Press to make the image one half step darker

(–0.5); press again to make it one whole step darker (–1.0). You can go to two steps darker than the normal exposure. This is useful when you’re photographing an object with a dark background.

10Take your pictures with the LCD screen as usual, following the instructions on page 3-9 in Getting Started. If you’re not sure about the lighting conditions, you may want to take several photos with various exposure settings.

11To switch back to automatic exposure, follow steps 1 through 6 above, but change the setting to Auto.

Adjusting Sensitivity for Night or Indoor Photos

The camera’s high sensitivity settings let you take pictures in low light or indoors without the flash.

With these settings, you can set the camera from the camera’s standard ISO equivalent of 90 to an ISO equivalent of 180 or 360.

Make sure the camera dial is set to View, then follow these steps to use the high sensitivity mode to take night photos:

1Press the SEL button to display the menus.

2Press or to display the Conditions menu:

3Press the SEL button to display the menu options:

4If the advanced settings are set to Auto, highlight the

Auto/Manual advanced settings icon and press the

SEL button.

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