Sony cyber-shot dsc-w100 User Manual

Each time you press the 

 (Screen display 

switch) button, the display changes as 
follows.

• By pressing 

 (Screen display switch) button 

longer, you can brighten the LCD backlight.
 

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 step 5 in “Read This First”

• When you set the histogram display to on, 

image information is displayed during playback.

• 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

• During image playback, you cannot turn the 

LCD screen off.

• 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.

• When you set the LCD screen to off, the digital 

zoom does not function (page 49) and [AF 
Mode] is set to [Single] (page 49). When you 
select   (flash mode)/

 (self-timer)/

(macro), the image is displayed for about 

two seconds.

Histogram display

LCD screen off

Histogram on

Indicators off

Indicators on

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Using a histogram

A histogram is a graph showing the brightness of 
an image. Press 

 (Screen display switch) 

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. Set the mode dial to 

,

  , or Scene Selection, then adjust the 

exposure while checking it with the histogram 
(

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step 5 in “Read This First”).

A

 Number of pixels

B

 Brightness

• The histogram also appears when the mode dial is set to M or when playing back a single image, but you 

cannot adjust the exposure.

Bright

Dark

A

B