Canon VIXIA HV40 Instruction Manual page 62

Other Functions
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On-screen displays + Data code
Only on-screen displays on
Only tape-related displays (in stop mode
or playback pause) or All displays off
(during playback)
On-screen displays + Histogram
code on Only on-screen displays on
All displays off
1
Tape related displays: Tape operation icon,
time code and remaining tape display.
2
Data code: Time, date and camera data at the
time of recording. The contents to be
displayed can be selected as explained in the
following section.
3
Histogram display: For still images you can
display the complete camera data registered
at the time of recording. For details on how to
read the histogram display, refer to the
following section.
Selecting the Data Code
You can select the data code to be
displayed when playing back movies.
Options
[ DATE], [ TIME]
Displays the date or time when the scene
or still image was recorded.
[ DATE & TIME]
Displays both the date and time of the
recording.
[ CAMERA DATA]
Displays the aperture (f-stop) and shutter
speed used when recording the image.
2
on
FUNC.
( 25)
FUNC.
3
/Data
FUNC.
Reading the Histogram Display
When viewing still images you can
display the histogram and the icons of all
the functions used at the time of
recording. Use the histogram as a
reference to verify the correct exposure of
the still image.
The area to the right of the histogram
represents highlights and the left side
represents shadows. A still image whose
histogram skews to the right is relatively
bright; while one whose histogram peaks
to the left, is relatively dark.
Default value
NOTES
The histogram display will appear also after
recording a still image while reviewing it within
the time set for the [REVIEW] option (or
immediately after recording it, if [REVIEW] is set
to [
MENU
DISPLAY SETUP/
DATA CODE
Desired option
Shadows
OFF]).
Highlights