Changing the screen display

Each time you press the (Screen display switch) button, the display changes as follows.

Histogram on

Histogram display

Indicators off

LCD screen off

Indicators on

zUsing a histogram

• By pressing

 

(Screen display switch) button

longer, you can brighten the LCD backlight. (DSC-W50 only) t step 5 in “Read This First”

When you set the histogram display to on, image information is displayed during playback.

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

During image playback, you cannot turn the LCD screen off.

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

The flash strobes.

The shutter speed is slow or high.

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

camera the Enjoying

 

 

 

 

 

A histogram is a graph showing the brightness of

 

 

 

 

 

an image. Set the mode dial to

, , or Scene

 

 

 

 

 

A

 

 

Selection, then press

 

 

 

(Screen display switch)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

repeatedly to display the histogram inside the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

screen. The graph display indicates a bright image

 

 

 

 

 

Bwhen skewed to the right side, and a dark image

Dark

Bright

when skewed to the left side. Adjust the exposure

while checking it with the histogram (t step 5 in

 

 

 

 

“Read This First”).

ANumber of pixels B Brightness

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

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