Histogram Display; Using The Histogram - Pentax K-m/K2000 Operating Manual

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Histogram Display

The e/y features two histogram displays. The "Brightness
histogram" shows the distribution of brightness and the "RGB histogram"
shows the distribution of color intensity. Press the four-way controller
(23) to switch between "Brightness histogram" and "RGB histogram".
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1
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RGB RGB RGB
Brightness histogram
1 File format
2 Folder number-File number (p.224)
3 Protect setting (p.184)
4 DPOF settings (p.200)
5 Histogram (Brightness) (p.26)
* Indicator 3 only appears for images with Protect setting and indicator 4 only
appears for images with DPOF settings.
Areas affected by bright or dark portions blink if [Bright/Dark area] warning is
set to O (On) in [Playback dsp. methd.] in the [Q Playback 2] menu. (p.168)

Using the Histogram

A histogram shows the brightness
distribution of an image. The horizontal
axis represents brightness (dark at the
left and bright at the right) and the
vertical axis represents the number of
pixels.
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100-0001 100-0001 100-0001
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4
5
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23
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23
5
RGB histogram
6 Switch Brightness histogram/
RGB histogram
7 Histogram (R)
8 Histogram (G)
9 Histogram (B)
←Brightness→
(Dark)
Dark portions
4 3 2
100-0001 100-0001 100-0001
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(Bright)
Bright portions