Ricoh GX200 User Guide - Page 173

Other Playback Functions Correcting Images Manually (Manual) 5 Press the !" buttons to select [Manual] and press the $ button. • The [Level Compensation] screen appears. The original image appears at the upper left of the screen, the histogram is at the lower left, and the corrected image is shown on the right. • If you select a file that cannot use level compensation, an error message appears and you are returned to the playback menu. • To cancel level compensation, press the DISP. button. 6 Press the ADJ. lever to switch Level Compensation between points on the Manual 3 histogram. • A histogram shows the number of pixels on the vertical axis and the ADJ: Ch Points brightness on the horizontal axis, ranging from shadows (dark areas) on Cancel Ok the left through midtones to highlights (bright areas) on the right. Each time you press the ADJ. lever, the selected Points point switches from the left point, to the middle point and then to the right point. 7 Press the #$ buttons to correct the image by adjusting the location of the selected point. • Moving the left or right point moves the middle point also. Sample correction methods • Example 1) To adjust the overall image brightness: Select the middle point and move it to the left to brighten the entire image. Selecting the middle point and moving it to the right darkens the entire image. 171