Taking Pictures
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Adjusting the Exposure
Set the exposure value (EV value)
manually to compensate for certain lighting
conditions including: backlighting, indirect indoor lighting, and dark backgrounds.
1
Turn the Mode dial to Manual
mode.
2
Press the MENU button.
3
Press the up or down buttons to change the
exposure value: - 2.0 ~ 2.0
4
Press SHIFT to save your settings and exit
the MENU.
Setting the White Balance
Adjust the white balance to match different light sources such as the sun, and tungsten
(incandescent) or fluorescent lighting.
1
Turn the Mode dial to Manual
mode.
2
Press the MENU button.
3
Press the right button to select the WHITE
BALANCE menu.
4
Press the up or down buttons to change the
white balance:
•
AWB
Auto white balance, adjusts auto-
matically for ambient lighting. When the camera is set to Auto
mode, this item is set and you cannot adjust the white balance.
•
Daylight, adjusts for bright sun conditions
•
Shade, adjusts for cloudy days or twilight conditions
•
Tungsten, adjusts for normal indoor lighting conditions
•
Fluorescent, adjusts to fluorescent lighting.
5
Press SHIFT to save your settings and exit the MENU.
The exposure and white balance values
appear on the LCD.
EXPOSURE
EXPOSURE
0.0
0.0
AUTO
AUTO
DAYLIGHT
DAYLIGHT
SHADE
SHADE
TUNGSTEN
TUNGSTEN
WHITE BALANCE
WHITE BALANCE
AWB
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0.0
AWB
White balance
Exposure value
