Using Exposure Compensation To Adjust Brightness; Using The Histogram To View Picture Brightness - Kodak EASYSHARE Z81612 Extended User Manual

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Using exposure compensation to adjust brightness

In P and Panorama modes, you can adjust exposure compensation before you take a
picture to make your pictures darker or lighter. Only the first picture in Panorama
mode can be adjusted—that adjustment is applied to the remaining pictures.
1 Press
to decrease exposure compensation.
2 Press
to increase exposure compensation.
An exposure compensation level is shown on the LCD and the image gets darker or lighter.
3 Take the picture when you are satisfied with the exposure compensation level.
Using exposure compensation with exposure bracketing
In PASM modes, you can use exposure compensation in conjunction with exposure
bracketing to get the best exposure.
If the exposure
compensation is
set to:
0.0
+1.0
–1.0

Using the histogram to view picture brightness

Use the histogram to evaluate the distribution of light before or after you take a
picture. Optimal exposure is achieved when the peak is in the middle of the
histogram. The flash may affect a picture's light and shadow. To turn on the histogram
in Capture mode or in Review, press the Info
Dark picture
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And if the exposure bracketing
interval is set to 0.3 steps:
Set the Exposure bracketing in the Setup menu.
Balanced picture
Doing more with your camera
button until the histogram appears.
Bright picture
Then the
exposures
taken are:
–0.3, 0.0, +0.3
+0.7, +1.0, +1.3
–1.3, –1.0, –0.7
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