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A Variety of Shooting Techniques/Playback
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Changing the Exposure (EXPOSURE COMP.)The exposure setting allows you to select b rightness levels for your shots.
Normally, if your subject is centered, backlight compensation is automa tically
activated, and you can shoot with corr ect exposure.
However, in the following cases, or when you intentionally want to chang e the
exposure, you can change the exposure setting. Exposur e can be specified in
the range from -2.0 to +2.0. Settin g the level higher (+) makes pictures
brighter and lower (-) ma kes pictures darker.
For Backlighting
When the background is particularly bright, th e subject will be dark (under-
exposure). In this case, set the expo sure level higher (+).
When your subject is whitish
It will turn out entirely dark (underexposure). Set the e xposure level higher (+).
When your subject is darkish
It will turn out entirely bright (overexposur e). Set the exposure level lower (-).
The same happens when you take photos of people in a spotlight.
1.
Make sure the camera power is on and turn the mode dial to
5, P or A.
2.
Press the ADJ. dial.
3.
Press the #$ buttons until the
Exposure menu appears.
4.
Press the !" buttons and specify
a value.
5.
Press the M/O button.
The setting of exposure comp ensation is completed and the LCD monitor
displays the set values.
Note
• This function cannot be used in Manual Exposure mode.
• When shooting in particularly bright places, you may fail in preventing overexposure. In that
case, the [!AE] symbol will be displayed.
To change the setting, use either the Shooting Setting menu or the ADJ. dial.
This section explains easy ways with the ADJ. dial.
When using the Shooting Setting menu, see "Using the Shooting Setting Menu" ( P.68).