Pentax K10D ユーザーズマニュアル

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Press the four-way controller 
(45).

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: The previous image appears.

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: The next image appears.

A histogram shows the brightness 
distribution of an image. The horizontal 
axis represents brightness (dark at the left 
and bright at the right) and the vertical axis 
represents the number of pixels.
The q features two histogram 
displays. The “Brightness histogram” 
shows the distribution of brightness and 
the “RGB histogram” shows the 
distribution of color intensity.
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The shape of the histogram before and after shooting tells you whether the 
brightness and contrast are correct or not, and lets you decide if you need to use 
EV compensation and take the picture again.
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Understanding Brightness
If the brightness is correct, the graph peaks in the middle. If the image is too dark, 
the peak is on the left side, and if it is too bright, the peak is on the right side.

When the image is too dark, the part to the left is cut off (dark portions with 
no detail) and when the image is too bright, the part to the right is cut off 
(bright portions with no detail).
Bright portions blink red on the LCD monitor and dark portions blink yellow 
when Bright/Dark area is on.
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s→

←Brightness→

Dark image

Correct image

Bright image