Nikon COOLPIX P950 Digital Camera - Manual (Page 31)

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Parts of the camera
The monitor/viewfinder
Tone level information
You can check for loss of contrast detail in highlights and shadows from the
histogram that is displayed, or the flashing display for each tone level. These provide
guidelines when adjusting the image brightness with functions such as exposure
compensation.
1
Current image number/total
number of images
2
Histogram
• A histogram is a graph showing
the distribution of tones in the
image. The horizontal axis
corresponds to pixel brightness,
with dark tones to the left and
bright tones to the right. The
vertical axis shows the number
of pixels.
3
Tone level
• The tone level indicates the
brightness level. When the tone
level to check is selected using
the multi selector
or
rotating it, the area of the
image that corresponds to the
selected tone level flashes.
4 ISO sensitivity ................................... 189
5 COOLPIX Picture Control ...........177
6
Image quality/Image size ..................
..........................................................174, 175
7 White balance ..................................181
8 Time of recording ...................44, 227
9 Date of recording ................... 44, 227
10 File number and type ..................291
11
Exposure compensation
value .......................................................117
12 Shooting mode ..................................61
13 Shutter speed ......................................63
14 F-number ............................................... 63