BASIC PLAYBACK

Images can be viewed in the playback mode. This section covers the basic playback functions. The playback mode has additional menu functions, see page 82.

ROTATING IMAGES

Press the down key of the controller to rotate a displayed image 90° left, 90° right, or horizontally.

VIEWING IMAGES

Press the playback button to activate the playback mode.

Time of recording

Date of recording

The left/right keys of the controller and both control dials can be used to scrolls through the images.

Image size (p. 66)

Image quality (p. 66)

Folder - file number (p. 126)

Frame number / total number of images

HISTOGRAM DISPLAY

1.

Shutter speed

2.

Aperture

3.

Exposure mode (p. 39)

4.

Metering mode (p. 50)

5.

Date of recording

6.

Image size (p. 66)

7.

Image quality (p. 66)

8.

Exposure compensation (p. 48)

9.

Flash compensation (p. 48)

10.

White-balance mode (p. 60)

To view the histogram of the displayed image, press the up key. Press the down key to return to single-frame playback.

The dark area of the histogram shows the luminance distribution of the recorded image from black (left) to white (right). Each one of the 256 vertical lines indicates the relative proportion of that light value in the image. The histogram can be used to evaluate exposure and contrast, but displays no color information.

Areas of the image approaching the shadow and highlight luminance limit are indicated in the image thumbnail. The portions of image whose levels are close to 0 and 255 flash.

Luminance limit display

To return to the recording mode, press the playback button or the shutter-release button.

11.

Camera sensitivity (ISO) (p. 51)

12.

Folder name - file number (p. 126)

13.

Frame number / total number of images

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