Sony Alpha 100 - Manual (Page 8)

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Large, easy-to-use screen Navigation Display
Large 2.5-inch (230,000 pixels) Clear Photo LCD Plus screen
1. One-touch zoom into centre of focus area.
If a picture is taken
with a selected local
focus frame, pressing
the Zoom button
during instantaneous
replay magnifies the
image with the focus
area which was used
at the centre, allowing
you to check focus
accurately.
2. Search for the image you need with 16-frame Index Display.
Useful when you want to
find an image quickly,
Index Display shows
multiple images when the
Change View button is
pressed during replay. You
can also select between
4, 9, or 16 thumbnail
images displayed
simultaneously on screen.
Tab Browse allows you to
review the contents of
individual storage folders.
For example, if you’ve
taken a large number of
pictures while on holiday,
it’s easy to track down
pictures taken on a
certain date if they’ve
been classified into
folders according to the
date they were taken.
3. Explore folder contents quickly with Tab Browse
TECHNICAL POINT
Information at a glance
2.5-inch 230,000 pixel
Clear Photo LCD
Plus Screen
Size, image resolution and
comfortable viewing are
prerequisites for the screen
of any digital SLR camera,
allowing you to critically
assess the composition,
quality and focus of every
shot. Here the large, easy-
to-view 2.5-inch screen of
the
100 helps you see
the big picture in even
more detail. A high 230,000
pixel resolution is teamed
with Clear Photo LCD Plus
technology to reproduce
subtle tones accurately.
The screen’s Anti-
Reflective Coating is
a glare-reducing layer that
assures a wide viewing
angle, even in daylight.
It’s teamed with Clear
Processing technology
that reproduces colours
more vividly. The screen’s
superb resolution also
makes it easy to zoom in,
judge picture sharpness
and review the finest image
details with greater clarity.
A glance at the Navigation Display screen is all that’s needed to confirm
camera settings and shooting information in large, easy-to-read text.
Concentrate on important information in zoom display mode; the display
also automatically flips into vertical orientation if the camera is turned on its side to take a portrait picture. When the Eye-Start Sensor detects that
you’re looking through the viewfinder, the LCD screen automatically
switches off to prevent light from the screen distracting you whilst framing
a picture, also saving battery power.
✔ Large 2.5-inch 230,000 pixel LCD screen
✔ Crisp, clear image display even in bright outdoor conditions thanks to AR coating and Clear Processing
✔ One-touch zoom into centre of focus area
Multi-function display
Histogram, Highlights and Shadow Alert
The histogram shows the distribution of brightness in a graph on
the camera’s display screen. The horizontal axis shows the
brightness reproducible with the digital camera (tone), and the
vertical axis shows the amount of brightness. The far left side of
the horizontal axis shows the darkest part (shadow) that can be
reproduced, while the far right side shows the brightest part
(highlight). A histogram that’s shifted to the right side is an
indication of many light areas in the image. If it’s shifted to the left,
the histogram indicates more dark areas in the scene.
An over-exposed picture will be represented by large areas of
blank space displayed on the left side of the histogram.
Conversely, with an under-exposed image there will be blank
space at the right side of the histogram.
In addition, areas of the image that are outside dynamic range –
either under or over exposed – will blink to provide a warning in
the main image display.
Operating Tip
When a single frame is being
replayed, simply press the up
side of the +key to display the
histogram, and the up side
again to return to the single
frame replay.
If the subject is generally white and
bright, the histogram shifts to the
right side, and the graph is far larger
on the right edge.
Both the image and data are displayed
simultaneously. But because there is no data text
over the image, it is possible to view the histogram
and entire image at the same time, which is a very
effective way to decide the exposure.
Highlights and Shadow Alert
Highlighting is occurring on
the bright parts of the shirt,
and shadowing in the dark
part at the upper right side of
the screen. Out of range
sections are displayed flashing
on the screen to warn of
highlighting and shadowing.
Histogram
The areas to take notice of are
the edges. If either side is
blank, the exposure may not
be correct due to over or
under exposure.
How to read the histogram
With a standard subject as in this
photograph, the centre of the
histogram is higher than the edges,
and the left and right sides are
about equal. If the image is captured at night, or
if a large amount of the subject is
dark, the histogram shifts to the left
side, and the graph is far larger on
the left edge.
Image Zoom Range
size
L: 10M Approx. 1.1 to 12x
M: 5.6M Approx. 1.1 to 9x
S: 2.5M Approx. 1.1 to 9x
Zoom Screen
Text is large and easy to read.
Vertical format detailed
display screen
The screen switches to vertical
display automatically.
Horizontal format
detailed display
screen
(Standard display).
Zoom range for replay
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