Nikon D60 - Manual (Page 87)

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Viewing Photographs in Full-Frame Playback
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Highlights
The brightest portions of the image (highlights) blink. Details may be lost (“washed out”) in
areas of highlights that are overexposed. Use highlights as a guide when setting exposure.
Histogram
A graph showing the distribution of tones in the image (histogram) is displayed*. The
horizontal axis corresponds to pixel brightness, with dark pixels at the left and bright pixels
at the right. The vertical axis shows the number of pixels of each brightness in the image.
Some sample histograms are shown below:
• If the image contains objects with a wide range of
brightnesses, the distribution of tones will be
relatively even.
• If the image is dark, tone distribution will be shifted to
the left.
• If the image is bright, tone distribution will be shifted
to the right.
Increasing exposure compensation shifts tone distribution to the right. Tone distribution
shifts to the left when exposure compensation is decreased. If bright ambient lighting
makes it difficult to see the display in the monitor, the histogram can be used to get an
idea of overall exposure.
* Note that camera histograms are intended as a guide only and may differ from those displayed in
imaging applications.
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2 Protect status ............................................................78
3 Highlights (indicated by flashing border)
4 Frame number/total number of images
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