Panasonic DMC-FX38 operating instructions ∫ About the Histogram, Examples of histogram

Advanced (Recording pictures)

∫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

1Properly Exposed

2 Under Exposed

3 Overexposed

¢ 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.

•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 displayed by picture editing software used in PCs etc.

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