Canon HF10 Histogram Display, Capturing a Still Image from the Playback Scene, Evaluative 

Options	 Default value
[ EVALUATIVE]

Appropriate for standard shooting conditions, including backlit scenes. The camcorder divides the picture into several areas and the light is measured in all of them to achieve the optimal exposure for the subject.

[ CENT.WEIGHT.AVERAGE]

Averages the light metered from the entire screen, giving more weight to the subject in the center.

[ SPOT]

Meters only the area within the spot AE point frame. Use this setting to adjust the exposure to match the subject in the center of the screen.

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[ EVALUATIVE] Desired option

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Histogram Display

When viewing still images you can display the histogram and the icons of all the functions used at the time of recording. Use the histogram as a reference to verify the correct exposure of the still image.

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The area to the right of the histogram represents highlights and the left side

represents shadows. A still image whose histogram skews to the right is relatively bright; while one whose histogram peaks to the left, is relatively dark.

Pixel Count

Shadows Highlights

NOTES

The histogram will appear also after recording a still image, while reviewing it within the time set for the [REVIEW] option (or immediately after recording it, if

[REVIEW] is set to [ OFF]). You can choose to turn off the histogram by pressing DISP. ( 54).

Capturing a Still Image from the Playback Scene

You can capture as still images frames from a scene. The size of the captured still image will be LW 1920x1080 and it cannot be changed, but you can select the image quality.

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POINTS TO CHECK

Set [TV TYPE] to [ WIDE TV] before using this function ( 97).

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