Panasonic DMCZS6 DMCZS5 User Guide - Page 46

Changing recording information display Change between different LCD monitor displays, such as Histograms. Press to change display ●In Recording Mode Recording information∗1 Motion picture recording information∗1,∗2 No display Guide lines∗1,∗3 ●In Playback Mode Recording information Recording information or Histogram∗1 No display ∗1 Set [HISTOGRAM] to [ON] to display Histogram (→23). ∗2 • Return to the 'Recording information' display by pressing the shutter button halfway. • Displayed when recording motion pictures instead of the left screen. ∗3 Select Guide line pattern and recording information display on/off with [GUIDE LINE] setting (→23). • When is in use, recording information and Guide lines cannot ■ Histogram be displayed simultaneously. Displays distribution of brightness in picture - e.g. if the graph peaks at the right, this means there are (Example) several bright areas in the picture. (Guide) A peak in the center represents correct brightness (correct exposure). This can be used as a reference for exposure correction (→53), etc. • Histogram from time of recording is different to Histogram in playback and displayed in orange, when recording with flash or in dark locations. Also, Histogram may differ from Histograms made with image editing software. Dark← OK → Bright • Not displayed during ([INTELLIGENT AUTO] Mode), ([CLIPBOARD] Mode), [MULTI ASPECT], [PHOTO FRAME] or Playback Zoom. ■Guide lines ●Judge balance ●Judge center of • Reference for composition (e.g. balance) when recording. subject • [INTELLIGENT AUTO] Mode and [CLIPBOARD] Mode display only. • This is not displayed in [MULTI ASPECT] Mode. ●During Playback Zoom, Motion Picture Playback, Slide Show: Display on/off. ●During menu display, Multi Playback or Calendar Playback: Display cannot be changed. 46 VQT2R20