Sony NEX-3 Handbook page 91

Histogram
Sets whether the histogram is displayed or not. The histogram displays the luminance
distribution that shows how many pixels of a particular brightness exist in the image.
1 [Menu] t [Setup] t [Histogram] t desired setting.
On
Off
Note
• You cannot display the histogram in the following modes:
– Movie recording
– [Sweep Panorama]
What is histogram
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The histogram displays the luminance distribution that shows how many pixels of a
particular brightness exist in the picture. Brighter image will make the entire histogram shift
to the right side, and darker image to the left side.
Displays the histogram.
Does not display the histogram.
Dark Bright
A Number of pixels
B Brightness
GB
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