Reference Manual

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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.
• When the shooting mode is Smart portrait
scene mode, the glamour retouch screen is
displayed instead of the exposure
compensation screen (A45).
C Exposure Compensation Value
• Exposure compensation cannot be used in the following scene modes:
- Time-lapse movie (during Night sky (150 minutes) or Star trails (150 minutes))
- Fireworks show
- Multiple exp. Lighten
• 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 the exposure compensation value shifts the tone distribution to the right, and
decreasing it shifts the tone distribution to the left.
Exposure Compensation (Adjusting
Brightness)
OK
Exposure compensation
Histogram
Slider