Olympus 5050 C-5050 Zoom Reference Manual (11 MB) - Page 145

Histogram display This function lets you display a histogram during shooting or playback. During shooting, you can display a histogram showing the brightness and contrast of your subject in the monitor. Checking the histogram 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. Ex: When a histogram is displayed in P mode Histogram target mark The part indicated in green in the histogram shows the luminance distribution within the histogram target mark. When the image is bright When the image is dark 7 If the peak fills too much of the right frame, the image will appear mostly white. If the peak fills too much of the left frame, the image will appear mostly black. Adjusting the image quality and exposure 144