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 150).

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

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.

149Configuring Monitor Screen Settings