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Image Brightness, Exposure Compensation

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Image Brightness (Exposure Compensation) Still Images Adjusting Image Brightness (Exposure Compensation) The standard exposure set by the camera can be adjusted in 1/3-stop increments, in a range of -2 to +2. Press the m button and choose # in the menu. As you watch the screen, press the op buttons to adjust brightness, then press the m button (p. 41). X The correction level you specified is now displayed. Still Images Movies Locking Image Brightness/Exposure (AE Lock) Before shooting, you can lock the exposure, or you can specify focus and exposure separately. Set the flash to ! (p. 65). Lock the exposure. Aim the camera at the subject to shoot with the exposure locked. With the shutter button pressed halfway, press the r button. X & is displayed, and the exposure is locked. To unlock AE, release the shutter button and press the r button again. In this case, & is no longer displayed. Compose the shot and shoot. • AE: Auto Exposure 101

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The standard exposure set by the camera can be adjusted in 1/3-stop
increments, in a range of –2 to +2.
z
Press the
m
button and choose
#
in the
menu. As you watch the screen, press the
op
buttons to adjust brightness, then press
the
m
button (p. 41).
X
The correction level you specified is now
displayed.
Before shooting, you can lock the exposure, or you can specify focus and
exposure separately.
Set the flash to
!
(p. 65).
Lock the exposure.
z
Aim the camera at the subject to shoot with
the exposure locked. With the shutter button
pressed halfway, press the
r
button.
X
&
is displayed, and the exposure is locked.
z
To unlock AE, release the shutter button and
press the
r
button again. In this case,
&
is
no longer displayed.
Compose the shot and shoot.
Image Brightness
(Exposure Compensation)
Adjusting Image Brightness
(Exposure Compensation)
Still Images
Locking Image Brightness/Exposure (AE Lock)
Still Images
Movies
•
AE: Auto Exposure