tomorrow. You might be amused by this... coordinates of things that should be easy to access but aren't. Amused ? Nope ..... INSPIRED ? Oh yaz ! Many of my devices have added markings to remind me, warn me, direct me, etc. I buy a lotta cheap primary color white, black, yellow and red nail polish toward that end ... altho I have yet to actually spell stuff out in text :-) christer and Thad E Ginathom 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mypointofview Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 2 years have passed and it's now August of 2019 and the situation has not improved with Firmware version 4.01. As thefsb has stated in the original post in June of 2017, it would make so much sense to be able to quickly switch between Finder and Monitor manually. I sometimes want to use the Finder and sometimes the Monitor but when I set this to AUTO then sometimes the Monitor switches already just because I have the camera too close to my body... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTC Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 (edited) All sorts of fixes for this. Search for Light Dims. Sensitivity. I use Light Dims myself but others have used ordinary tape with good results. Keeps from having to dedicate a button for switching. https://www.sonyalphaforum.com/topic/586-fix-for-over-sensitive-evf-sensor/?tab=comments#comment-32621 Edited August 12, 2019 by VTC mypointofview 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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