Panasonic DMC-ZS1 Changing recording information display, Press to change display, Histogram

Changing recording information display

Change between different LCD monitor displays, such as histograms.

Press to change display

In recording mode	Motion picture recording
Recording
information 1	information 1, 2	No display	Guide lines 1, 3

In playback mode			1	Set ‘HISTOGRAM’ to ‘ON’ to display
Recording	Recording information			histogram (P.22).
information	or histogram 1	No display	2	• Return to the ‘Recording
				information’ display by pressing the
				shutter button halfway.
				• Displayed when recording	motion
				pictures instead of the left screen.
			3	Select guide line pattern and
				recording information display on/off
				with ‘GUIDE LINE’ setting (P.22).

	Histogram	• When	is in use, recording
		information and guide lines cannot be
Displays distribution of brightness in picture		displayed simultaneously.
– e.g. if the graph peaks at the right, this means there are			(Example)
several bright areas in the picture. (Guide) A peak in the center
represents correct brightness (correct exposure). This can be
used as a reference for exposure correction (P.49), etc.

•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		Dark←	OK	→ Bright
histograms made with image editing software.
• Histograms cannot be displayed in (INTELLIGENT AUTO Mode),			(CLIPBOARD Mode),
MULTI ASPECT	, or during playback zoom.

• This is not displayed during motion picture recording.

	Guide lines		Judge balance	Judge center of
	• Reference for composition			subject
	(e.g. balance) when recording.
	• INTELLIGENT AUTO Mode and CLIPBOARD Mode
	display	only.
	• This is not displayed in ‘MULTI ASPECT’ Mode.
	During playback zoom, motion picture playback, slideshow: Display on/off
	During menu display, multi playback or calendar playback: Display cannot be changed.
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