About Exposure Compensation - Pentax 645NII Operating Manual

About Exposure Compensation

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Purpose
The exposure compensation allows you to deliberately
overexpose (brighten) or underexpose (darken) a subject,
or to compensate for difficult lighting conditions which
may fool the camera's built-in exposure meter.
To set
1. Turn the exposure compensation dial to the
desired compensation value.
2. The exposure compensation dial locks at the a position. To
set the exposure compensation dial to a position other than
the a position, turn the exposure compensation dial while
holding down the exposure compensation dial while holding
down the exposure compensation dial release button.
3. The bar graph indicates the compensation value
and w appear in the viewfinder.
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• Exposure compensation does not work in the Bulb
Exposure Mode.
• The exposure compensation range is -3 1/3EV to +3 1/
3EV in 0.3EV step.
• The exposure compensation step can be selected from
0.3EV step to 0.5EV step with Pentax Function No.5.
See page 79 for more details
• When the 0.5EV step is selected, two bars above the
bar graph indicate a 0.5EV step.
• When exposure compensation is used in the Metered
Manual mode, the bar above the bar graph indicates
under or overexposure, it is not indicating the exposure
compensation value. w is displayed.