Displaying A Histogram - Sony DSC-M1 Fall 2005 Operating Instructions Manual

d Select the desired exposure
value with v/V.
Adjust the exposure value while
checking the brightness of the
background.
To reactivate auto exposure
In step 4, select [0EV].
• If a subject is being shot in extremely bright or
dark conditions, or the flash is used, the
exposure adjustment may not be effective.
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Displaying a histogram

A histogram is a graph showing the
brightness of an image. The horizontal axis
shows the brightness, and the vertical axis
shows the number of pixels. The graph
display indicates a bright image when
skewed to the right side, a dark image when
skewed to the left side.
A histogram can be used to check the
exposure when the screen is difficult to see
during recording and playback.
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Brightness
Dark
Bright
a Turn to the REC mode.
b Press
to display the
histogram.
c Adjust the exposure based on
the histogram.
• The histogram also appears when the
(Camera) in the menu is set to [Auto], but you
cannot adjust the exposure.
• The histogram also appears when you press
while playing back a single image
(page 43).
• The histogram does not appear in the following
PHOTO
cases:
– When the menu is displayed
– When using playback zoom
– When recording or playing back movies
• appears and the histogram does not appear
in the following cases:
– When recording in the digital zoom area
– When the image size is [3:2]
– When playing back Multi Burst images
– When rotating a still image
• The histogram before recording represents the
histogram of the image displayed on the LCD
screen at the time. A difference occurs in the
histogram before and after you press PHOTO.
In this case, check the histogram while playing
back a single-image.
In particular a large difference may appear in
the following cases:
– When the flash strobes
[00:10:48]
– When the shutter speed is slow or high
• The histogram may not appear for images
recorded using other cameras.