Photo information is superimposed on images displayed in full-frame playback. Press 1 or 3 to cycle through photo information. Note that “image only”, shooting data, RGB histograms, highlights, and overview data are only displayed if corresponding option is selected for Playback display options (0 Playback Display Options). Location data are only displayed if embedded in the picture (0 Location Data).

1 File information
2 None (image only)
3 Overview data
4 Location data
5 Shooting data
6 RGB histogram
7 Highlights

File Information

1 Protect status
2 Retouch indicator
3 Upload marking
4 Focus point *
5 AF area brackets *
6 Frame number/total number of frames
7 Image quality
8 Image size
9 Image area
10 Time of recording
11 Date of recording
12 Rating
13 Folder name
14 File name

Displayed only if Focus point is selected for Playback display options (0 Playback Display Options) and selected photograph was taken using viewfinder.

Highlights

1 Image highlights *
2 Folder number—frame number
3 Current channel *

Flashing areas indicate highlights (areas that may be overexposed) for the current channel. Hold W (Z) button and press 4 or 2 to cycle through channels as follows:

  • RGB (all channels)
  • R (red)
  • G (green)
  • B (blue)

W (Z) button

RGB Histogram

1 Image highlights *
2 Folder number—frame number
3

White balance

Color temperature

White balance fine-tuning

Preset manual

4 Current channel *
5 Histogram (RGB channel). In all histograms, horizontal axis gives pixel brightness, vertical axis number of pixels.
6 Histogram (red channel)
7 Histogram (green channel)
8 Histogram (blue channel)

Flashing areas indicate highlights (areas that may be overexposed) for the current channel. Hold W (Z) button and press 4 or 2 to cycle through channels as follows:

  • RGB (all channels)
  • R (red)
  • G (green)
  • B (blue)
  • Highlight display off

W (Z) button

Playback Zoom

To zoom in on the photograph when the histogram is displayed, press X (T). Use the X (T) and W (Z) buttons to zoom in and out and scroll the image with the multi selector. The histogram will be updated to show only the data for the portion of the image visible in the monitor.

Histograms

Camera histograms are intended as a guide only and may differ from those displayed in imaging applications. 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 the distribution of tones to the right, while decreasing exposure compensation shifts the distribution to the left. Histograms can provide a rough idea of overall exposure when bright ambient lighting makes it difficult to see photographs in the monitor.

Shooting Data

1

Metering

Shutter speed

Aperture

2

Shooting mode

ISO sensitivity 1

3

Exposure compensation

Optimal exposure tuning 2

4 Focal length
5 Lens data
6

Focus mode

Lens VR (vibration reduction) 3

7

White balance

Color temperature

White balance fine-tuning

Preset manual

8 Color space
9 Camera name
10 Image area
11 Folder number—frame number

12 Flash type
13 Remote flash control
14 Flash mode
15

Flash control

Flash compensation

16 Picture Control 4

17

High ISO noise reduction

Long exposure noise reduction

18 Active D-Lighting
19 HDR strength
20 Vignette control
21 Retouch history
22 Image comment

23 Name of photographer 5
24 Copyright holder 5

Displayed in red if photo was taken with auto ISO sensitivity control on.

Displayed if Custom Setting b6 (Fine-tune optimal exposure, 0 Fine-Tune Optimal Exposure) has been set to a value other than zero for any metering method.

Displayed only if VR lens is attached.

Items displayed vary with Picture Control selected.

The fifth page of the shooting data is only displayed if copyright information was recorded with the photograph using the Copyright information option in the setup menu.

Location Data

The latitude, longitude, and other location data are supplied by and vary with the GPS or smart device (0 Location Data). In the case of movies, the data give the location at the start of recording.

Overview Data

1 Frame number/total number of images
2 Upload marking
3 Protect status
4 Retouch indicator
5 Camera name
6 Image comment indicator
7 Location data indicator
8 Histogram showing the distribution of tones in the image (0 Histograms).
9 Image quality
10 Image size
11 Image area
12 File name
13 Time of recording
14 Folder name
15 Date of recording
16 Rating
17 Metering
18 Shooting mode
19 Shutter speed
20 Aperture
21 ISO sensitivity *
22 Focal length
23 Active D-Lighting
24 Picture Control
25 Color space
26 Flash mode
27

White balance

Color temperature

White balance fine-tuning

Preset manual

28

Flash compensation

Commander mode

29 Exposure compensation

Displayed in red if photo was taken with auto ISO sensitivity control on.