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Features That Can Be Set Using the Multi Selector
Sh
ooting Feat
ures
Adjusting Brightness (Exposure Compensation)
Adjust the overall brightness of the image.
•
To make the subject brighter, move the slider
toward “+.”
•
To make the subject darker, move the slider toward
“–.”
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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.
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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.
Adjusting Vividness (Saturation Adjustment)
Adjust the overall vividness of the image.
•
Vividness increases as the slider is moved up.
Vividness decreases as the slider is moved down.
Adjusting Hue (White Balance Adjustment)
Adjust the overall hue of the image.
•
The overall image becomes more reddish as the
slider is moved up. The overall image becomes more
bluish as the slider is moved down.
Brightness (Exp. +/-)
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Exposure
compensation
value
Histogram
Slider
Vividness
Slider
Hue
Slider
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Notes About White Balance Adjustment
When hue is adjusted using the creative slider,
White balance
in the shooting menu (
37)
cannot be set. To set
White balance
, select
P
in the creative slider setting screen to reset the
brightness, vividness, and hue.