Casio EX-S3 manual Using the Histogram

OTHER RECORDING FUNCTIONS

IMPORTANT!

•The flash does not fire in the Movie mode.

•This camera also records audio. Note the following points when recording a movie.

— Take care that you do

not block the microphone with your fingers.

Microphone

—Good recording results are not possible when the camera is too far from the subject.

—Operating camera buttons during recording can cause button noise to be included in the audio.

—Movie audio is recorded in monaural.

Using the Histogram

You can use the [DISP] button to display a histogram on the monitor screen. The histogram lets you check exposure conditions as you record images (page 23). You can also display the histogram of a recorded image in the PLAY mode.

Histogram

A histogram is a graph that represents the lightness of an image in terms of the number of pixels. The vertical axis indicates the number of pixels, while the horizontal axis indicates lightness. You can use the histogram to determine whether an image includes the shadowing (left side), mid tones (center), and highlighting (right) required to bring out sufficient image detail. If the histogram appears too lopsided for some reason, you can use EV shift (exposure compensation) to move it left or right in order to achieve better balance. Optimum exposure can be achieved by correcting exposure so the graph is as close to the center as possible.

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