User's Guide

Sometimes the camera’s exposure meter is deceived by certain con-

ditions.Exposure compensation can compensate for these situations.

For example, a very bright scene, such as a snowy landscape or a

white sandy beach, can appear too dark in the captured image.

Before taking the picture, adjusting the exposure by +1 or +2 EV will

result in an image with normal tonal values.

In this example, the dark scene appears bright and washed-out on

the LCD monitor. By decreasing the exposure by –1.5 EV, the rich-

ness of the sunset is preserved.

Flash compensation changes the ratio between the ambient and flash

exposures. For example, when using the fill-flash to reduce harsh shadows on the subject caused by

bright illumination or direct sunlight, flash compensation can change the ratio between the highlights

and shadows. The fill-flash will affect the darkness of the shadows without affecting the area illumi-

nated by the main light source. By decreasing the flash output with a negative Ev setting, the shad-

ows will receive less light and be deeper, but will bring out shadow details that would be lost without

the flash. Increasing the flash output by using a positive Ev setting will soften and can even nearly

eliminate shadows.

SHORT GUIDE TO PHOTOGRAPHY

Positive compensation

No compensation

Negative compensation

Using exposure and flash compensation