Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX2 Operating Instructions Manual page 39

n About guide line display
When you align the subject on the guide
lines or the cross point of these lines, you
can take pictures with well-designed
composition by viewing the size, the slope
and the balance of the subject.
When [ ] is selected
Used to divide the screen into three equal-
sized sections for recording a balanced
picture.
When [ ] is selected
Used to position the subject in the centre of
the screen.
n Highlight display
When setting [HIGHLIGHT] to [ON] on the
[SETUP] menu (P23) while the auto review
or review function is activated, any white
saturated area (extremely bright or
glistening part) on the picture appears
blinking in black and white.
No highlight display
REVIEW1X
EXIT
With highlight display
REVIEW1X
EXIT
DELETE
4X
4X DELETE
Advanced
• If you compensate the exposure to minus,
refer to the histogram and then take a
picture again, it may result in a good picture.
• When taking a picture with the flash on and
the subject too close, white saturation may
occur. When highlight display is set to [ON],
white saturation emerges in places
illuminated with the flash as shown below.
The saturated areas appear blinking in black
and white.
n Histogram
• 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 the camera user to easily check
the way a picture is being exposed.
• When the values are concentrated to the
left , the picture is under exposed.
A
Pictures that are mostly black, such as
night scenery, forms this type of
histogram.
• When the values in the histogram are
distributed evenly
adequate and the brightness is well-
balanced.
• When the values are concentrated to the
right , the picture is over exposed.
C
Pictures that are mostly white, form this
type of histogram.
, the exposure is
B
VQT0Y66
39