Canon PowerShot SX280 HS User Guide - Page 83

Image Brightness, Exposure Compensation, Shooting in Program AE [P] Mode

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Still Images Movies Shooting in Program AE ([P] Mode) You can customize many function settings to suit your preferred shooting style. 1 Enter [G] mode. zzSet the mode dial to [G]. 2 Customize the settings as desired (=83 - 95), and then shoot. • If adequate exposure cannot be obtained when you press the shutter button halfway, shutter speeds and aperture values are displayed in orange. In this case, try adjusting the ISO speed (=85) or activating the flash (if subjects are dark, =93), which may enable adequate exposure. • Movies can be recorded in [G] mode as well, by pressing the movie button. However, some and settings may be automatically adjusted for movie recording. • For details on the shooting range in [G] mode, see "Shooting Range" (= 192). Image Brightness (Exposure Compensation) Adjusting Image Brightness (Exposure Compensation) Still Images The standard exposure set by the camera can be adjusted in 1/3-stop increments, in a range of -2 to +2. zzPress the button. As you watch the screen, press the buttons or turn the dial to adjust brightness, and then press the button again when finished. XXThe correction level you specified is now displayed. Cover Preliminary Notes and Legal Information Contents: Basic Operations Basic Guide Advanced Guide 1 Camera Basics 2 Using GPS Function 3 Auto Mode/ Hybrid Auto Mode 4 Other Shooting Modes 5 P Mode 6 Tv, Av, and M Mode 7 Playback Mode 8 Wi-Fi Functions 9 Setting Menu 10 Accessories 11 Appendix Index 83

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Cover
Preliminary Notes
and Legal Information
Contents: Basic
Operations
Advanced Guide
Camera Basics
Using GPS
Function
Auto Mode/
Hybrid Auto Mode
Other Shooting
Modes
Tv, Av, and M
Mode
Playback Mode
Wi-Fi Functions
Setting Menu
Accessories
Appendix
Index
Basic Guide
P Mode
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Image Brightness
(Exposure Compensation)
Still Images
Adjusting Image Brightness
(Exposure Compensation)
The standard exposure set by the camera can be adjusted in 1/3-stop
increments, in a range of –2 to +2.
z
Press the <
o
> button. As you watch the
screen, press the <
q
><
r
> buttons or
turn the <
5
> dial to adjust brightness,
and then press the <
o
> button again
when finished.
X
The correction level you specified is now
displayed.
Still Images
Movies
Shooting in Program AE ([P] Mode)
You can customize many function settings to suit your preferred shooting
style.
1
Enter [
G
] mode.
z
Set the mode dial to [
G
].
2
Customize the settings as
desired (
=
83
95
), and
then shoot.
If adequate exposure cannot be obtained when you press the shutter button
halfway, shutter speeds and aperture values are displayed in orange. In this
case, try adjusting the ISO speed (
=
85
) or activating the flash (if subjects
are dark,
=
93
), which may enable adequate exposure.
Movies can be recorded in [
G
] mode as well, by pressing the movie button.
However, some <
H
> and <
n
> settings may be automatically
adjusted for movie recording.
For details on the shooting range in [
G
] mode, see “Shooting Range”
(
=
192
).
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