Olympus E-1 E-1 Reference Manual (English) - Page 65

Preview function, Exposure compensation, While holding down the mode dial lock, set the mode dial

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Preview function When you press the preview button, the viewfinder shows the actual depth of field (the distance from the nearest to the furthest point of perceived "sharp" focus) in a picture, with the selected aperture value. Note ● The metering values cannot be changed in the preview mode. Preview button Exposure compensation In some situations, you may get better results if you manually compensate (adjust) the exposure value set automatically by the camera. In many cases, bright subjects (such as snow) will turn out darker than their natural colors. Adjusting toward + makes these subjects closer to their real shades. For the same reason, adjust toward - when shooting dark subjects. The exposure can be adjusted in range of ±5.0 EV. Center 5 weighted averaging metering ( ) or spot metering ( ) is recommended for exposure compensation. The EV step interval can be selected from 1/3EV, 1/2EV or 1EV. ~ "EV STEP" (P. 125) -2.0 EV ؓ0 1 While holding down the mode dial lock, set the mode dial to P, A or S. +2.0 EV Mode dial Sub dial Exposure button Main dial 65

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65
Exposure
5
Preview function
Preview button
Note
●
The metering values cannot be changed in the
preview mode.
When you press the preview button, the
viewfinder shows the actual depth of field (the
distance from the nearest to the furthest point
of perceived
“
sharp
”
focus) in a picture, with the
selected aperture value.
Exposure compensation
In some situations, you may get better results if you manually compensate (adjust) the
exposure value set automatically by the camera. In many cases, bright subjects (such
as snow) will turn out darker than their natural colors. Adjusting toward + makes these
subjects closer to their real shades. For the same reason, adjust toward
–
when
shooting dark subjects. The exposure can be adjusted in range of ±5.0 EV. Center
weighted averaging metering (
) or spot metering (
) is recommended for
exposure compensation. The EV step interval can be selected from 1/3EV, 1/2EV or
1EV.
~
“
EV STEP
”
(P. 125)
±
0
–
2.0 EV
+2.0 EV
1
While holding down the mode dial lock,
set the mode dial to
P
,
A
or
S
.
Sub dial
Mode dial
button
Main dial