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The standard preview display
e standard preview di splay is the one shown when you fi rst turn on the ca mera. It
features a preview of your most recent shot and basic information about the digital back
settings and the image itself.
Using the histogram
e histogram provides a graph that indicates the total number of pixels at each brightness
level, with brightnesses going from black on the le to white on the right. It is a valuable
tool for evaluating your exposure. A well-exposed shot usually has a full range of levels,
while under- and overexposed shots tend to show levels concentrated at the le or right
part of the scale, respectively.
For example:
Underexposure A
A histogram that is cut-off at the le with few pixels elsewhere indicates a li kely under-
exposure. Many details will be lost in t he shadows.
Even exposure B
A histogram that is spread across the ful l range indicates a likely good exposure . ere
may still be a few pixels at the extremes, indicating a few spectral highlights and saturated
shadows, but this is oen normal in a good exposure.
Overexposure C
A histogram that is cut-off at the right with few pixels elsewhere indicates a likely over-
exposure Many details will be lost in t he highlights
The histogram is only an indicator that should be interpreted—there are many situ-
ations in which a questionable histogram will match an exposure that is fine for the
intended effect (and vice-versa).
Full-details mode D
In full-details mode, you can read a complete list of camera set tings, plus see the histo-
gram and, in the background, a darkened preview of the ima ge.
e camera-setting de tails are stored w ith the image, so you c an refer to them using
FlexColor even aer you have loaded the image to your computer and stored it in your
archive.