an image capture system capable of displaying a representation of properties of pixels in a selected portion of a captured image . the inventive system comprises an image capturing device for capturing an image , a recording device for storing the captured image , a user interface configured to permit selecting a portion of the captured image , wherein the selected portion of the captured imaged is less than the entire captured image , a histogram display logic responsive to the properties of the pixels in the selected portion of the captured image , and a display device for displaying the captured image and simultaneously displaying the representation of properties of pixels of the selected portion of the captured image generated by the histogram display logic in a histogram display on a portion of the display device .