Sony Cyber-shot 3-700-727-12(1) Handbook page 23

Changing the screen display
[Display Histogram]
This sets whether or not to display the
histogram on the screen.
A
Dark
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.
A Number of pixels
B Brightness
• The histogram also appears when playing back a
single image, but you cannot adjust the
exposure.
• The histogram does not appear in the following
situations:
While shooting
– When the menu is displayed.
– When recording movies
During playback
– When the menu is displayed.
– In index mode
– When using playback zoom.
– When rotating still images.
– During playback of movies
• 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.
B
Bright
[LCD Brightness]
This sets the backlight brightness.
• When viewing images in bright outside light if
[LCD Brightness] is set to [Normal], reset to
[Bright].
However, the battery power may decrease faster
under such condition.
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