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Advanced (Recording pictures)
∫Recording guide line
When you align the subject on the horizontal
and vertical guide lines or the cross point of
these lines, you can take pictures with
well-designed composition by viewing the size,
the slope and the balance of the subject.
∫About the Histogram
A histogram is a graph that displays brightness along the horizontal axis (black to white)
and the number of pixels at each brightness level on the vertical axis.
It allows you to easily check a picture’s exposure.
1Dark area, mid-tone, and bright area are balanced out evenly, making it suitable to take
a picture.
2The picture will become underexposed with more dark area. The pictures with mostly
dark area, such as night scenery, will also have a histogram like this.
3The picture will become overexposed with more bright area. The pictures with mostly
white area will also have a histogram like this.
Examples of histogram
Note
•When you take pictures with the flash or in dark places, the histogram is displayed in
orange because the recorded picture and the histogram do not match each other.
–When the manual exposure assistance is other than [n0EV] during exposure compensation
or in the manual exposure mode
–When the flash is activated
–In [FLASH BURST], [STARRYSKY] or [FIREWORKS] in scene mode (P47)
–When the brightness of the screen is not correctly displayed in dark places
–When the exposure is not adequately adjusted
•The histogram is an approximation in recording mode.
•The histogram of a picture may not match in recording mode and playback mode.
•The histogram displayed in this camera does not match histograms displ ayed by picture editing
software used in PCs etc.
A[]:This is used when dividing the entire screen into 3k3 for taking pictures with a
well-balanced composition.
B[]:This is used when you want to position the subject at the exact center of the
screen.
1Properly Exposed
2Under Exposed
3Overexposed
¢Histogram
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