Nikon D2HS - Manual (Page 109)

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Taking Photographs—Exposur
e
Exposure Compensation
To obtain the desired results with certain subject compositions, it may be
nec es sary to use ex po sure compensation to alter exposure from the val ue
sug gest ed by the cam era. As a rule of thumb, positive compensation may
be needed when the main sub ject is dark er than the background, negative
val ues when the main sub ject is bright er than the background.
1 Pressing the button, rotate the main
com mand dial and confi rm ex po sure com-
pen sa tion in the top control panel or the
viewfi nder (in the viewfi nder, positive values
are shown by a icon, negative values by a
icon). Ex po sure com pen sa tion can be set
to val ues be tween –5 EV (un der ex po sure) and
+5 EV (over ex po sure) in in cre ments of
1 /
3
EV.
At val ues oth er than ±0, the 0 at the center
of the electronic analog exposure displays
will fl ash and
a icon will be dis played in
the control panel and viewfi nder af ter you
re lease the
but ton. The cur rent val ue for
ex po sure com pen sa tion can be con fi rmed in
the elec tron ic an a log ex po sure dis play or by
press ing the
but ton.
2 Frame the pho to graph, fo cus, and shoot.
Normal ex po sure can be restored by set ting ex po sure compensation to ±0 or
per form ing a two button reset (
126). Ex po sure com pen sa tion is not reset
when the camera is turned off.
b4—Exposure Comp. EV ( 181)
Use this option to set the increments for exposure com pen sa tion to ½ or 1 EV.
b5—Exposure Comp. ( 182)
If desired, exposure compensation can be set without pressing the button.
–0.3 EV
+2.0 EV
±0 EV ( button pressed)