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 148).

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.

Histogram

How to Use the 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. If the histogram appears too lopsided for some reason, you can use EV shift to move it left or right in order to achieve better balance. Optimum exposure can be achieved by EV shifting so the graph is as close to the center as possible. For snapshots, you can even display individual histograms for R (red), G (green), and B (blue).

148Configuring Monitor Screen Settings