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Setting Exposure Compensation
Exposure compensation is used to alter the camera’s standard exposure
setting. To set the exposure compensation amount, you can either turn the
<> dial while looking through the viewfinder or press the < > button
and turn the < > dial while looking at the LCD panel. The exposure
compensation amount can be set up to ±3 stops in 1/3-stop increments.
Exposure Compensation with the < > Dial
1
Set the < > switch to < >.
2
Focus the subject and check the
exposure level.
Overexposure.
Underexposure.
4
Take the picture.
3
Turn the < > dial to set the
desired exposure compensation
amount.
The exposure compensation icon ( )
and the exposure level indicator ( )
will be displayed in the viewfinder, while
the exposure level indicator ( ) will
be displayed on the LCD panel.
•
Turn the < > dial while pressing the
shutter button halfway or within ( )
after releasing the shutter button.
•
On the viewfinder’s exposure level
scale, any position above the correct
exposure index indicates overexposure
and any position below it indicates
underexposure. On the LCD panel, any
position on the + side indicates
overexposure and any position on the –
side indicates underexposure.
•
To cancel exposure compensation, set
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