Image Brightness (Exposure Compensation); Adjusting Image Brightness (Exposure Compensation); Locking Image Brightness/Exposure (Ae Lock) - Canon POWERSHOT SX160 IS User Manual

The standard exposure set by the camera can be adjusted in 1/3-stop
increments, in a range of-2 to +2.
Press the <P_> button. As you watch the
screen, press the <4 ><_ > buttons or turn
the <!' _;:>dial to adjust brightness, and then
press the <14_> button again when finished.
The correction level you specified is now
displayed.
Before shooting, you can lock the exposure, or you can specify focus and
exposure separately.
:_ Lock the exposure.
Aim the camera at the subject to shoot with
the exposure locked. With the shutter button
pressed halfway, press the <r+_> button.
[_] is displayed, and the exposure is locked.
To unlock AE, release the shutter button
and press the <r_> button again. In this
case, [,,_] is no longer displayed.
Compose the shot and shoot.
After one shot, AE is unlocked and [=X=] is
no longer displayed.
_;_ AE: Auto Exposure
After the exposure is locked, you can adjust the combination of shutter
speed and aperture value by turn ng the < 7:>dial (Program Shift).
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