Correcting Images Manually (Manual)

5Press the !" buttons to select [Manual] and press the $ button.

The [Level Compensation] screen appears. The original image appears at the upper left of the screen, the histogram is at the lower left, and the corrected image is shown on the right.

If you select a file that cannot use level

compensation, an error message appears and you are returned to the playback menu.

To cancel level compensation, press the DISP. button.

6 Press the ADJ. lever to switch Level Compensation

Manual

between points on the

 

 

 

histogram.

 

 

 

• A histogram shows the number of

ADJ: Ch

 

Points

 

pixels on the vertical axis and the

 

 

 

 

brightness on the horizontal axis,

 

 

 

ranging from shadows (dark areas) on

 

 

 

the left through midtones to highlights

Cancel

Ok

 

 

 

(bright areas) on the right. Each time

 

 

 

Points

 

you press the ADJ. lever, the selected

 

 

 

 

point switches from the left point, to

 

 

 

the middle point and then to the right point.

 

7Press the #$ buttons to correct the image by adjusting the location of the selected point.

• Moving the left or right point moves the middle point also.

Sample correction methods -------------------------------------------------------------

Example 1) To adjust the overall image brightness:

Select the middle point and move it to the left to brighten the entire image.

Selecting the middle point and moving it to the right darkens the entire image.

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Ricoh GX200 VF KIT 171, Correcting Images Manually Manual, Press the ! buttons to select Manual and press the $ button