Flipping the mode dial to Play will display the last image captured full screen as shown above. Pressing the DISP button will cycle between this display and the next frames with exposure information and a histogram.

Here you can see a histogram which displays the dynamic range of the captured image as indicated by the black to white bar underneath. The exposure mode (P, A, S, M, AUTO), the drive mode (single or continuous), the metering mode (multi, center or spot), the flash mode, the aperture value, shutter speed and image file sizes.   If you press the DISP button again all of the overlay info is removed, this is useful when doing a slideshow on a TV screen.

If you push the zoom control lever to the wideangle position during playback it toggles the thumbnail index mode. Nine small images are displayed per screen and you can move the arrow to the desired image to quickly display it fullscreen.

If you push the zoom control lever to the telephoto position it enlarges the image up to 4x in 11 steps. Once enlarged you can scroll around the image to check for critical focus, composition or color.

The QV-4000 has a builtin orientation feature that will auto-rotate portrait mode images during playback. The rotated image appears on the color LCD or a TV set if connected to the Video Out port.

The QuickTime movies can also be displayed in the camera. Once you start playback it can be started, stopped or paused and you can move forward or backward one frame at a time using the 4-way selector switch.

While displaying a large image you can press a button and resize it down to the smaller 640 x 480 size.

Play menu options:

Delete - Erase one or all images

Protect - Protect one or all images

DPOF - Set the Digital Print Order Format information,

Resize - Create smaller images

Slide Show - Begin automatic playback of images

Card Browser - Enable the option to generate a HTML index of the pictures on the CF card.

Format - Format the CF card

Date - Set the internal clock

Video Out - NTSC or PAL format

Language - Set the menu language, English, German or French

Beep - Enable beep sounds when buttons are pushed

Reset - Reset all settings to default