Adjusting The Exposure: Exposure Compensation - Nikon Coolpix SQ Owner's Manual

Adjusting the Exposure: Exposure Compensation

Exposure compensation is used to alter exposure from the value suggest-
ed by the camera, making pictures brighter or darker. Exposure can be
adjusted in the range –2.0 to +2.0 EV.
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While pressing the
shooting mode, press the multi se-
lector or to display menu.
Choosing an Exposure Compensation Value
The camera may set the exposure too low if large areas of the frame are very
bright (containing, for example, sunlit expanses of water, sand or snow) or the
background is much brighter than the main subject. If the image in the monitor
is too dark, choose a positive value for the exposure compensation.
Similarly, the camera may set the exposure too high if large areas of the frame
are very dark (containing, for example, an expanse of dark green leaves) or the
background is much darker than the main subject. If the image in the monitor is
too bright, choose a negative value for the exposure compensation.
Exposure Compensation
• To cancel exposure compensation, set a value of 0. In
exposure compensation can also be cancelled by turning the camera off or se-
lecting other modes.
• Exposure compensation is not available in
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Highlight desired exposure com-
pensation value.
button in
• At values other than 0, the
icon and exposure compensation
value are displayed in the monitor.
mode or
mode.
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mode,
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