Panasonic DMC LX 3, DMCLX3K operating instructions Recording guide line, About the Histogram

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.

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.

∫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

1 Properly Exposed

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2 Under Exposed

3 Overexposed

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¢ Histogram

1/9

1/9

1/9

F2.08 1/100

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F4.0 1/200

ISO

F2.0 1/50

ISO

AWB 80

AWB 80

AWB 80

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Note

•When the recorded picture and the histogram do not match each other under the following conditions, the histogram is displayed in orange.

–When the manual exposure assistance is other than [n0EV] during exposure compensation or in the manual exposure mode

–When the flash is activated

–In [STARRY SKY] or [FIREWORKS] in scene mode (P62)

–When the flash is closed

•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 displayed by picture editing software used in PCs etc.

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