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## DISP (Screen Display Settings)

Histogram

1. Press DISP (Screen Display Settings) on the control button.

1. Select the desired mode with the control button.

| (Image Only) | In Movie Mode, sets screen to standard brightness and displays only images.
| (Bright + Image Only) | Sets screen brighter and displays only images.
| (Bright + Exposure Data) | Sets screen brighter and displays the information. Exif data and a histogram for the recorded image are also displayed.
| (Bright) | Sets screen brighter and displays the information.
| (Normal) | Sets screen to standard brightness and displays the information.

Note

- If you view images in bright outside light, adjust the screen brightness up. However, the battery power may decrease faster under such condition.

### Histogram

A histogram is a graph showing the brightness of an image. The graph display indicates a bright image when skewed to the right side (A), and a dark image when skewed to the left side (B).

1. Press DISP (Screen Display Settings) on the control button, then select [Bright + Exposure Data].

Notes

- The histogram also appears when playing back a single image, but you cannot adjust the exposure.

- The histogram does not appear when:

- Recording/playing back movies

- Viewing vertical orientation images

- Rotating still images

- Shooting with Sweep Panorama mode

- Viewing images shot with Sweep Panorama

- 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.

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