Nikon COOLPIXSP500BLK, COOLPIXP500BK user manual Adjusting Brightness Exposure Compensation

Adjusting Brightness (Exposure Compensation)

By adjusting exposure compensation when taking pictures, overall image brightness can be adjusted to make images brighter or darker.

1Press o(exposure compensation) on the multi selector.

•The exposure compensation guide and histogram are

displayed.

2 Press the multi selector Hor Ito select a Exposure compensation guide compensation value.

•To make the image brighter, apply positive (+)

exposure compensation.

• To make the image darker, apply negative (–) exposure compensation.

+0.3

Histogram

Exposure compensation value

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3Press the kbutton to set the compensation value.

•If the kbutton is not pressed within a few seconds, the selection is set and the setting menu disappears.

•When an exposure compensation value other than 0.0 is applied, the value is displayed with the Hindicator on the monitor.

+0.3

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A (Auto) Mode

4Press the shutter-release button to take a picture.

•To cancel the exposure compensation setting, return to step 1 and change the value to 0.0.

CExposure Compensation Value

•The exposure compensation value applied in j, k or l mode is saved in the camera’s memory even after the camera is turned off.

•When the shooting mode is m (manual) mode (A74) or the scene mode is Fireworks show (A57), the exposure compensation cannot be used.

DUsing 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 shifts tone distribution to the right, and decreasing it shifts tone distribution to the left.

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