Spot Light-Metering - Sony Cyber-shot DSC-F77 Operating Instructions Manual

c Select
(EV) with b/B.
The value of the exposure adjustment
is displayed.
0EV
EV WB
d Select the exposure
adjustment value.
Select the exposure adjustment value
v/V
with .
Make your adjustment while
confirming the brightness of the
background of the subject on the LCD
screen.
To return to auto adjust mode
Return the exposure adjustment value to
0EV.
• When the subject is extremely bright or
extremely dark, or when you are using the
flash, the adjustment may not work.
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Shooting techniques
In normal shooting, the camera makes
automatic exposure adjustments. Check the
image to be shot, if it looks like the image
below, you should make manual adjustments.
If you are shooting a back-lit person or a
0EV
snowy scene, make your adjustments in the +
plus direction; if you are shooting a dark
subject that fills the screen, making your
ISO
adjustments in the – direction should give the
best results.
t Adjust in the + direction
Overexposed t Adjust in
Underexposured
Appropriate exposure
the – direction

Spot light-metering

MODE dial: P/SCN/
Spot light-metering lets you adjust the
exposure to the subject even when the
subject is backlit or there is strong contrast
between the subject and the background.
You can aim at a particular point, and meter
the light to adjust the exposure for that
point.
Control button
Shutter button
MENU
a Set the MODE dial to
SCN, or .
b Press MENU.
The menu appears.
MODE dial
P,