Sony DSC-S780 Digital Camera User Manual


 
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Changing the screen display
Each time you press v (DISP) on the
control button, the display changes as
follows:
*The brightness of the LCD Backlight up
If you view images in bright outside light, adjust
the brightness of the LCD backlight up.
However, the battery power may decrease faster
under such condition.
The histogram does not appear in the following
situations:
While shooting
When the menu is displayed.
When recording movies.
During playback
When the menu is displayed.
In index mode.
When you are using playback zoom.
When you are rotating still images.
During playback of movies.
A large difference in the histogram displayed
during shooting and playback may occur when:
The flash strobes.
The shutter speed is slow or fast.
The histogram may not appear for images
recorded using other cameras.
z Adjusting EV (Exposure Value) by
displaying a histogram
A histogram is a graph showing the
brightness of an image. Press v (DISP) on
the control button repeatedly to display the
histogram on the screen. The graph display
indicates a bright image when skewed to the
right side, and a dark image when skewed
to the left side.
ANumber of pixels
BBrightness
The histogram also appears when playing back a
single image, but you cannot adjust the
exposure.
v DISP (Screen
display) button
Indicators on*
Histogram on*
Indicators on
Histogram display
(page 18)
During playback,
the image
information is
displayed.
Indicators off*
BrightDark
A
B