Histogram - Olympus Stylus 500 Advanced Manual

Histogram

When shooting still pictures, you can display a histogram showing the
brightness and contrast of your subject in the monitor. You can also
display the black and white areas directly on the picture.
Displaying the brightness and contrast of your subject enables fine
adjustment of the exposure.
OFF Hides the histogram.
ON Displays the histogram for every picture.
When [ON] is selected in
Bright picture
P
o
HQ HQ
Dark picture
P
o
HQ HQ
The part indicated in green in the histogram shows the luminance distribution
within the AF target mark.
P mode
30 30 30
If the peak fills too much of the frame, the image will
appear mostly white.
30 30 30
If the peak fills too much of the frame, the image will
appear mostly black.
AF target mark
AF target mark
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