Adjusting Brightness (Exposure Compensation)

Adjust the overall brightness of the image.

To make the subject brighter, move the slider toward "+".

To make the subject darker, move the slider toward

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increasing exposure compensation shifts tone distribution to the right, and decreasing it shifts

tone distribution to the left.

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Adjusting Vividness (Saturation Adjustment)

Adjust the overall vividness of the image.

Vividness increases asthe slider is moved up. Vividness decreases as the slider is moved down.

Adjusting Hue (White Balance Adjustment)

Adjust the overall hue of the image.

The overall image becomes more reddish as the

slider is moved up. The overall image becomes more bluish as the slider is moved down.

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Nikon S9100 user manual Adjusting Brightness Exposure Compensation, Using the Histogram, Slider

S9100 specifications

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