Exposure Compensation - Olympus E-420 Instruction Manual

Exposure compensation

In some situations, you may get better results if you manually compensate (adjust) the
exposure value set automatically by the camera. In many cases, bright subjects (such as snow)
will turn out darker than their natural colors. Adjusting toward + makes these subjects closer to
their real shades. For the same reason, adjust toward – when shooting dark subjects. The
exposure can be adjusted in a range of ±5.0 EV.
–2.0 EV
Direct button
• The EV step interval is 1/3 EV.
Exposure compensation value
Viewfinder
• The exposure compensation indicator is displayed. The
exposure compensation indicator will not be displayed
when the exposure is compensated by 0.
• If the exposure compensation value exceeds the scale of
the exposure compensation indicator, a red vw is
displayed on the left and right edges of the indicator.
TIPS
To adjust the exposure compensation using only the control dial:
j You can set the exposure compensation value without pressing F button.
g"DIAL FUNCTION" (P. 88)
x
Notes
• Exposure compensation is not available in M and g modes.
±0
F + j
Adjust toward –
1/3 EV
+2.0 EV
j
F button
Adjust toward +
Exposure compensation indicator
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OFF
arge
Normal
4
+2.0
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