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Exposure compensation, Exposure compensation -19, Cancelling exposure compensation -19 – Kodak DCS Pro SLR/n User Manual

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Controlling Exposure

April 29, 2004

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Exposure Compensation

Use Exposure Compensation to modify exposure control (for example,
from the ISO standard). This is useful when you are intentionally achieving
under- or overexposure. Use Center-Weighed or Spot Metering with
Exposure Compensation. You can use any exposure mode.
You can check the compensation value by pressing

.

NOTE: Do not confuse Exposure Compensation with Digital Exposure

Correction, which is used to correct errors in exposure (see

page 6-15

).

1. Press and hold

and rotate the Main-Command dial until the

desired compensation value appears (-3 EV to +3 EV in 1/2 steps).

Normally you should compensate exposure to the + side when the
background is brighter than the main subject, or to the - side when
the background is darker.

When Exposure Compensation is set,

appears in the Top Status

LCD and in the viewfinder. The electronic analog exposure display
indicates the compensation value and 0 blinks.

See

page 10-12

for Flash Exposure Compensation, where only the

flash output level is compensated.

2. Compose the picture, focus, and capture the image.

Cancelling Exposure
Compensation

• Press and hold

and rotate the Main-Command dial to reset the

compensation value to 0.0. Alternatively, you can perform Two-Button
Reset (see

page 5-23

).

NOTE: Exposure Compensation is not cancelled when you turn off the

camera.

Electronic analog exposure display

-0.5 EV compensation

+2 EV compensation