Sony 4-172-679-12(1) User Manual

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A histogram is a graph showing the brightness of an image. The graph display indicates a bright 
image when skewed to the right side, and a dark image when skewed to the left side.
1 Press DISP (Screen Display Settings) on the control button, then select 
[Bright + Exposure Data].
• The histogram also appears when playing back a single image, but you cannot adjust the exposure.
• The histogram does not appear when:
– Recording movies
– Playing back movies
– Viewing vertical orientation images
– Rotating still images
– Shooting with Sweep Panorama
– 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.
Histogram
Notes
Bright
Dark
A
B
A
 Number of pixels
B
 Brightness