Exposure Compensation

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

1 Press o(exposure compensation).

• The exposure compensation guide is displayed.

Mode Auto Playback: and Photography Basic

2Use the multi selector Hor Ito choose the

desired setting and press the kbutton.

• 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 the kbutton within a few seconds, the selection will be cancelled.

•When set to any value other than 0.0, the value is displayed with the Hicon in the monitor.

3 Press the shutter-release button to take the picture.

•To turn off exposure compensation, repeat from step 1 and set the value to 0.0, then press k.

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CExposure Compensation Value

The exposure compensation value applied in A(auto) mode is stored in the camera’s memory even after the camera is turned off, and reapplied the next time A(auto) mode is selected.

DUsing Exposure Compensation

•The camera tends to reduce 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

32subject.