Sony DSCS980S User Manual

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.

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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.

A

Number of pixels

B

Brightness

• 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 

During playback, 
the image 
information is 
displayed.

Indicators off*

Bright

Dark

A

B