Toshiba PDR-M500 Instruction Manual page 39

Press the OK button.
The camera is now ready to take photographs.
Compose the photo while viewing the subject through
the LCD monitor or the Electric View Finder.
"LCD BRIGHTNESS"
Press the shutter button down halfway q and then full
down w.
1 Press down halfway.
Important • After you have taken photographs, the viewfinder LED stays lit for the time it takes for
the images to be recorded to the SD card. While the viewfinder LED is lit red, never
open the battery cover or card cover, or remove the batteries or SD card. Doing so
might damage the SD card or the data in the SD card.
• Open the flash to take pictures with the flash.
LCD Monitor/Electronic View Finder Display during Manual Photography
Text, numbers, icons and other information displayed on the screen differ according to
the current settings.
Mode icon
Quality ( page 58)
Self-timer icon
( page 36)
Long exposure mode
icon ( page 43, 44)
Unsteady hold warning
icon ( page 31, 113)
Image size ( page 58)
Flash icon ( page 34)
Photography tab menu
Memo • Each press of the DISP button switches between LCD monitor display and Electronic
View Finder.
• A histogram is a graph that indicates the distribution of brightness in the image.
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At the shutter button halfway down position, the
camera automatically focuses and calculates the
exposure, and at the fully pressed position the
camera takes the photograph.
The focus area frame turns green and the
viewfinder LED lights green when the camera is in
focus. When the exposure is appropriate the
histogram frame turns green.
If preview is set to "ON", the preview image
(captured image) will be displayed on the screen
2 Press full down.
for two seconds after you have taken photographs.
Possible number
of shots
Remaining
Shooting
battery power
date and time
(
Zoom state (
Exposure compensation
(
Aperture (
Shutter speed
(
Histogram
Focus area (when
the shutter button
is pressed halfway)
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