Shooting tips
Sometimes the camera’s exposure meter is deceived by certain conditions. Changing the exposure value can compensate for these situations. For example, a very bright scene, such as a snowy land- scape or a white sandy beach, can appear too dark in the captured image. Before taking the picture, adjusting the exposure by +1 or +2 EV will result in an image with normal tonal values.
In this example, the dark scene appears bright and washed-out on the LCD monitor. By decreasing the exposure by –1.5 EV, the rich- ness of the sunset is preserved.
When using the fill-flash to reduce harsh shadows on the subject’s face caused by bright illumina- tion or direct sunlight, flash compensation can be used to change the ratio between the highlights and shadows. The fill-flash will affect the darkness of the shadows without affecting the area illumi- nated by the main light source. By decreasing the flash output with a negative Ev setting, the shad- ows will receive less light than with normal fill-flash and be harder, but will bring out subtle details in the shadows that would not appear without the flash. Increasing the flash output by using a posi- tive Ev setting will soften and can even nearly eliminate shadows.
Positive compensation
No compensation
Negative compensation
