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Advanced s
hooting
functions
4
Histogram
When shooting still pictures, you can display a histogram showing the
brightness and contrast of your subject in the monitor. You can also
display the black and white areas directly on the picture.
Displaying the brightness and contrast of your subject enables fine
adjustment of the exposure.
OFF
Hides the histogram.
ON
Displays the histogram for every picture.
DIRECT
Displays the black and white areas directly on the picture.
Ex.1) When [ON] is selected in
P
mode
30
30
30
HQ
HQ
0.0
0.0
F2.8
F2.8
1/1000
1/1000
P
30
30
30
0.0
0.0
HQ
HQ
F2.8
F2.8
1/1000
1/1000
P
The part indicated in green in the histogram shows the luminance distribution
within the AF target mark.
AF
target mark
If the peak fills too much of the
red frame, the image will appear
mostly white.
Bright picture
If the peak fills too much of the
blue frame, the image will appear
mostly black.
Dark picture
AF
target mark
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