Sony DSC-H7 User Manual

Each time you press the v (DISP) button, 
the display changes as follows.

• 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 display becomes Histogram on 

t 

Indicators off 

t Indicators on when connected 

to a TV (page 85).

• 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 

when shooting and during 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. Adjust the mode 
dial to settings other than 

, and press v 

(DISP) repeatedly to display the histogram 
inside 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) 
button

Brightness of LCD backlight up

Indicators off

Indicators on

Histogram display 
(page 24)

Histogram on

During playback, 
the image 
information is 
displayed.

Bright

Dark

A

B