Exposure Compensation
Cancelling Exposure
Compensation
April 29, 2004
Use Exposure Compensation to modify exposure control (for example,
from the ISO standard). This is useful when you are intentionally achieving
under- or overexposure. Use Center-Weighed or Spot Metering with
Exposure Compensation. You can use any exposure mode.
You can check the compensation value by pressing
NOTE: Do not confuse Exposure Compensation with Digital Exposure
Correction, which is used to correct errors in exposure (see
page
6-15).
1. Press and hold
desired compensation value appears (-3 EV to +3 EV in 1/2 steps).
Normally you should compensate exposure to the + side when the
background is brighter than the main subject, or to the - side when
the background is darker.
When Exposure Compensation is set,
LCD and in the viewfinder. The electronic analog exposure display
indicates the compensation value and 0 blinks.
Electronic analog exposure display
-0.5 EV compensation
See
page 10-12
for Flash Exposure Compensation, where only the
flash output level is compensated.
2. Compose the picture, focus, and capture the image.
• Press and hold
compensation value to 0.0. Alternatively, you can perform Two-Button
Reset (see
page
5-23).
NOTE: Exposure Compensation is not cancelled when you turn off the
camera.
Controlling Exposure
and rotate the Main-Command dial until the
+2 EV compensation
and rotate the Main-Command dial to reset the
.
appears in the Top Status
7-19