Nikon COOLPIX S610 User Manual page 46

Exposure compensation is used to alter exposure from the value suggested
by
the
camera to make pictures brighter or darker.
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Press
~
(exposure compensation).
The exposure compensation gUide is displayed.
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The setting is applied.
The value
IS
displayed with the ~ icon in the monitm.
Use the rotary multi selector to adjust
exposure and press the
®
button.
• When the subject is too dark: adjust the exposure
cmnpensation to
"+"
side.
• When the subject is too bright: adjust the exposure
compensation to "-" side.
• Exposure compensation can be set to values between
-2.0 and +2.0 EV.
• If
a
setting is not applied by pressing the
®
button within
a
few seconds, the
selection will be cancelled
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Exposure Compensation Value
The exposure compensation value applied in
10
(auto) mode is stored in the camera's memory even
after the camera is turned off, and reapplied the next time
10
(auto) mode is selected.
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Using Exposure Compensation
!he camerd tends to lower exposure when the frame is dominated by brightly lit objects and to
increase exposure when the frame is mostly dark. Positive compensation may therefore be required
to capture
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fill
the frclmt' (for eXclll1p!e, ,:>ulllit t'XrX111<,es
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be called for when large areas of the frame colltain wry dark objects (fol
example,
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swath of dark green leaves) or when the background is rnuch darker thelll the lIiain
suhject