Quick Start Guide

Automatic focus point enlargement
File Browser function
Index Display function
Easy-to-view shooting information
Large screen area and versatile image reviewing functions
The DYNAX 5D’s monitor offers the largest viewing area of any currently available SLR camera, and has a range of functions that make it easy to find and
display the image you want. Images are clear and easy to see even when viewed at an angle, and there’s a backlight to assure improved visibility when
reviewing images outdoors.
When the DYNAX 5D is set to any of its shooting modes, the big, 2.5-inch LCD monitor
keeps you informed by displaying the current settings in large, easy-to-read type. And to
ensure that light from the display doesn’t distract you when you shoot, a sensor below the
viewfinder automatically switches the display off when you put your eye to the eyepiece.
In addition, information is automatically displayed in a vertical format when you rotate
the camera to frame your subject vertically.
When you press the Enlarge button to check
focusing accuracy, the DYNAX 5D automatically
enlarges the focus point that was active when the
picture was taken. And it’s easy to compare
multiple shots because the enlarged view is
maintained when you press the controller to
advance to the next frame.
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Normal image
Dark image
Light image
Understanding histograms
A histogram is a graphic representation of the brightness of an
image, ranging from 0 on the left (dark) to 255 on the right (light). If
there are a lot of dark pixels in an image, the peak in the graph will
be toward the left; if there are a lot of light pixels, the peak will be
toward the right. If the graph tapers off to the base line on both sides,
it indicates that all of the brightness values in the scene have been
captured, and none of the shadow or highlight detail has been lost.
In the histogram for this
image, the graph extends
over the full width of the
histogram, and tapers to
the baseline without being “clipped” on either side. This indicates
that the camera’s dynamic range has been fully utilized, and that all
of the elements in the frame have been properly exposed.
Correct exposure of a
night scene or other very
dark subject will result in
a histogram that has the
peak on the left side. In the image shown here, the dark night sky
creates a tall peak on the left, and the lights and illuminated areas
create a long, gradual slope on the right.
In this image of a flower
and seashells against a
white background, the
peak in the histogram is
at the extreme right. Although the flower is correctly exposed, the
extreme right edge of the histogram is slightly clipped, indicating
that a small amount of highlight detail has been lost.
Dark
Light
It’s easy to check exposure values because the monitor’s large size
allows an image thumbnail, histogram, and shooting data to be simul-
taneously displayed in separate areas of the screen—a significant
advantage when assessing exposure quality.
With any digital camera there are times when the extremes of light and
shadow in a scene may exceed the range of recordable values and result
in a loss of image detail. These areas of lost image detail are referred to
as “blown-out highlights” (100% white) and “blocked-in shadows” (100%
black), and they cannot be recovered by using photo-retouching software.
The DYNAX 5D’s histogram display alerts you to this problem with a
flashing grey overlay on the thumbnail image in areas that approach the
shadow and highlight luminance limits.
In the example above, blown-out highlights in the sky and blocked-in
shadows in the girl’s hair are indicated by flashing grey areas in the
thumbnail image, allowing you to adjust exposure values to capture the
part of the scene that is most important to you.
Simultaneous image
and histogram display
Luminance limit display
Enlarged display Basic recording display Vertical-format display
During image review, the Index
Display can be set to show 4, 9, or
16 frames, allowing quick selection
via the controller’s 4-way keypad.
A convenient File Browser lets you
organize images stored on the
camera’s memory card into tabbed
folders for fast, easy retrieval.
Blown-out
highlights