52ABOUT EXPOSURE COMPENSATION

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OPERATIONS ADVANCED

Purpose

The exposure compensation allows you to deliberately overexposure (brighten) or underexposure (darken) a subject, or to compensate for difficult lighting conditions which may fool the camera’s built-in exposure meter.

To set

1.Turn the exposure compensation dial to the desired compensation value.

2.The exposure compensation dial locks at the [ 0 ] position. To set the exposure compensation dial to a position other than the [ 0 ] position, turn the exposure compensation dial while holding down the exposure compensation dial release button.

3.The bar graph indicates the compensation value

and [ ] appear in the viewfinder.

•Exposure compensation does not work in the Bulb Exposure Mode.

•The exposure compensation range is -3EV to +3EV in 0.3EV step.

•The exposure compensation step can be selected from initial 0.3EV step to 0.5EV step with the Pentax Function No.5. See page 79 for more details

•When the 0.5EV step is selected, two bars above the bar graph indicate a 0.5EV step.

•When exposure compensation is used in the Metered Manual Mode, the bar above the bar graph indicates under or overexposure, it is not indicating the exposure compensation value. [ ] is displayed.