Screen Display - Canon POWERSHOT G12 User Manual

Screen Display
Overexposure Warning during Playback
in "Detailed information Display" (p. 199), overexposed areas of the image
flash on the screen.
Histogram during Playback
High The graph that appears in "Detailed
hformation Display" (p. 199) is called the histogram. The histogram shows the
Low distribution of brightness in an image
horizontally, and the amount of brightness
vertically. When the graph approaches the
right side, the image is bright, but when it
approaches the left side, the image is dark,
and in this way you can judge the
exposure.
The histogram can also be displayed while
shooting (p. 196).
Dark _ Bright
RGB Histogram
RGB Histogram
Bfyou press the ,_ button in "Detailed
hformation Display", the RGB histogram wil!
appear. The RGB histogram shows the
distribution of shades of red, blue and green
in an image. The shades of each color are
shown horizontally, and the amount of each
shade vertically. In this way you can judge
the color balance of an image.
Press the ,_ button again to restore
"Detailed Information Display'.
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