Nikon COOLPIX P610 Reference Manual - Page 66

Exposure Compensation (Adjusting Brightness) You can adjust overall image brightness. 1 Press the multi selector K (o). Shooting Features 2 Select a compensation value and press the k button. • To brighten the image, set a positive (+) value. • To darken the image, set a negative (-) value. • The compensation value is applied, even without pressing the k button. Exposure compensation +2.0 Histogram -0.3 -2.0 Guide C Exposure Compensation Value • If the setting is applied in j, k or l mode, it will remain saved in the camera's memory even after the camera is turned off. • When the shooting mode is Fireworks show scene mode (E6) or m (manual) (A32), exposure compensation cannot be used. • When the exposure compensation is set while using a flash, the compensation is applied to both the background exposure and to the flash output. 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 value shifts tone distribution to the right, and decreasing it shifts tone distribution to the left. 44