Olympus 5060 C-5060 Wide Zoom Reference Manual (9.6 MB) - Page 177

Histogram display - Displaying the luminance distribution of still pictures During shooting and playback, you can display a histogram showing the brightness and contrast of your subject in the monitor. You can also display the black and white areas directly on the image. Checking the histogram during shooting enables precise exposure control. During playback, you can display a histogram showing the brightness and contrast of recorded pictures. The histogram display can be set separately for shooting mode and playback mode. OFF F ON The histogram is not displayed. The histogram is displayed when F is pressed. This function is not available in q mode. g"Exposure compensation" (P.126) ON The histogram is always displayed. DIRECT The black and white areas are displayed directly on the image. Ex. Hold down F, when ON or F ON is selected in P mode When the image is bright When the image is dark Histogram target mark SET SET 8 If the peak fills too If the peak fills too much of the right much of the left frame, frame, the image will the image will appear appear mostly white. mostly black. The part indicated in green in the histogram shows the luminance distribution within the histogram target mark. Ex. When DIRECT is selected in P mode Useful functions 176 Red frame: Mostly white area Blue frame: Mostly black area If the area contains both black and white parts, it is displayed in the blue frame.