Operation Manual

Adjusting Exposure and Color Settings 5-2
Adjusting Exposure
Your camera normally adjusts exposure automatically.
However, you may want to increase the exposure setting
to lighten your picture or if you’re taking a picture of an
object against a bright background (where your subject may
be underexposed), such as sand or snow on a sunny day.
Similarly, you may want to decrease exposure to darken
the picture, or if you’re taking a picture against a dark
background (where your subject may be overexposed).
With the PhotoPC 3100Z, you can select automatic
exposure settings, or you can fine-tune the exposure
manually by setting the shutter speed and aperture setting.
Changing the Automatic Exposure Value
The Exposure Value (EV) is a combination of aperture,
shutter speed, and flash settings that adjust the camera’s
automatic exposure to lighten or darken the image.
NOTE
The flash is not affected by the exposure value setting when it is
set to forced flash or flash off, or when you’re using an
optional external flash.
To change the automatic exposure value:
1
Make sure that the camera is set to Program or Manual
user mode. (See page 1-10 for details.)
2
Turn the camera dial to or .
If you are taking pictures using the viewfinder (with the
camera dial set to ), press the
MENU
button to see
the Viewfinder menu.
If you are taking pictures with the LCD screen, you see
the View menu with a preview of your image.
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