Nikon COOLPIX W300 Reference Manual complete instructions - English - Page 73

Exposure Compensation (Adjusting Brightness) You can adjust overall image brightness. 1 Press the multi selector K (o). 2 Select a compensation value and press Exposure compensation the k button. +2.0 • To brighten the image, set a positive (+) value. • To darken the image, set a negative (-) value. +0.3 • The compensation value is applied, even without pressing the k button. -2.0 • When the shooting mode is smart portrait mode, the glamour retouch screen is displayed instead of the exposure compensation screen (A42). Histogram • When the shooting mode is A (auto) mode, the creative slider is displayed instead of the exposure compensation screen (A47). C Exposure Compensation Value • Exposure compensation cannot be used in the following scene modes: - Night sky (150 minutes) or Star trails (150 minutes) in Time-lapse movie - Fireworks show - Multiple exp. Lighten • When the exposure compensation is set while using the flash, the compensation is applied to both the background exposure and 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 the exposure compensation value shifts the tone distribution to the right, and decreasing it shifts the tone distribution to the left. 55 Shooting Features Exposure Compensation (Adjusting Brightness)