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23
Enjoying the camera
Changing the screen display
Each time you press the (Screen display
switch) button, the display changes as
follows.
• By pressing (Screen display switch) button
longer, you can brighten the LCD backlight.
(DSC-W50/W70 only)
t
step 5 in “Read This
First”
• When you set the histogram display to on,
image information is displayed during playback.
• The histogram does not appear in the following
situations:
While shooting
– When the menu is displayed.
– When recording movies
During playback
– When the menu is displayed.
– In index mode
– When you are using playback zoom.
– When you are rotating still images.
– During playback of movies
• During image playback, you cannot turn the
LCD screen off.
• A large difference in the histogram displayed
when shooting and during playback may occur
when:
– The flash strobes.
– The shutter speed is slow or high.
• The histogram may not appear for images
recorded using other cameras.
• When you set the LCD screen to off, the digital
zoom does not function and [AF Mode] is set to
[Single] (page 47). When you select (flash
mode) / (self-timer) / (macro), the image
is displayed for about two seconds.
Histogram display
LCD screen off
Histogram on
Indicators off
Indicators on
z Using a histogram
A histogram is a graph showing the brightness of
an image. Set the mode dial to
, , or Scene
Selection, then press (Screen display switch)
repeatedly to display the histogram inside the
screen. The graph display indicates a bright image
when skewed to the right side, and a dark image
when skewed to the left side. Adjust the exposure
while checking it with the histogram (
t step 5 in
“Read This First”).
A Number of pixels
B Brightness
• The histogram also appears when playing back a single image, but you cannot adjust the exposure.
BrightDark
A
B
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