Adjusting Brightness (Exposure Compensation)

You can adjust overall image brightness.

1 Press the multi selector K(o).

2Select a compensation value and press the kbutton.

•To brighten the image, set a positive (+) value.

•To darken the image, set a negative (–) value.

•The compensation value is applied, even without pressing the kbutton.

Exposure compensation

+2.0

-0.3

-2.0

Histogram Guide

Shooting

C Exposure Compensation Value

•The value applied in A, B or C mode is saved in the camera’s memory even after the camera is turned off.

•When the shooting mode is Fireworks show scene mode (A41) or D (manual) (A48), exposure compensation cannot be used.

•When the exposure compensation is set while using a flash, the compensation is applied to both the background exposure and to the flash output.

C Using the Histogram

A histogram is a graph showing the distribution of tones in the image. Use as a guide when using exposure compensation and shooting without the flash.

•The horizontal axis corresponds to pixel brightness, with dark tones to the left and bright tones to the right. The vertical axis shows the number of pixels.

•Increasing exposure compensation value shifts tone distribution to the right, and decreasing it shifts tone distribution to the left.

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