Help Guide

Histogramdisplay
Ahistogramshowstheluminancedistribution,displayinghowmanypixelstherearebyluminance.Itshowsdarker
towardtheleftandbrightertowardtheright.
Thehistogramchangesdependingontheexposurecompensation.
Apeakattherightorleftendofthehistogramindicatesthattheimagehasanoverexposedorunderexposedarea,
respectively.Youcannotcorrectsuchdefects usingacomputeraftershooting.Performexposurecompensationbefore
shootingasnecessary.
(A):Pixelcount
(B):Brightness
Note
Theviewfinderdisplayandthemonitordisplayforshootingcanbesetseparately.Lookthroughtheviewfindertosetthedisplay
settingsfortheviewfinder.
Theinformationinthehistogramdisplaydoesnotindicatethefinalphotograph.Itisinformationaboutimagedisplayedonthe
screen.Thefinalresultdependsontheaperturevalue,etc.
Thehistogramdisplayisextremelydifferentbetweenshootingandplaybackinthefollowingcases:
Whentheflashisused
Whenshootingalowluminancesubjectsuchasanightscene
Inmoviemode,[Forviewfinder]cannotbedisplayed.
Hint
Thefollowingarenotdisplayedinthedefaultsettings.
GraphicDisplay
DisplayAllInfo.(whenusingtheviewfinder)
TochangethedisplaymodesthatareswitchedwhenyoupresstheDISPbutton,selectMENU→
(CameraSettings2)→
[DISPButton]andchangethesetting.
RelatedTopic
DISPButton(Monitor/Finder)
Iftheimagehasanoverexposedorunderexposedarea,thecorrespondingsectionwillblinkonthehistogram
display(overexposed/underexposedwarning).
Thesettingsforplaybackarealsoappliedin[AutoReview].
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