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Exposure compensation — Varying the image brightness
F
In some situations, you may get better results if you manually compensate
(adjust) the exposure value set automatically by the camera. In many cases,
bright subjects (such as snow) will turn out darker than their natural colors.
Adjusting toward + makes these subjects closer to their real shades. For the
same reason, adjust toward - when shooting dark subjects. The exposure can
be adjusted in range of ±5.0 EV.
-2.0EV
1
+2.0EV
±0
While holding down the F (exposure
compensation) button, rotate the
control dial
to set compensation
value.
Adjust toward +
Control dial
6
F button
Viewfinder
Exposure
compensation
value
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Exposure, image and color
• Adjust toward +: up to +5.0 EV
Adjust toward –: up to –5.0 EV
• The EV step interval can be selected from
1/3EV, 1/2EV or 1EV. g "EV step" (P.
123)
• You can the change control dial's
functionality so that exposure
compensation can be set using the
control dial only without pressing the F
button. g "Customizing the control
dial’s function" (P. 127)
Adjust toward -