Dale,
You’re right. Referencing the manual is the best option. I did download it online and took a look to try and answer my question. And from what I could tell (camera manuals aren’t the most user friendly in their language) I basically got the answer I thought: it’s not possible to do in camera.
That is why I came to these forums. To see if there was a way to over-ride what the camera does, i.e. a hard matte on the lens or something similar to that. That is something they DO NOT mention in a camera manual.
I don’t want to sound rude, but I wanted to point this out to you. Because in the time it took you to write your response about me checking the manual you probably could have helped me out, or pointed me in the direction that the other two users who responded did.
Creative forums like this are for discussion outside the realm of “camera manuals”. At least that’s why I come to them.
-Evan