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Exposure compensation – Olympus E-420 User Manual

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Exposure

In some situations, you may get better results if you manually compensate (adjust) the
exposure value set automatically by the camera. In many cases, bright subjects (such as
snow) will turn out darker than their natural colors. Adjusting toward + makes these subjects
closer to their real shades. For the same reason, adjust toward – when shooting dark
subjects. The exposure can be adjusted in a range of ±5.0 EV.

• The EV step interval is 1/3EV.

• The exposure compensation indicator is displayed. The

exposure compensation indicator will not be displayed
when the exposure is compensated by 0.

• If the exposure compensation value exceeds the scale of

the exposure compensation indicator, a red

vw is

displayed on the left and right edges of the indicator.

To adjust the exposure compensation using only the control dial:

j You can set the exposure compensation value without pressing F button. g“DIAL

FUNCTION” (P. 83)

x

Notes

• Exposure compensation is not available in M and

g modes.

Exposure compensation

Direct button

F + j

TIPS

-2.0EV

±0

+2.0EV

Adjust toward –

Adjust toward +

F button

j

Viewfinder

Exposure compensation value

+2.0

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Normal

OFF

Exposure compensation indicator

1/3 EV

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