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Controlling Exposure
April 29, 2004 7-19
Exposure Compensation Use Exposure Compensation to modify exposure control (for example,
from the ISO standard). This is useful when you are intentionally achieving
under- or overexposure. Use Center-Weighed or Spot Metering with
Exposure Compensation. You can use any exposure mode.
You can check the compensation value by pressing .
NOTE: Do not confuse Exposure Compensation with Digital Exposure
Correction, which is used to correct errors in exposure (see
page 6-15).
1. Press and hold and rotate the Main-Command dial until the
desired compensation value appears (-3 EV to +3 EV in 1/2 steps).
Normally you should compensate exposure to the + side when the
background is brighter than the main subject, or to the - side when
the background is darker.
When Exposure Compensation is set, appears in the Top Status
LCD and in the viewfinder. The electronic analog exposure display
indicates the compensation value and 0 blinks.
See page 10-12 for Flash Exposure Compensation, where only the
flash output level is compensated.
2. Compose the picture, focus, and capture the image.
Cancelling Exposure
Compensation
• Press and hold and rotate the Main-Command dial to reset the
compensation value to 0.0. Alternatively, you can perform Two-Button
Reset (see page 5-23).
NOTE: Exposure Compensation is not cancelled when you turn off the
camera.
Electronic analog exposure display
-0.5 EV compensation
+2 EV compensation