Nikon S2J00200401 user manual Advanced Photography Exposure Compensation

Exposure Compensation

ADVANCED PHOTOGRAPHY

—EXPOSURE COMPENSATION

Exposure compensation is used to deliberately modify exposure from the optimum value selected by the camera. It can be used when, for example, photographing subjects containing areas of high contrast at a variety of different exposures. Expo- sure compensation is at its best when combined with spot or center-weighted me- tering.

1Press the button and rotate the main command dial. Exposure compensation can be set to any value between +5 EV and –5 EV in increments of 1/3 EV (1/3 step). As a rule of thumb, use a positive value for exposure compensation when the background is brighter than the main subject, a negative value when the background is darker than the main subject.

Viewfinder display

–0.3 EV

+2 EV

At values other than ± 0, a indicator appears in the viewfinder and in the control panel on top of the camera and the “0” at the center of the electronic analog exposure display will blink. The current exposure-compensation setting can be confirmed at any time by pressing the button, or by viewing the elec- tronic analog exposure display.

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