EXPOSURE – EXPOSURE COMPENSATION

11.3.5Exposure Compensation

With Exposure Compensation, you can manually change the exposure values of an Automatic Exposure Mode.

To open the menu for the setting of the exposure compensation, press the button “Exposure compensation” B8 in the functional area “Light metering”.

The exposure compensation is available in all automatic exposure modes.

Fig. 11 / 10 Exposure compensation

Fig. 11 / 11 Menu “ISO / PGM

Fig. 11 / 12 Corrected exposure value with light

 

balance

In the menu “ISO / PGM”, set the exposure compensation using the Rear Control Wheel W2. The exposure can be compensated in

steps of ± 13 EV in the range from –5.0 to +5.0 EV.

The changed exposure value is displayed in EV, and is indicated in the light balance in the hand grip display and the viewfinder display.

When the button “Exposure Compensation” is pressed, the viewfinder display changes.

Before the exposure compensation, the viewfinder display shows an exposure compensation of 0.

After setting the exposure compensation, the changed exposure value is indicated in EV in the light balance in the viewfinder display as long as the button B8 is pressed.

Releasing the button B8 resets the viewfinder display to the standard settings.

Pressing the Release Button B1 to the first pressure point while pressing the button Exposure compensation B8 triggers the automatic adaptation of the exposure values.

The compensated exposure value can only be reset using Exposure Compensation B8 again.

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Sinar Hy6 manual Exposure Exposure Compensation

Hy6 specifications

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