Exposure Compensation
Exposure compensation
is
used
to
alter exposure from the value suggested by the
camera
to
make pictures brighter or darker.
1
Press
IB
(exposure
compensation).
• The exposure compensation guide
is
displayed.
• Exposure compensation
is
not
available
in
mode M
(manual).
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2
Use
the
rotary
multi
selector
to
adjust
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exposure
.
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2 • When the picture
is
too
dark: adjust the exposure
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compensation
to
1f+1f
side.
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• When the picture
is
too
bright: adjust the exposure
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compensation
to
If_If
side.
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• Exposure compensation
can
be
set
to
values between
nI
& -2.0 and +2.0
EV.
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• If a setting
is
not
applied by pressing ® within a few seconds, the selection will be
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cancelled.
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3
The
setting
is
applied.
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• The
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icon
is
displayed in the monitor.
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Exposure Compensation Value
When the shooting
mode
is
P,
S or
R,
the exposure compensation setting will be stored even
if
the camera
is
turned off.
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Using Exposure Compensation
The camera tends
to
lower exposure when the frame
is
dominated by brightly lit objects and
to
increase exposure when the frame
is
mostly dark.
Positive
compensation may therefore be required
to
capture the brilliancy
of
very bright objects that fill the frame (for example, sunlit expanses
of
water,
sand,
or snow) or when the background
is
much brighter than the main subject. Negative
compensation may be called for when large
areas
of
the frame contain very dark objects (for
example, a swath
of
dark green
leaves)
or when the background
is
much darker than the main
subject.