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TIPS
• Often bright subjects (such as snow) will turn out darker than their
natural colors. Adjusting makes these subjects closer to
their real shades. For the same reason, adjust toward - when
shooting dark subjects.
• Pressing
F
when the monitor is turned
on and HISTOGRAM is set to
F
ON
displays the histogram on the monitor.
• If you press
e
while pressing
F
, the
monitor jumps to the menu for
changing the HISTOGRAM setting.
g
“Histogram display – Displaying
the luminance distribution of still
pictures” (P.176)
• You can change the position of the histogram target mark.
g
“Changing the position of the histogram target mark” (P.178)
• The histogram cannot be displayed in
M
mode.
• You can set the aperture by turning the control dial while holding
down
F
in
M
mode.
g
“Manual shooting” (P.88)
• If the flash is used, the image brightness (exposure) may differ from
the intended brightness.
• Exposure compensation cannot correct the image if the
surroundings of the subject are extremely bright or dark.
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Note