Adjusting the Exposure

This allows you to deliberately overexpose (brighten) or underexpose (darken) your picture.

The exposure steps can be selected from 1/3 EV or 1/2 EV in [1. EV Steps] of the [ACustom Setting 1] menu.

You can adjust the EV compensation value from –3 to +3 (EV).

1 Turn the e-dial while pressing the

mc button

mcbutton.

 

The exposure is adjusted.

 

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4 Shooting

m is displayed in the status screen and viewfinder during adjustment.

Av AF.A

1/ 30 F4.5

AUTO 400

 

 

ISO

 

 

 

 

 

AWB

ISO

-3 2 1

1 2

+3

 

JPEG 12M

 

 

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Functions

Compensation value

•EV compensation is not available when the mode dial is set to a(Manual).

•The EV compensation is not canceled by turning the camera off or by switching to another capture mode.

•If [Green Button] is assigned to the button in [Green Button] of the [ARec. Mode 4] menu (p.197), the compensation value is reset to 0.0 when the button is pressed.

•EV compensation can also be changed by pressing the mcbutton once, taking your finger off the button and turning the e-dial. In this case, EV compensation is set when the mcbutton is pressed again or the exposure metering timer (p.116) elapses.