About Exposure Compensation.64 - Pentax ZX-5 Operating Manual

(5) ABOUT EXPOSURE COMPENSATION
Purpose
The exposure compensation allows you to deliberately
overexposure (brighten) or underexposure(darken) a
subject, or compensate for difficult lighting conditions
which may fool the camera's built-in exposure meter.
How to set
1 While holding down the exposure compensation dial
lock button, turn the exposure compensation dial to
the desired compensation value.
• Exposure compensation does not work in the Bulb
Exposure Mode.
• The exposure compensation range is -3EV to ^ 3EV in
0.5EV stops,
• Moving one dot on the bar graph indicates 0.5EV step.
• When exposure compensation is used in the Metered
Manual Mode, the dots on the bar graph indicates
under or overexposure, it is not indicating the expo¬
sure compensation value.
2. To set the exposure compensation dial to a position
other than the [ 0 ] position, turn the exposure com¬
pensation dial while holding down the exposure com¬
pensation dial lock button.
3. The bar graph which indicates the compensation
value and [B] appear in the viewfinder.