Configuring Monitor Screen Settings

Turning Display Information On and Off (Info)

Each press of [8] (DISP) will cycle through display settings that display or hide on- screen information and the control panel. You can configure separate settings for the REC mode and PLAY mode.

Information on,

Displays setting information and the control panel.

• While A, S, or M is selected as the exposure mode, the

control panel on

aperture and shutter speed specified for snapshots are

 

displayed.

 

 

Displays setting information and the

 

 

control panel, and a histogram (page 171)

 

Information on,

on the left side of the display. Also

Histogram

displays the remaining movie recording

control panel on,

time in place of the remaining snapshot

 

histogram on

capacity, as well as a movie image quality icon.

 

 

• While A, S, or M is selected as the exposure mode, the

 

aperture and shutter speed specified for movies are

 

displayed.

 

Information off,

Hides setting information and the control panel.

 

control panel off

 

 

 

•The control panel is not displayed and display information settings cannot be changed during movie recording.

Using the On-screen Histogram to Check Exposure (+Histogram)

Displays a histogram on the monitor screen which you can use to check the exposure of an image before you shoot it. You also can display the histogram in the PLAY mode for information about the exposure levels of images.

NOTE

Histogram

•A centered histogram does not necessarily guarantee optimum exposure. The recorded image may be over-exposed or under-exposed, even though its histogram is centered.

•Due to the limitations of exposure compensation, you may not be able to achieve an optimum histogram configuration.

•Use of the flash and certain shooting conditions can cause the histogram to indicate exposure that is different from the actual exposure of the image when it is shot.

•The histogram cannot be displayed during high speed movie recording.

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