Panasonic LUMIX DMC-LZ40 Operating Instructions Manual page 43

[Histogram]
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When the recorded picture and the histogram do not match each other under the following
conditions, the histogram is displayed in orange.
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When the Manual Exposure Assistance is other than [0] during exposure compensation or in the
Manual Exposure Mode
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When the flash is activated
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When the exposure is not adequately adjusted
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When the brightness of the screen is not correctly displayed in dark places
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When you record images, the Histogram before exposure compensation will be displayed.
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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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Panorama Shot Mode
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When recording motion pictures
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Calendar
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Multi Playback
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Playback Zoom
[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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The setting is fixed to [OFF] in the following case.
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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]
Basic
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