Histogram

A histogram is a graph showing the brightness of an image. The graph display indicates a bright image when skewed to the right side, and a dark image when skewed to the left side.

A Number of pixels

B Brightness

A

B

Dark Bright

1Press DISP (screen display) on the control button, then select [Bright + Histogram].

Notes

The histogram also appears when playing back a single image, but you cannot adjust the exposure.

The histogram does not appear while recording movies, playing back movies, viewing vertical orientation images or rotated still images.

A large difference in the histogram displayed during shooting and playback may occur when:

The flash strobes.

The shutter speed is slow or fast.

The histogram may not appear for images recorded using other cameras.

18GB