Sony DSC P9 Operating Instructions - Page 54

Spot light-metering, Select the exposure, adjustment value., To return to auto adjust mode, Mode dial

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d Select the exposure adjustment value. Select the exposure adjustment value using v/V. Make your adjustment while confirming the brightness of the background of the subject on the LCD screen. To return to auto adjust mode Return the exposure adjustment value to 0EV. • When the subject is extremely bright or extremely dark, or when you are using the flash, the adjustment may not work. Shooting techniques In normal shooting, the camera makes automatic exposure adjustments. Check the image to be shot, if it looks like the image below, you should make manual adjustments. If you are shooting a back-lit person or a snowy scene, make your adjustments in the + plus direction; if you are shooting a dark subject that fills the screen, making your adjustments in the - direction should give the best results. Inadequate exposure t Adjust in the + direction Spot light-metering Mode dial: /SCN/ When there is backlight, or the background of the subject provides a very high contrast, you can adjust the focus to that most appropriate for your subject. You can aim at a particular point, and meter the light to adjust the focus for that point. Control button MENU Mode dial Shutter button Appropriate exposure a Set the mode dial to or . b Press MENU. The menu appears. , SCN, Overexposed t Adjust in the - direction 54

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d
Select the exposure
adjustment value.
Select the exposure adjustment value
using
v
/
V
.
Make your adjustment while
confirming the brightness of the
background of the subject on the LCD
screen.
To return to auto adjust mode
Return the exposure adjustment value to
0EV.
•
When the subject is extremely bright or
extremely dark, or when you are using the
flash, the adjustment may not work.
Spot light-metering
Mode dial:
/SCN/
When there is backlight, or the background
of the subject provides a very high contrast,
you can adjust the focus to that most
appropriate for your subject. You can aim at
a particular point, and meter the light to
adjust the focus for that point.
a
Set the mode dial to
, SCN,
or
.
b
Press MENU.
The menu appears.
Shooting techniques
In normal shooting, the camera makes
automatic exposure adjustments. Check the
image to be shot, if it looks like the image
below, you should make manual adjustments.
If you are shooting a back-lit person or a
snowy scene, make your adjustments in the +
plus direction; if you are shooting a dark
subject that fills the screen, making your
adjustments in the – direction should give the
best results.
Inadequate exposure
t
Adjust in the + direction
Appropriate exposure
Overexposed
t
Adjust in
the – direction
Shutter button
Mode dial
MENU
Control button