Exposure Compensation (Adjusting Brightness) - Nikon VQA060AA Reference Manual

Exposure Compensation (Adjusting
Brightness)
You can adjust overall image brightness.
1
Press the multi selector K (o).
2
Select a compensation value and press
the k button.
To brighten the image, set a positive (+) value.
To darken the image, set a negative (–) value.
The compensation value is applied, even without
pressing the k button.
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Exposure Compensation Value
If the setting is applied in j, k, or l mode, it will remain saved in the camera's memory
even after the camera is turned off.
Exposure compensation cannot be used in the following shooting modes:
- When scene mode (A33) is set to Fireworks show, Multiple exp. Lighten, or Night
sky (150 minutes) or Star trails (150 minutes) in Time-lapse movie
- m (manual) mode (A46)
- Manual in u (Movie manual) mode
When the exposure compensation is set while using the built-in flash, the compensation
is applied to both the background exposure and the flash output.
Exposure compensation can also be set with the control ring (A174).
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Using the Histogram
A histogram is a graph showing the distribution of tones in the image. Use as a guide when
using exposure compensation and shooting without the flash.
The horizontal axis corresponds to pixel brightness, with dark tones to the left and bright
tones to the right. The vertical axis shows the number of pixels.
Increasing exposure compensation value shifts tone distribution to the right, and
decreasing it shifts tone distribution to the left.
Shooting Features

Exposure Compensation (Adjusting Brightness)

Histogram
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Guide
Exposure compensation