User manual
Table Of Contents
- Introduction
- Parts of the camera
- Getting started
- Basic operations of shooting and playback
- Shooting features
- Selecting a shooting mode (mode dial)
- Auto mode (standard shooting)
- P, S, A, and M modes
- Shooting with the Bulb setting or Time setting (when in M mode)
- U (user settings) mode
- Creative mode (applying effects when shooting)
- Scene mode (shooting suited to the shooting conditions)
- Setting the flash mode, self-timer, focus mode, and exposure compensation
- Flash mode
- Self-timer
- Smile timer
- Using autofocus
- Using manual focus
- Exposure compensation
- Default settings (flash, self-timer, and focus mode)
- Using the Fn (function) button
- Using the zoom
- Functions that cannot be used simultaneously when shooting
- Playback features
- Movies
- Using the menu
- Menu operations
- Menu lists
- The shooting menu (common across shooting modes)
- The shooting menu (P, S, A, M, or U mode)
- The Movie manual mode menu
- The movie menu
- The playback menu
- The network menu
- The setup menu
- Time zone and date
- Slot empty release lock
- Monitor settings
- EVF auto toggle
- Date stamp
- Self-timer: after release
- Vibration reduction
- AF assist
- Digital zoom
- Assign side zoom control
- Snap-back zoom
- Assign side dial
- AE/AF lock button
- Sound settings
- Auto off
- Format card
- Language
- HDMI
- Charge by computer
- Image comment
- Copyright information
- Location data
- Toggle Av/Tv selection
- Reset file numbering
- Peaking
- Reset all
- Conformity marking
- Firmware version
- Connecting the camera to a TV or computer
- Accessories
- If there is a problem
- Technical notes
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Shooting features
Exposure compensation
Exposure compensation
Y
ou can adjust overall image brightness.
1
Press the multi selector
( ).
2
S
elect a compensation value and press the
button.
•
T
o brighten the image, set a positive (+) value.
•
To darken the image, set a negative (–) value.
•
The compensation value is applied, even without pressing the
button.
The exposure compensation setting
•
I
f the setting is applied in
, , or mode, it will remain saved in the camera’s memory
e
ven after the camera is turned o.
•
Exposure compensation cannot be used in the following shooting modes:
-
When scene mode is set to [Fireworks show], [Multiple exp. Lighten], or [Night sky
(150 minutes)] or [Star trails (150 minutes)] in [Time-lapse movie]
-
(manual) mode
-
[M
anual] in
(Movie manual) mode
•
When the exposur
e compensation is set while using the built-in ash, the compensation
is applied to both the background exposure and the ash output.
•
You can also set the exposure compensation by using the side dial.
Assign side dial (page 236)