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Changing the screen display
Each time you press the
v
(DISP) button,
the display changes as follows.
• If you view images in bright outside light, adjust
the brightness of the LCD backlight up.
However, the battery power may decrease faster
under such condition.
• When the camera is connected to a TV, the
display switches from Histogram on to
Indicators off and then to Indicators on.
• 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
• A large difference in the histogram displayed
when shooting and during playback may occur
when:
– The flash strobes.
– The shutter speed is slow or high.
• The histogram may not appear for images
recorded using other cameras.
z
Adjusting EV (Exposure Value) by
displaying a histogram
A histogram is a graph showing the
brightness of an image. Press
v
(DISP)
repeatedly to display the histogram inside
the screen. The graph display indicates a
bright image when skewed to the right side,
and a dark image when skewed to the left
side.
A
Number of pixels
B
Brightness
• The histogram also appears when playing back a
single image, but you cannot adjust the
exposure.
v
(DISP) button
(Screen display
button)
Brightness of LCD backlight up
Indicators off
Indicators on
Histogram display
Histogram on
During playback,
the image
information is
displayed.
Bright
Dark
A
B
