3.
Basic Operation
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Displaying/not displaying the histogram
You can set the position by pressing
3
/
4
/
2
/
1
.
• A Histogram is a graph that displays brightness along the horizontal
axis (black to white) and the number of pixels at each brightness level
on the vertical axis.
It allows you to easily check a picture’s exposure.
A
dark
B
bright
• When the recorded picture and the histogram do not match each other under the
following conditions, the histogram is displayed in orange.
– When the Manual Exposure Assistance is other than [0] during exposure compensation or in
the Manual Exposure Mode
– When the flash is activated
– When suitable exposure is not achieved with the flash closed
– When the brightness of the screen is not correctly displayed in dark places
• The Histogram is an approximation in Recording Mode.
• The Histogram displayed in this camera does not match Histograms displayed by picture
editing software used in PCs etc.
Displaying/not displaying the guide lines
• The guide lines are not displayed in [Panorama Shot] in Scene Guide Mode.
When [
] is set, guideline positions can be set by pressing
3
/
4
/
2
/
1
.
Displaying/not displaying the on-monitor recording information screen
>
[Custom]
>
[Histogram]
>
[ON]/[OFF]
>
[Custom]
>
[Guide Line]
>
[
]/[
]/[
]/[OFF]
>
[Custom]
>
[Monitor Info. Disp.]
>
[ON]/[OFF]
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