Nikon COOLPIX P520 Reference Manual page 33

Monitor Screen
Tone level information display 1 (_9)
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m lSO sensitivity .................................................. 6g
_ Exposure compensation value ............ 64
U White balance ................................................ 68
_ COOLPIX Picture Control ......................... 68
_ Image quality/Image size ....................... 72
Current image number/
total number of images ........................... 32
a Shutter speed ................................................. 31
Q Shooting mode 2 ........................................... 27
1 You can check for loss of contrast detail in highlights and shadows from the histogram that
is displayed, or the flashing display for each tone level. These provide guidelines when
adjusting the picture brightness with functions such as exposure compensation.
2 p is displayed when the shooting mode I_1,
SCENE, I _1, i , i_!,EFFECTS or P
is selected.
3 The tone level indicates the brightness level. The tone level indicates the brightness level.
When the tone level to check is selected by rotating the multi selector or pressing • or I_,
the area of the picture that corresponds to the selected tone level flashes. Press the multi
selector • or • to view the previous or next image.
4 A histogram is a graph showing the distribution of tones in the image. The horizontal axis
corresponds to pixel brightness, with dark tones to the left and bright tones to the right.
The vertical axis shows the number of pixels.
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