HP 630 series - Manual (Page 39)

Chapter 2: Taking pictures and recording video clips 39
EV compensation
In the Capture menu (see
page 35), if you press OK when
the EV Compensation option is
highlighted, the EV Compensation
screen displays. This screen allows
you to change the exposure value
(EV) that is used when capturing
images and recording video clips.
In difficult lighting conditions, you can use
EV Compensation
to override the automatic exposure setting that the camera
makes. EV Compensation settings range from -2.0 EV to
reduce the exposure of the image or video clip (darkening it),
to +2.0 EV to increase the exposure of the image or video clip
(brightening it).
Use the buttons to change the EV Compensation setting,
then press OK . The default EV Compensation setting is 0.0
(zero). EV Compensation resets to the default 0.0 setting when
you turn off the camera.
Exposure mode
NOTE The Exposure Mode setting does not apply when you
are recording video clips.
In the Capture menu (see page 35),
if you press OK when the Exposure
Mode option is highlighted, the
Exposure Mode sub-menu displays.
The Exposure Mode setting
determines how the camera selects
the ISO speed, F-number (aperture),
and shutter speed for the given scene brightness.