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Viewing

Still Images

Movies

Switching Display Modes

Press the <

l> button to view other information on the screen, or to hide

the information. For details on the information displayed, see

= 255.

Open the screen to activate it when the camera is on. This will deactivate

the viewfinder. Similarly, close the screen (facing the camera body) to

deactivate it and activate the viewfinder (

= 18).

No Information

Display

Simple

Information

Display

Detailed

Information

Display

Enables you to check

the focus (

= 165)*

*Not shown for movies.

Switching display modes by pressing the <

l> button is also possible

immediately after you shoot, while your shot is displayed. However, simple

information display is not available. To change the initial display mode, press

the <

n> button and choose [Review Info] on the [4] tab (= 84).

Still Images

Movies

Overexposure Warning (for Image Highlights)

Washed-out highlights in the image flash on the screen in detailed

information display (see above).

Still Images

Movies

Histogram

High

Dark

Low

Bright

z

z

The graph in detailed information display

(see above) is a histogram showing the

distribution of brightness in the image.

The horizontal axis represents the degree

of brightness, and the vertical axis, how

much of the image is at each level of

brightness. Viewing the histogram is a

way to check exposure.

z

z

The histogram can also be accessed

while shooting (

= 154, 255).

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