a picture of a scene however the present invention may also be used when a user is operating the digital camera 1 in u201c view u201d mode that is when a user desires to view pictures stored in removable memory or the like as the user begins the process of accessing pictures stored in memory the digital camera automatically runs the exposure algorithms that determine ev sv and bv then using the process discussed hereinabove the lookup table is referenced and a command s is sent thereby to the lcd display 20 for setting the brightness contrast and or backlighting thereof although the non volatile memory 120 is disclosed as the storage medium for the lookup table in accordance with the present invention any memory or processing device having storage capabilities may be used to store the lookup table as desired by the implementation requirements of a given camera although the present invention is discussed in conjunction with the use of a lookup table other possible embodiments of the present invention may use other technologies for storing and retrieving brightness backlighting and or contrast information for example in an alternative embodiment of the present invention the reference bv values with associated brightness contrast and or backlighting levels for controlling the lcd display 20 may be arbitrarily stored in a storage medium for reference once a bv is determined by the digital camera 39 s 1 exposure algorithm it may be compared with the arbitrarily stored bv reference values the process will choose the closest stored bv and use its associated brightness contrast and or backlighting levels to.