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The a55 guide itself might not be totally useless but it's index is utterly useless.

Viceroy

Bingo. You solved the mystery. I will give it a test.
It seems strange that it replaces the histogram. Looking at it I think the histogram is far more useful. Anyway, at least I can find it now.
Thanks
Christine

Hi Greg. I have tried it with the Sony 16-105 and the CZ 16-80. Both were locked in OK and I clicked a few images as part of the test. The AEL lock is not a feature that I use very often but I did play around with it and it doesn't seem to be the problem. Hi Viceroy. Thanks for your suggestion. I ha...

Hi
I hadn't tried the d-o-f button but I followed up on your suggestion - alas to no avail.
If no-one comes up with a magic bullet by tonight I'll try the "reset defaults" and see if the little blighter re-appears.

Thanks for your input.

Christine

Thanks again Greg. I've had a good look those pages in the manual but, alas, I still can't find the graphic display in either the viewfinder or on the LCD. It's either being hidden by something the camera is set on - but I can't think what - or I'm being totally thick ( always a possibility!!) Cheer...

Hi
Thanks for the imput.
I normally shoot in A. I have tried it in all the other modes.
It doesn't appear in the viewfinder or on the screen.
It doesn't appear in playback - on any of the display options.
I'm still totally puzzled.

Christine

Thanks for the help, Greg. Yes I have tried going through the various display screens but the missing graphic never appears. The missing bit is shown on the second of your screen grabs. It's the scale that appears above the exposure compensation scale. I don't appear to have one. BooHooo!! Thanks ag...

On the display, bottom right, is the exposure compensation graphic. In the manual this is shown with a distance/focus + shutter speed graphic above it, but this graphic does not appear on my display. I have tried twiddling buttons and menu topics etc but I can't find it. Can anyone enlighten me abou...

Let's just say that the final photo always has SO much more in it than the viewfinder, you can be fooled easily into missing important things. With the a55 - yes, I can agree with that!! Having said that, I used the a55 on a night shoot at the weekend and the evf was great, much easier than squinti...

David.
Like the rest of your family I also hate the A55 viewfinder and find it very difficult to use, especially in contrasty lighting. Is the A77 really so much better? Would Shirley use it?!!

Christine