Pentax K200D User Manual - Page 172

170 Changing Playback Display Method The camera switches display information when you press the M button in the Playback screen. Standard Captured image and indicators are displayed. Histogram display Images and histogram (Brightness/RGB) are displayed. Detailed information Shooting information appears with a small image in the display upper left. No info. display Only captured images are displayed. • Refer to p.25 for various display information details. • The information that is shown first during playback is the same as that of the last playback in the previous session. The [Standard] screen can always be displayed first by setting [Memory] (p.217) in the [A Rec. Mode] menu. Using the Histogram Number of pixels→ A histogram shows the brightness distribution of an image. The horizontal 7 axis represents brightness (dark at the left and bright at the right) and the vertical axis represents the number of pixels. The x features two histogram (Dark) ←Brightness→ (Bright) displays. The "Brightness histogram" Dark portions shows the distribution of brightness Bright portions and the "RGB histogram" shows the distribution of color intensity. 1 Histogram Display (p.26) The shape of the histogram before and after shooting tells you whether the brightness and contrast are correct or not, and lets you decide if you need to use EV compensation and take the picture again. 1 Adjusting the Exposure (p.100) Playback Functions