Sony 3-295-460-12(1) User Manual

Each time you press v (DISP) on the 
control 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 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.
– When the Favorites List is displayed.
– When the Date List is displayed.

• 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.

z

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.

• The histogram also appears when playing back a 

single image, but you cannot adjust the 
exposure.

* The brightness of the LCD Backlight is set to 

up.

v (DISP) (Screen 
display) button

Indicators on

Indicators off*

Indicators on*

Histogram 
display

Histogram on*

During 
playback, the 
image 
information is 
displayed.

A

Number of pixels

B

Brightness

Bright

Dark

A

B