Adjusting Brightness, Vividness, and Hue in A(Auto) Mode

Brightness Adjustment (Exposure Compensation)

Brightness of the entire image can be adjusted.

•To make the picture brighter, move the slider in the “+” direction.

•To make the picture darker, move the slider in the “–” direction.

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

Slider

Brightness (Exp. +/–)

+1.0

Histogram

Off

Basic

Exposure compensation value

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 subject.

Mode (Auto) APlayback: and Photography

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 tone distribution to the left.

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