Compensating The Exposure - Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF6 Owner's Manual

Recording

Compensating the Exposure

Applicable modes:
Use this function when you cannot achieve appropriate exposure due to the difference in
brightness between the subject and the background. Look at the following examples.
1
Press 3 (È) to switch to Exposure
Compensation operation.
2
Rotate the control dial to compensate the
exposure.
A Exposure Compensation value
B [Expo.Meter]
Underexposed
Compensate the exposure
towards positive.
•
Select [0] to return to the original exposure.
•
Rotate the control dial to display the [Expo.Meter].
•
To compensate the exposure using the function lever, set [Function Lever]
[Custom] menu to [EXP.].
•
The set exposure value is memorized even if the camera is turned off.
•
When numerical values for aperture and shutter speed are displayed in Program AE Mode,
each press of the cursor button 3 switches between Program Shift and Exposure
Compensation.
In Aperture-Priority AE Mode, each press of the cursor button 3 switches between Aperture
•
Setting (P89) and Exposure Compensation.
In Shutter-Priority AE Mode, each press of the cursor button 3 switches between Shutter
•
Speed Setting (P90)
Not available in these cases:
•
The compensation range of the exposure will be limited depending on the brightness of the
subject.
and Exposure Compensation.
Properly
exposed
(P87)
138
SS SS
250 125 60 30
F
4.0 5.6
-3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 3
16
3.5 60
0
A
B
Overexposed
Compensate the exposure
towards negative.
(P19) in the
15
8.0
98 98 98