Nikon COOLPIX P340, Quick Start Manual

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Sh
ooting Fea
tures
Adjusting Brightness (Exposure Compensation)
You can adjust overall image brightness.
1
Press the multi selector
K
(
o
).
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.
C
Exposure Compensation Value
• The value applied in
A
,
B
or
C
mode is saved in the camera’s memory even after
the camera is turned off.
• When the shooting mode is Fireworks show scene mode (
A
41) or
D
(manual)
(
A
48), 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.
+2.0 +2.0 +2.0
-2.0 -2.0 -2.0
-0.3 -0.3 -0.3
Exposure compensation
Guide Histogram