Setting Exposure Compensation

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 < >.

2Focus the subject and check the exposure level.

3Turn the <> dial to set the desired exposure compensation

amount.

Overexposure.

Underexposure.

The 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 ( 6 ) after releasing the shutter button.

On the viewfinder’s exposure level scale, any position above the correct exposure index indicates overexposure and any position below it indicates underexposure. On the LCD panel, any position on the + side indicates overexposure and any position on the – side indicates underexposure.

To cancel exposure compensation, set

4Take the picture.

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Canon EOS-1V HS manual Setting Exposure Compensation, Exposure Compensation with the Dial, 4Take the picture