Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX5 Instruction Manual page 66

Histogram
A histogram is a graph showing the brightness of an image. The graph display indicates a bright
image when skewed to the right side, and a dark image when skewed to the left side.
1 Press DISP (Screen Display Settings) on the control button, then select
[Bright + Exposure Data].
Notes
• The histogram also appears when playing back a single image, but you cannot adjust the exposure.
• The histogram does not appear when:
– Recording movies
– Playing back movies
– Viewing vertical orientation images
– Rotating still images
– Shooting with iSweep Panorama
– Viewing images shot with iSweep Panorama
– When [Display Burst Group] is set to [Display Main Image Only]
• A large difference in the histogram displayed during shooting and playback may occur when:
– The flash strobes.
– The shutter speed is slow or fast.
• The histogram may not appear for images recorded using other cameras.
A
B
Dark Bright
A Number of pixels
B Brightness
35 GB