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Basic Operations
In
troducti
on
s
(Display) Button
To switch between the information displayed
on the monitor during shooting and playback,
press the
s
(display) button.
1 The brightest portions of the image (portions that are highlighted) blink. Use highlights as a guide
when setting exposure.
2 The histogram is a bar graph that shows the brightness distribution in the picture. The horizontal
axis corresponds to pixel brightness, with dark tones to the left and bright tones to the right. The
vertical axis shows the number of pixels.
3 The shooting information displayed includes the folder name, file name, shooting mode used (
j
,
k
,
l
or
m
), shutter speed, aperture value, exposure compensation, ISO sensitivity, and the current
file number/total number of exposures.
j
is displayed when the shooting mode
A
,
y
,
j
,
e
,
o
,
F
or
j
is chosen.
For Shooting
Display information
Display the picture and the
shooting information.
Movie frame
Display the range of a
movie in a frame.
Information hidden
Display the picture only.
For Playback
Display photo information
Display the picture taken and
the photo information.
Display shooting
information
(except for movies)
Display highlight
1
, histogram
2
and shooting information
3
.
Information hidden
Display only the taken picture.
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