Operating Instructions

Detailed guide / Record mode / 140
Note:
The
AE-MENU button is used to set several kinds
of functions. They scroll through in an endless
loop and can therefore be selected by repeatedly
pressing the button.
3. Select the desired compensation value by press-
ing left or right on the direction pad (1.29).
The digital display and the yellow marking show
your setting.
The symbol
R (2.8) appears in the LCD data
field to indicate that an exposure compensation
is set.
4. To confirm and save your setting, press
the
VIEW/SET button (1.31) or press the
AE-MENU button 4 times.
The corresponding displays in the LCD monitor
disappear, with the display
R appearing instead
to indicate the activated function, along with
the compensation value in the bottom line (3.23).
5. Pictures are taken as described in the section
“Taking pictures in
AUTO mode” (see p. 127).
Taking photographs with the automatic expo-
sure bracketing mode
Many attractive subjects are very rich in contrast,
i. e. they have both very light and very dark areas.
The effect can be quite different, depending on
which sections you base your exposure on. In
such cases, you can use the automatic exposure
bracketing mode to produce several alternatives
with graduated exposure. You can then select the
most appropriate picture for further use.
4 graduations are available: 0.25, 0.5, 0.75 and
1EV, as well as 2 numbers of pictures: 3 or 5.
Exposures are in the following sequence: under
exposure, correct exposure, over exposure; with 5
pictures there are 2 additional exposures with
intermediate values in the corresponding sequence.
An exposure bracketing series is only ever activated
for a single process, i. e. to repeat it, you have to
set it again.
Note:
Exposure series are not possible in
AUTO
exposure mode, with low-compression (y) or
uncompressed (
Y) image data storage (TIFF), or
when using the flash.
Setting the function:
1. Set the record/review selector (1.14) to one of
the record modes and the exposure mode dial
(1.15) to
P, A, T or M.
2. Press the AE-MENU button (1.23) twice.
Note:
The
AE-MENU button is used to set several kinds
of functions. They scroll through in an endless
loop and can therefore be selected by repeatedly
pressing the button.
3. Press right on the direction pad (1.29) to open
the next menu level for this function.
The symbol
r appears in the LCD data field to
indicate that an automatic exposure bracketing
series is set (3.11).