Sony DSC-T10 Instruction 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.

• When the camera is connected to a TV, the 

display switches from Histogram on to 
Indicators off and then to Indicators on.

• 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 high.

• 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) 
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) button 
(Screen display 
button)

Brightness of LCD backlight up

Indicators off

Indicators on

Histogram display

Histogram on

During playback, 
the image 
information is 
displayed.

Bright

Dark

A

B