Changing the screen display. Sony DSC-W130, DSC-W125, DSC-W130B, DSCW130, DSC-W120, DSC-W130S, CYBER-SHOT DSC-W125

Changing the screen display

v (DISP) (Screen display) button

Each time you press v (DISP) on the control button, the display changes as follows:

Indicators on

Indicators on*

• If you view images in bright outside light, adjust the brightness of the LCD backlight up.

However, the battery power may decrease faster under such condition.

• The histogram does not appear in the following situations:

While shooting

– When the menu is displayed.

– When recording movies.

During playback

– When the menu is displayed.

– In index mode.

– When you are using playback zoom.

– When you are rotating still images.

– During playback of movies.

• During playback, you cannot turn the LCD screen off.

• A large difference in the histogram displayed during shooting and playback may occur when:

– The flash strobes.

– The shutter speed is slow or fast.

• The histogram may not appear for images recorded using other cameras.

• When you set the LCD screen to off, the digital zoom does not function. When you select

(Flash mode)/ (Self-timer)/ (Macro), the image is displayed for about two seconds.

• If you turn the power off and on again while the

LCD screen is off, the indicators will be on.

Histogram on*

During playback, the image information is displayed.

Histogram display

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Indicators off*

LCD screen off

* The brightness of the LCD Backlight is set to up.

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Changing the screen display z Adjusting EV (Exposure Value) by displaying a histogram

A

B

Dark Bright

A histogram is a graph showing the brightness of an image. Press v (DISP) on the control button repeatedly to display the histogram on the screen. The graph display indicates a bright image when skewed to the right side, and a dark image when skewed to the left side.

A Number of pixels

B Brightness

• The histogram also appears when playing back a single image, but you cannot adjust the exposure.