37VQT1P09Advanced (Recording pictures)∫ About the HistogramA histogram is a graph that displays brightness along the horizontal axis (black to white) and thenumber of pixels at each brightness level on the vertical axis.It allows you to easily check a picture’s exposure.1 Dark area, mid-tone, and bright area are balanced out evenly, making it suitable to takea picture.2 The picture will become underexposed with more dark area. The pictures with mostlydark area, such as night scenery, will also have a histogram like this.3 The picture will become overexposed with more bright area. The pictures with mostlywhite area will also have a histogram like this.Examples of histogramNote• When you take pictures with the flash or in dark places, the histogram is displayed inorange because the recorded picture and the histogram do not match each other.• The histogram is an approximation in recording mode.• The histogram of a picture may not match in recording mode and playback mode.• The histogram displayed in this camera does not match histograms displayed by picture editingsoftware used in PCs etc.1 Properly Exposed2 Under Exposed3 Overexposed¢ Histogram10:00 DEC.1.200810:00 DEC.1.200810:00 DEC.1.2008100_00011/91/9100100_000100011/9F2.8 1/100F2.8 1/100F2.8 1/100100_0001AWBAWB ISOISO100100AWB ISO1001 2 3100_00011/91/9100100_000100011/9F2.8 1/250F2.8 1/250F4.0 1/200100_0001100100AWB ISO100100_00011/91/9100100_000100011/9F2.8 1/50F2.8 1/50F2.8 1/50100_0001100100AWB ISO10010:00 DEC.1.200810:00 DEC.1.200810:00 DEC.1.2008 10:00 DEC.1.200810:00 DEC.1.200810:00 DEC.1.2008 10:00 DEC.1.200810:00 DEC.1.200810:00 DEC.1.2008
