Panasonic DMC-LZ40 Camcorder User Manual


 
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Basic
When the recorded picture and the histogram do not match each other under the following
conditions, the histogram is displayed in orange.
When the Manual Exposure Assistance is other than [0] during exposure compensation or in the
Manual Exposure Mode
When the flash is activated
When the exposure is not adequately adjusted
When the brightness of the screen is not correctly displayed in dark places
When you record images, the Histogram before exposure compensation will be displayed.
The Histogram is an approximation in Recording Mode.
The Histogram of a picture may not match in the Recording Mode and the Playback Mode.
The Histogram displayed in this camera does not match Histograms displayed by picture editing
software used in PCs, etc.
Histograms are not displayed in the following cases.
Intelligent Auto Mode
Panorama Shot Mode
When recording motion pictures
Calendar
Multi Playback
Playback Zoom
Motion picture recording area display is only an approximation.
Recording area display may disappear when zooming to Tele depending on the picture size setting.
The setting is fixed to [OFF] in the following case.
Intelligent Auto Mode
[Histogram]
This allows you to set either to display or not display the Histogram.
[ON]/[OFF]
A Histogram is a graph that displays brightness along
the horizontal axis (black to white) and the number of
pixels at each brightness level on the vertical axis.
It allows you to easily check a picture’s exposure.
A dark
B optimal
C bright
[Video Rec Area]
Angle of view for motion picture recording can be checked.
[ON]/[OFF]