Nikon P5100 - Manual (Page 26)

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Basic Operations
In
troducti
on
The
x Button
To hide or show monitor indicators during shooting and playback, press x.
With Shooting
Current settings
Framing guides
( a, B, P, S, A, and M modes only)
Monitor off (P, S, A, and M modes
only). Shooting is available only when
camera is in focus (AF lamp is lit).
View through lens only
With Playback
Photo information displayed
Shooting data displayed
(see below) Photo information hidden
Shooting data: Shows the folder name, file name, exposure mode, shutter speed, aperture,
exposure compensation, ISO sensitivity, and histogram for the current picture. Shooting data
are not displayed if the current picture is a movie.
• Exposure mode: P, S, A, or M (A 45). P is also displayed on pictures shot in A (auto),
a (anti-shake), B (high sensitivity), and y (scene) modes.
• Histogram: A graph showing tone distribution. The horizontal axis corresponds to pixel
brightness, with dark tones to the left and bright tones to the right; the vertical axis shows
number of pixels of each brightness in image.
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F F
1/125 1/125 F4.3 F4.3 1/125 1/125 F4.3 F4.3
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P
1/125
1/125
F4.3
F4.3
o +1.0 +1.0
Auto Auto
P
1/125
F4.3
o +1.0
Auto
F F F
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