Configuring Monitor Screen Settings

You can turn display information on and off by pressing [8] (DISP). You can configure separate settings for the REC mode and PLAY mode.

Information display on

Displays information about image settings, etc.

Information display +

Turns on display of camera setting and

 

other indicators, along with a histogram

 

Histogram on

(page 163)

Histogram

 

 

Information display off

No information displayed

 

 

 

 

Using the On-screen Histogram to Check Exposure

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.

 

 

• You can use key customization (page 78) to configure the [4] and

 

 

Histogram

[6] buttons so they control the EV shift setting (page 46), and

 

 

perform EV shift while viewing the results on the on-screen

 

 

histogram.

NOTE

•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.

162Configuring Monitor Screen Settings