66Shooting FeaturesExposure Compensation (Adjusting Brightness)You can adjust overall image brightness.1 Press the multi selector K (o).2 Select a compensation value and pressthe k button.• To brighten the image, set a positive (+) value.• To darken the image, set a negative (–) value.• The compensation value is applied, even withoutpressing the k button.C Exposure Compensation Value• If the setting is applied in j, k, or l mode, it will remain saved in the camera’s memoryeven after the camera is turned off.• Exposure compensation cannot be used in the following shooting modes:- When scene mode (A36) is set to Fireworks show, Multiple exp. Lighten, or Nightsky (150 minutes) or Star trails (150 minutes) in time-lapse movie- m (manual) mode (A50)• When the exposure compensation is set while using a flash, the compensation is appliedto both the background exposure and the flash output.C Using the HistogramA histogram is a graph showing the distribution of tones in the image. Use as a guide whenusing exposure compensation and shooting without the flash.• The horizontal axis corresponds to pixel brightness, with dark tones to the left and brighttones to the right. The vertical axis shows the number of pixels.• Increasing exposure compensation value shifts tone distribution to the right, anddecreasing it shifts tone distribution to the left.Exposure Compensation (AdjustingBrightness)Exposure compensationHistogramGuide
