Adjusting Brightness (Exposure Compensation)

By adjusting exposure compensation when taking pictures, overall image brightness can be adjusted to make images brighter or darker.

Press o (exposure compensation) on the multi selector.

The exposure compensation guide and histogram are displayed.

Press the multi selector H or I to select a compensation value.

To make the image brighter, apply positive (+) exposure compensation. To make the image darker, apply negative () exposure compensation.

Exposure compensation guide

Basic Photography and Playback: A (Auto) Mode

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Histogram Exposure compensation value

Press the k button to set the compensation value.

If the k button is not pressed within a few seconds, the selection is set and the setting menu disappears. When an exposure compensation value other than 0.0 is applied, the value is displayed with the H indicator on the monitor.

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Press the shutter-release button to take a picture.

To cancel the exposure compensation setting, return to step 1 and change the value to 0.0.

Exposure Compensation Value

The exposure compensation value applied in j, k or l mode is saved in the cameras memory even after the camera is turned off. When the shooting mode is m (manual) mode (A74) or the scene mode is Fireworks show (A57), the exposure compensation cannot be used.

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 shifts tone distribution to the right, and decreasing it shifts tone distribution to the left.

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