Sony DSC-S780 Cyber-shot® Handbook - Page 18

Changing the screen display

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Changing the screen display v DISP (Screen display) button Each time you press v (DISP) on the control button, the display changes as follows: Indicators on Indicators on* • If you view images in bright outside light, adjust the brightness of the LCD backlight up. However, the battery power may decrease faster under such condition. • 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. • A large difference in the histogram displayed during shooting and playback may occur when: - The flash strobes. - The shutter speed is slow or fast. • The histogram may not appear for images recorded using other cameras. z Adjusting EV (Exposure Value) by displaying a histogram A Histogram on* During playback, the image information is displayed. Indicators off* Histogram display (page 18) * The brightness of the LCD Backlight up B Dark Bright A histogram is a graph showing the brightness of an image. Press v (DISP) on the control button repeatedly to display the histogram on 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. A Number of pixels B Brightness • The histogram also appears when playing back a single image, but you cannot adjust the exposure. 18

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Changing the screen display
Each time you press
v
(DISP) on the
control button, the display changes as
follows:
*The brightness of the LCD Backlight up
•
If you view images in bright outside light, adjust
the brightness of the LCD backlight up.
However, the battery power may decrease faster
under such condition.
•
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.
•
A large difference in the histogram displayed
during shooting and playback may occur when:
–
The flash strobes.
–
The shutter speed is slow or fast.
•
The histogram may not appear for images
recorded using other cameras.
z
Adjusting EV (Exposure Value) by
displaying a histogram
A histogram is a graph showing the
brightness of an image. Press
v
(DISP) on
the control button repeatedly to display the
histogram on 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.
A
Number of pixels
B
Brightness
•
The histogram also appears when playing back a
single image, but you cannot adjust the
exposure.
v
DISP (Screen
display) button
Indicators on*
Histogram on*
Indicators on
Histogram display
(page 18)
During playback,
the image
information is
displayed.
Indicators off*
Bright
Dark
A
B