Nikon COOLPIXP300BK 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. It can be used in A (Auto) mode or in scene modes.

•To adjust exposure compensation in A, Band Cmodes, use the creative slider (A69).

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

• The exposure compensation guide and histogram are displayed.

2 Use the rotary multi selector to select a	Exposure compensation guide
compensation value.
• To make the image brighter, apply positive (+)
exposure compensation.
• To make the image darker, apply negative (–)				+0.3
exposure compensation.
		0.0
			Exposure compensation
					Histogram
	Exposure compensation value

Basic Photography and Playback: A (Auto)

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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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

In shooting mode D(Manual) (A67) or when the scene mode is Fireworks show (A54), 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

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