Applications 1 Changing recording information

(Record) display

Change between different LCD monitor displays, such as histograms.

1

Press to change display

 

In recording mode

 

 

Recording

 

 

information 1

No display

Guide lines 1,2

5

 

 

In playback mode

 

Recording

Recording information

 

information

or histogram 1

No display

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1 Set ‘HISTOGRAM’ to ‘ON’ to display histogram (P.23).

2 Select guide line pattern and recording information display on/off with ‘GUIDE LINE’ setting (P.23).

•When is in use, recording information and guide lines cannot be displayed simultaneously.

Histogram

(Example)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Displays distribution of brightness in picture

 

 

 

 

– e.g. if the graph peaks at the right, this means there

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

are several bright areas in the picture. (Guide) A peak

 

 

 

 

in the center represents correct brightness (correct

Dark←

 

OK

→ Bright

exposure) (P.43).

 

 

 

 

•Histogram from time of recording is different to histogram in playback and displayed in orange, when recording with flash or in dark locations. Also, histogram may differ from histograms made with image editing software.

•Histograms cannot be displayed in (INTELLIGENT AUTO mode), (MOTION PICTURE mode), (CLIPBOARD mode), or during playback zoom.

Guide lines

Judge balance

Judge center of subject

Reference for composition (e.g. balance) when recording.

During playback zoom, motion picture playback, slideshow : Display on/off

During menu display, multi playback or calendar playback, ‘DUAL PLAY’ (DMC-TZ5 only): Display cannot be changed.

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Panasonic DMC-TZ4, DMC-TZ5 Applications 1 Changing recording information, Press to change display, Histogram, Guide lines
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DMC-TZ5, DMC-TZ4 specifications

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