Panasonic DMC-LC40PP Operating Instructions Manual page 48

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the Exposure
In some situations the illumination of the
background and your subject may differ. Auto
exposure systems may not always calculate
the proper exposure correctly. This is a
normal situation. This feature allows you to
manually compensate the exposure.
3
1,2
2
[Preparation]
• Set the operational mode dial and REC mode
dial. (P25)
Press the [[_1 _ ] button to select
[1"_1EXPOSURE].
2
Press ,</1_ to compensate the
exposure.
You can compensate from -2 EV to +2 EV
with 0.25 EV step,
(EV is an abbreviationof Exposure Value,
and itis the amount of light given to the CCD
by the aperture value and the shutterspeed.
EV0: the exposure capacity with the
aperture value F1.0 and the shutter speed 1
second
When the aperture value or shutter speed
rises, EV1, EV2, EV3... rise too.)
• The compensation state is not reflected on
the LCD monitor.
3 Press the [REVIEW/SE'rJ button.
• The compensationwindow will close.
4 Take a picture.
• The recording method is the same as in
"Taking Pictures (AUTO Mode)". (P29)
• When the shutter speed is faster than 1/500, the range of aperture value which is possible
to compensate exposure will be limited. ((_))
• When recording in AUTO [r'A'l], portrait [rl], landscape [_], sports [_;_] or motion
image [_]] mode, it is not possible to compensate exposure.
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