Reference Manual (complete instructions)

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Shooting Features
Exposure Compensation (Adjusting Brightness)
When the shooting mode is set to A (auto) mode, scene mode, creative mode, or
short movie show mode, you can adjust the brightness (exposure compensation).
1 Press the multi selector K (o).
2 Select a compensation value and press
the k button.
• To brighten the image, set a positive (+) value.
• To darken the image, set a negative (–) value.
• The compensation value is applied, even without
pressing the k button.
C Exposure Compensation Value
• When the shooting mode is Fireworks show, Night sky and Star trails in Time-lapse
movie, or Multiple exp. Lighten in scene mode, exposure compensation cannot be
used.
• When the shooting mode is short movie show mode, the setting applied will remain
saved in the camera's memory even after the camera is turned off.
• When the exposure compensation is set while using a flash, the compensation is applied
to both the background exposure and the flash output.
C Using the Histogram
A histogram is a graph showing the distribution of tones in the image. Use as a guide when
using exposure compensation and shooting without the flash.
• The horizontal axis corresponds to pixel brightness, with dark tones to the left and bright
tones to the right. The vertical axis shows the number of pixels.
• Increasing exposure compensation value shifts tone distribution to the right, and
decreasing it shifts tone distribution to the left.
Exposure Compensation (Adjusting
Brightness)
+2.0
-0.3
-2.0
Exposure compensation
Histogram
Slider