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Changing the screen display
[LCD Brightness]
This sets the LCD brightness.
• When viewing images in bright outside light if
[LCD Brightness] is set to [Normal], reset to
[Bright].
However, the battery power may decrease faster
under such condition.
[Display Histogram]
This sets if a histogram is displayed on the
screen.
A histogram is a graph showing the
brightness of an image. The graph display
indicates a bright image when skewed to
the right side, and a dark image when
skewed to the left side.
• The histogram also appears when playing back a
single image, but you cannot adjust the
exposure.
• The histogram does not appear in the following
situations:
While shooting
– When the menu is displayed.
– When recording movies
During playback
– When the menu is displayed.
– In index mode
– When you are using playback zoom.
– When you are rotating still images.
– During playback of movies
– When you are viewing by Album List.
– When you are viewing by Favorites list.
– When you are viewing by Sharemark list.
– When you are viewing by Calendar.
– When you are viewing by Scrapbook.
• A large difference in the histogram displayed
during shooting and playback may occur when:
– The flash strobes.
– The shutter speed is slow or fast.
• The histogram may not appear for images
recorded using other cameras.
A
Number of pixels
B
Brightness
Bright
Dark
A
B
