Adjusting the Exposure: Exposure Compensation
Exposure compensation is used to alter exposure from the value suggest- ed by the camera, making pictures brighter or darker. Exposure can be adjusted in the range
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The camera may set the exposure too low if large areas of the frame are very bright (containing, for example, sunlit expanses of water, sand or snow) or the background is much brighter than the main subject. If the image in the monitor is too dark, choose a positive value for the exposure compensation.
Similarly, the camera may set the exposure too high if large areas of the frame are very dark (containing, for example, an expanse of dark green leaves) or the background is much darker than the main subject. If the image in the monitor is too bright, choose a negative value for the exposure compensation.
Exposure Compensation
• To cancel exposure compensation, set a value of 0. In 
mode or 
mode, exposure compensation can also be cancelled by turning the camera off or se- lecting other modes.
• Exposure compensation is not available in 
mode.
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