Adjusting Brightness (Exposure Compensation)

Mode (Auto) APlayback: and Photography Basic

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

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

The exposure compensation guide and histogram are displayed.

2 Use the rotary multi selector to adjust

Exposure compensation

exposure and press the kbutton.

guide

To make the picture brighter, apply positive (+) exposure

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

compensation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To make the picture darker, apply negative (–) exposure

 

 

 

+0.3

 

 

 

compensation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exposure compensation can be set to values between

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

–2.0 and +2.0 EV.

0.0

 

 

 

 

If a setting is not applied by pressing the kbutton

 

 

Exposure compensation

within a few seconds, the selection will be canceled.

 

 

 

 

Histogram

When an exposure compensation value other than 0.0 is

 

 

 

 

applied, the value is displayed with the Hindicator in the

Exposure

monitor.

compensation value

 

3Press the shutter-release button to take a

picture.

To exit without altering exposure, return to step 1, change the value to 0.0 and press the kbutton.

+0.3

C Exposure Compensation Value

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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 subject.

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.