Changing the screen display

v DISP (Screen display) button

Each time you press v (DISP) on the control button, the display changes as follows:

Indicators on

Indicators on*

Histogram on*

During playback, the image information is displayed.

Histogram display

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Indicators off*

*The brightness of the LCD Backlight up

If you view images in bright outside light, adjust the brightness of the LCD backlight up. However, the battery power may decrease faster under such condition.

The histogram does not appear in the following situations:

While shooting

When the menu is displayed.

When recording movies.

During playback

When the menu is displayed.

In index mode.

When you are using playback zoom.

When you are rotating still images.

During playback of movies.

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.

zAdjusting EV (Exposure Value) by displaying a histogram

A

B

Dark Bright

A histogram is a graph showing the brightness of an image. Press v (DISP) on the control button repeatedly to display the histogram on the screen. The graph display indicates a bright image when skewed to the right side, and a dark image when skewed to the left side.

ANumber of pixels B Brightness

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

18