❏You want to make your photos lighter.

❏You are taking pictures of a white object which may tend to look grayish in photos.

❏You are taking pictures of an object with a bright background, such as a chair in front of a sunlit window.

❏You are taking photos at the beach or in the snow on a sunny day.

Decrease the exposure setting when:

❏You want to make your photos darker.

❏You are taking pictures of a black object which may tend to look grayish in photos.

❏You are taking pictures of an object with a black background.

How to make basic exposure adjustments

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Follow the steps below to change the exposure setting.

1.Make sure that Program or Manual is selected as the camera mode. To change the camera mode setting, see “Making camera mode settings” on page 4-5.

2.Remove the lens cap, set the dial switch to or , and turn on the camera.

If the dial switch is set to , press the MENU ON/OFF button on the back of the

camera to turn on the LCD monitor.

3.Press the LCD monitor buttons next to to raise or lower the exposure value.

In the Program camera mode, you can make nine different settings in increments of 0.5, from -2.0 to 2.0 EV.

Making Settings 4-11