Exposure Compensation

Exposure compensation is used to alter exposure from the value suggested by the camera to make pictures brighter or darker.

1Press o(exposure compensation).

The exposure compensation menu is displayed.

Mode Auto Easy Playback: and Photography Basic

2Use the multi selector to adjust exposure and

press k.

• When the picture is too dark: adjust the exposure compensation to “+” side.

•When the picture is too bright: adjust the exposure

compensation to “-” side.

Exposure compensation

 

•Exposure compensation can be set to values between -2.0 and +2.0 EV.

•If a setting is not applied by pressing kwithin a few seconds, the selection will be cancelled.

3 The setting is applied.

•The Hicon and exposure compensation value are displayed in the monitor.

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CExposure Compensation Value

Switching to another shooting mode or turning the camera off returns exposure compensation setting other than that for A(auto) mode to [0.0].

DUsing Exposure Compensation

The camera tends to lower exposure when the frame is dominated by brightly lit objects and to increase exposure when the frame is mostly dark. Positive compensation may therefore be required to capture the brilliancy of very bright objects that fill the frame (for example, sunlit expanses of water, sand, or snow) or when the background is much brighter than the main subject. Negative compensation may be called for when large areas of the frame contain very dark objects (for example, a swath of dark green leaves) or when the background is much darker than the main

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