Setting Exposure Compensation; Exposure Compensation With The < > Dial - Canon EOS-1Ds Instruction Manual

Setting Exposure Compensation

The exposure compensation amount you set will be effective until it is canceled manually. To
cancel the exposure compensation amount, turn the <
amount to 0, according to procedure
Exposure compensation is used to alter the camera's standard exposure setting. To set the
exposure compensation amount, you can either turn the <
viewfinder or press the <
The exposure compensation amount can be set up to +/–3 stops in 1/3-stop increments.
Exposure Compensation with the <
Increased exposure
Decreased exposure
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> button and turn the <
Set the <
1
Focus the subject and check the expo-
2
sure level.
Turn the <
3
exposure compensation amount.
s The exposure compensation icon <
exposure level indicator < > will be displayed in the
viewfinder, while the exposure level indicator < >
will be displayed on the LCD panel.
•
Turn the <
halfway or within (
button.
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On the viewfinder's exposure level scale, any
position above the standard exposure index
indicates increased exposure and any position
below it indicates decreased exposure. On the LCD
panel, any position on the + side indicates in-
creased exposure and any position on the – side
indicates decreased exposure.
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To cancel exposure compensation, set the amount
to the standard exposure index (<
> to set the exposure compensation
> dial while looking through the
> dial while looking at the LCD panel.
> Dial
> switch to <
Exposure level indicator
Standard
exposure
index
> dial to set the desired
> dial while pressing the shutter button
) after releasing the shutter
>.
> and the
> or < >).