Nikon COOLPIX P510 User Manual - Page 93

Shooting Features Features That Can Be Set Using the Multi Selector C Exposure Compensation Value • The changed 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 the Fireworks show scene mode (A50) or m (Manual) (A59), the exposure compensation cannot be used. 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 exposure compensation shifts tone distribution to the right, and decreasing it shifts tone distribution to the left. List of the Default Settings The default settings in each shooting mode are described below. • Similar information about scene mode can be found on the next page. Shooting mode A (auto) (A40) u (special effects) (A55) j, k, l, m (A57) M (User settings) (A63) Flash mode1 (A66) Self-timer (A69) U OFF W3 OFF U OFF U OFF Focus mode (A72) Exposure compensation (A74) A2 0.0 A 0.0 A 0.0 A 0.0 1 When the flash is lowered, the flash mode is fixed at W (off). 2 A (autofocus), p (macro close-up) or B (infinity) can be selected. 3 The flash is fixed at W (off) when in High ISO monochrome or Silhouette. • The setting applied in shooting modes j, k, l or m is saved in the camera's memory even after the camera is turned off (except for self-timer). C Features That Cannot Be Used Simultaneously This feature may not be used in combination with certain features (A80). 75