The status line keeps you informed of the most inportant parameters of

 

The Film Format	from 8mm up to Imax™, including various 35mm formats such as 3-perf.
Camera Speed	from 1fps up to x-thousand fps
CoC	the circle of confusion, which can either be entered in fractions of mm or 1/x inch
Max. f-stop	The maximum aperature of the current lens
Sound	can use little sound signals in some of its modules
Date	to let you know how long you've been working