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 from –3 to +3 (EV).

1 Turn the e-dial while pressing

mc button

the mcbutton.

 

The exposure is adjusted.

 

107

4 Shooting

mis displayed in the status screen and viewfinder during compensation.

Av

 

AF.A

 

1/ 30

 

F4.5

AUTO 400

 

 

ISO

 

 

 

 

 

AWB

ISO

-3 2 1

1 2

+3

 

JPEG 12M

 

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Compensation value

Functions

•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 setting any other capture mode.

•If [Green Button] is assigned to the (Green) button in [Green Button] of the

[ARec. Mode 4] menu (p.179), 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.106) elapses.