Nikon COOLPIX P510 User Manual - Page 57

Adjusting Brightness (Exposure Compensation) Basic Photography and Playback: A (Auto) Mode By adjusting exposure compensation when taking pictures, overall image brightness can be adjusted to make images brighter or darker. 1 Press o (exposure compensation) on the multi selector. • The exposure compensation guide and histogram are displayed. 2 Press the multi selector H or I to select a Exposure compensation guide compensation value. • To make the image brighter, apply positive (+) exposure compensation. • To make the image darker, apply negative (-) exposure compensation. +0.3 Histogram Exposure compensation value 3 Press the k button to set the compensation value. • If the k button is not pressed within a few seconds, the selection is set and the setting menu disappears. • When an exposure compensation value other than 0.0 +0.3 is applied, the value is displayed with the H indicator on 32 the monitor. 4 Press the shutter-release button to take a picture. • To cancel the exposure compensation setting, return to step 1 and change the value C to 0.0. Exposure Compensation Value • The exposure compensation value applied in j, k or l mode is saved in the camera's memory even after the camera is turned off. • When the shooting mode is m (manual) mode (A74) or the scene mode is Fireworks show (A57), the exposure compensation cannot be used. D 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 exposure compensation shifts tone distribution to the right, and decreasing it shifts tone distribution to the left. 43