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Grids
The ‘grids’ setting toggles the appearance of a rule of thirds grid, horizon meter, crosshair or
center dot on the LCD touchscreen, as well as setting the overlay that will be visible on the
HDMI output.
Tap the ‘grids’ icon while accessing ‘LCD monitor options’ to access the grid settings
Grids and crosshair are overlays that can help with image composition. When ‘grids’ are
enabled, the LCD shows a rule of thirds grid, horizon, crosshair or dot.
To toggle the appearance of grids on your camera’s touchscreen, tap the switch icon in the
bottom left of the screen while in the ‘frame guides’ tab.
To set which overlay you want to display on the LCD and HDMI output, tap the ‘thirds’, ‘horizon’,
‘crosshair’ or ‘dot’ options. You can select one of ‘horizon’, ‘crosshair’ or ‘dot’ at a time in
conjunction with ‘thirds’. This lets you use a combination of ‘thirds’ and ‘horizon’, ‘thirds’ and
‘crosshair’, or ‘thirds’ and ‘dot’.
The rule of thirds grid automatically scales to any on screen frame guides
Thirds
The ‘thirds’ setting displays a grid with two vertical and horizontal lines placed in each third of the
image. Thirds are an extremely powerful tool to help compose your shots. For example, the human
eye typically looks for action near the points where the lines intersect, so it’s helpful to frame key
points of interest in these zones. An actor’s eyeline is commonly framed along the top third of
the screen, so you can use the top horizontal third to guide your framing. Thirds are also useful to
maintain framing consistency between shots.
Horizon
The ‘horizon’ meter indicates when your camera is rolled left or right and tilted up or down. This can
help you keep the horizon is level during handheld shots and balance the camera tilt on a gimbal.
The direction the light gray vertical line moves away from the dark gray crosshair in the middle
indicates the direction your camera is rolled. When the camera is tilted down the light gray
horizontal line moves up and when the camera is tilted up the light gray horizontal line moves down.
43Touchscreen Controls
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