About the histogram – Panasonic DMC-FX35 User Manual

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Advanced (Recording pictures)

∫ About the Histogram

A histogram is a graph that displays brightness along the horizontal axis (black to white) and the
number of pixels at each brightness level on the vertical axis.
It allows you to easily check a picture’s exposure.

1 Dark area, mid-tone, and bright area are balanced out evenly, making it suitable to take

a picture.

2 The picture will become underexposed with more dark area. The pictures with mostly

dark area, such as night scenery, will also have a histogram like this.

3 The picture will become overexposed with more bright area. The pictures with mostly

white area will also have a histogram like this.

Examples of histogram

Note

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When you take pictures with the flash or in dark places, the histogram is displayed in
orange because the recorded picture and the histogram do not match each other.

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The histogram is an approximation in recording mode.

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The histogram of a picture may not match in recording mode and playback mode.

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The histogram displayed in this camera does not match histograms displayed by picture editing
software used in PCs etc.

1 Properly Exposed
2 Under Exposed
3 Overexposed
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