Panasonic Lumix DMC-FT20 Operating Instructions Manual page 49

[Histogram]
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When you take pictures with the flash or in dark places, the histogram is displayed in
orange because the recorded picture and the histogram do not match each other.
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The histogram is an approximation in Recording Mode.
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The Histogram of a picture may not match in the Recording Mode and the Playback Mode.
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The Histogram displayed in this camera does not match Histograms displayed by picture
editing software used in PCs etc.
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Histograms are not displayed in the following cases.
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Intelligent Auto Mode
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Multi Playback
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Recording motion pictures
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Playback Zoom
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Calendar
[Video Rec Area]
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Motion picture recording area display is only an approximation.
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Recording area display may disappear when zooming to Tele depending on the picture size
setting.
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It will be fixed to [OFF] during the Intelligent Auto Mode.
This allows you to set either to display or not display the
histogram.
[ON]/[OFF]
A Histogram is a graph that displays brightness
along the horizontal axis (black to white) and the
number of pixels at each brightness level on the
vertical axis.
It allows you to easily check a picture's exposure.
A dark
B optimal
C bright
Angle of view for motion picture recording can be checked.
[ON]/[OFF]
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