Displaying A Histogram - Sony DSC-V3 Fall 2005 Operating Instructions Manual

Jog dial
 Set the mode dial to P, S, A,
SCN or .
 Press
(exposure).
 Select the desired exposure
value with the jog dial.
The value of the exposure adjustment
is displayed. Adjust the exposure value
while checking the brightness of the
background.
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VGA
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SAF 50 F2.2 +1.3EV
To reactivate auto exposure
Select [0EV] in step .
• When the subject is extremely bright or
extremely dark, or when you are using the
fl ash, the adjustment may not work.
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Mode dial

Displaying a histogram

A histogram is a graph showing the
brightness of an image. The horizontal axis
shows the brightness, and the vertical axis
shows the number of pixels.
The graph display indicates a dark image
when skewed to the left side, and a bright
image when skewed to the right side.
The histogram is a useful reference for
checking the exposure during recording
and playback when the screen is hard to
be seen.
Dark
 Set the mode dial to P, S, A or
SCN.
 Press
histogram.
 Adjust the exposure based on
the histogram.
• The histogram also appears when the mode
dial is set to
deactivated.
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VGA
4
Bright
0
EV
Brightness
to display the
or M, but the EV adjustment is
• The histogram also appears when you press
while playing back a single image (page
42) or during Quick Review (page 31).
• The histogram does not appear in the following
cases:
– When the menu is displayed
– During Quick Review of an image recorded
in Exposure Bracket mode
– When using playback zoom
– When shooting or playing back movies
• appears and the histogram does not appear
in the following cases:
– When recording in the digital zoom range
– When the image size is [3:2]
– When playing back Multi Burst mode images
– When a still image is rotated
• The histogram before recording represents
the histogram of the image displayed on the
screen at that time. A difference occurs in
the histogram before and after you press the
shutter button. When this happens, check the
histogram while playing back a single-image
or during Quick Review.
In particular a large difference may appear in
the following cases:
– When the fl ash strobes
– When using the NightFraming function
– When the shutter speed is slow or high
• The histogram may not appear for images
recorded using other cameras..