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April 29, 2004
Flash Photography
Flash Exposure Compensation
With flash exposure compensation, you can change the correct exposure
computed by the Speedlight and camera. For example, you can highlight the
main subject by increasing the flash output, or prevent the main subject
from becoming too bright by decreasing the flash output.
1. Press and hold
and rotate the Main-Command dial until the
desired compensation value appears (-3EV to +1EV in 1/2 steps).
Tips:
• When flash exposure compensation is set,
appears in the
Top Status LCD and viewfinder. You can check the compensation
value by pressing
.
• Normally you should compensate exposure to the + side when the
background is brighter than your main subject, or to the - side
when the background is darker.
2. Press the Flash Lock-Release button to release the Speedlight. Set the
Flash Sync mode and Exposure mode.
3. Compose the picture, focus, and confirm that
appears in the
viewfinder. Be sure the subject is within the flash shooting distance
range, then capture the image.
To cancel flash exposure compensation, press
to reset the
compensation value to 0.0. Alternatively, you can perform Two-Button
Reset. Turning off the camera does not cancel the flash exposure
compensation function.
Electronic analog exposure display
-0.5 EV compensation
+1 EV compensation
