Pentax 16701 K-x Black K-x Manual - Page 109

107 Adjusting the Exposure This allows you to deliberately overexpose (brighten) or underexpose (darken) your picture. The exposure steps can be selected from 1/3 EV or 1/2 EV in [1. EV Steps] of the [A Custom Setting 1] menu. You can adjust the EV compensation from -3 to +3 (EV). 1 Turn the e-dial while pressing the mc button. mc button The exposure is adjusted. 4 Shooting Functions m is displayed in the status screen and viewfinder during compensation. Av 1/30 400 ISO AUTO -3 2 1 1 2 +3 AF.A F4.5 AWB ISO JPEG 12M [ 37] Compensation value • EV compensation is not available when the mode dial is set to a (Manual). • The EV compensation is not canceled by turning the camera off or by setting any other capture mode. • If [Green Button] is assigned to the | (Green) button in [Green Button] of the [A Rec. Mode 4] menu (p.179), the compensation value is reset to 0.0 when the | button is pressed. • EV compensation can also be changed by pressing the mc button once, taking your finger off the button and turning the e-dial. In this case, EV compensation is set when the mc button is pressed again or the exposure metering timer (p.106) elapses.