Spot Light-Metering - Sony Cyber-shot DSC-P7 Operating Instructions Manual

d Select the exposure
adjustment value.
Select the exposure adjustment value
v/V
using .
Make your adjustment while
confirming the brightness of the
background of the subject on the LCD
screen.
To return to auto adjust mode
Return the exposure adjustment value to
0EV.
• When the subject is extremely bright or
extremely dark, or when you are using the
flash, the adjustment may not work.
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Shooting techniques
In normal shooting, the camera makes
automatic exposure adjustments. Check the
image to be shot, if it looks like the image
below, you should make manual adjustments.
If you are shooting a back-lit person or a
snowy scene, make your adjustments in the +
plus direction; if you are shooting a dark
subject that fills the screen, making your
adjustments in the – direction should give the
best results.
Inadequate exposure
t Adjust in the + direction
Appropriate exposure
Overexposed t Adjust in
the – direction

Spot light-metering

Mode dial: /SCN/
When there is backlight, or the background
of the subject provides a very high contrast,
you can adjust the focus to that most
appropriate for your subject. You can aim at
a particular point, and meter the light to
adjust the focus for that point.
Control button
MENU
Mode dial
Shutter button
a Set the mode dial to
or .
b Press MENU.
The menu appears.
, SCN,