Setting Exposure Compensation

The exposure compensation amount you set will be effective until it is canceled manually. To cancel the exposure compensation amount, turn the < > to set the exposure compensation amount to 0, according to procedure 3 on this page.

Exposure compensation is used to alter the camera’s standard exposure setting. To set the exposure compensation amount, you can either turn the < > dial while looking through the

viewfinder or press the < > button and turn the < > dial while looking at the LCD panel. The exposure compensation amount can be set up to +/–3 stops in 1/3-stop increments.

Exposure Compensation with the <> Dial

1 Set the <> switch to <>.

Focus the subject and check the expo-

2 sure level.

Exposure level indicator

Standard exposure index

3

Increased exposure

Decreased exposure

Turn the <> dial to set the desired exposure compensation amount.

sThe exposure compensation icon < > and the exposure level indicator < > will be displayed in the viewfinder, while the exposure level indicator < > will be displayed on the LCD panel.

•Turn the <> dial while pressing the shutter button halfway or within () after releasing the shutter button.

•On the viewfinder’s exposure level scale, any position above the standard exposure index indicates increased exposure and any position below it indicates decreased exposure. On the LCD panel, any position on the + side indicates in- creased exposure and any position on the – side indicates decreased exposure.

•To cancel exposure compensation, set the amount to the standard exposure index (< > or <>).

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