Nikon P5100 P5100 User's Manual - Page 26

The Button - lens

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Introduction Basic Operations The x Button To hide or show monitor indicators during shooting and playback, press x. With Shooting Current settings F 1/125 F4.3 17 1/125 F4.3 Framing guides (a, B, P, S, A, and M modes only) Monitor off (P, S, A, and M modes only). Shooting is available only when camera is in focus (AF lamp is lit). View through lens only With Playback Photo information displayed 15/11/2007 15:30 0004.JPG F 44 Shooting data displayed (see below) 100NIKON 0004.JPG P 1/125 F4.3 o+1.0 Auto Photo information hidden Shooting data: Shows the folder name, file name, exposure mode, shutter speed, aperture, exposure compensation, ISO sensitivity, and histogram for the current picture. Shooting data are not displayed if the current picture is a movie. • Exposure mode: P, S, A, or M (A 45). P is also displayed on pictures shot in A (auto), a (anti-shake), B (high sensitivity), and y (scene) modes. • Histogram: A graph showing tone distribution. The horizontal axis corresponds to pixel brightness, with dark tones to the left and bright tones to the right; the vertical axis shows number of pixels of each brightness in image. 12

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12
Basic Operations
Introduction
The
x
Button
To hide or show monitor indicators during shooting and playback, press
x
.
With Shooting
Current settings
Framing guides
(
a
,
B
,
P
,
S
,
A
, and
M
modes only)
Monitor off (
P
,
S
,
A
, and
M
modes
only). Shooting is available only when
camera is in focus (AF lamp is lit).
View through lens only
With Playback
Photo information displayed
Shooting data displayed
(see below)
Photo information hidden
Shooting data
: Shows the folder name, file name, exposure mode, shutter speed, aperture,
exposure compensation, ISO sensitivity, and histogram for the current picture. Shooting data
are not displayed if the current picture is a movie.
Exposure mode
:
P
,
S
,
A
, or
M
(
A
45).
P
is also displayed on pictures shot in
A
(auto),
a
(anti-shake),
B
(high sensitivity), and
y
(scene) modes.
Histogram
: A graph showing tone distribution. The horizontal axis corresponds to pixel
brightness, with dark tones to the left and bright tones to the right; the vertical axis shows
number of pixels of each brightness in image.
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17
17
F
1/125
1/125
F4.3
F4.3
1/125
1/125
F4.3
F4.3
100NIKON
100NIKON
100NIKON
0004.JPG
0004.JPG
0004.JPG
P
1/125
1/125
F4.3
F4.3
o
+1.0
+1.0
Auto
Auto
P
1/125
F4.3
o
+1.0
Auto
F
15/11/2007 15:30
15/11/2007 15:30
0004.JPG
0004.JPG
0004.JPG
4
4
4
4
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