Advanced (Recording pictures)
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Recording guide line
When you align the subject on the horizon-
tal and vertical guide lines or the cross
point of these lines, you can take pictures
with well-designed composition by viewing
the size, the slope and the balance of the
subject.
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: This is used when dividing the
entire screen into 3
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3 for taking
pictures with a well-balanced com-
position.
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:This is used when you want to
position the subject at the exact
center of the screen.
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Histogram
A histogram is a graph that displays bright-
ness 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.
• Using the histogram feature allows you to
get the maximum performance from your
camera.
When the values are concentrated on
the left, the picture is under exposed.
When the values are distributed evenly,
the exposure is proper and the
brightness is well-balanced.
When the values are concentrated on
the right, the picture is overexposed.
Examples of histogram
Under Exposed
Properly Exposed
Overexposed
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Histogram
• When you take pictures with the flash
or in dark places, the histogram is
displayed in orange because the
recorded picture and the histogram do
not match each other.
• The histogram is an approximation in
recording mode.
• The histogram of a picture may not match
in recording mode and playback mode.
• The histogram displayed in this camera
does not match histograms displayed by
picture editing software used in PCs etc.
• The histogram does not appear in simple
mode [
] or motion picture mode [
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and during multi playback or calendar
playback and playback zoom.
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