HP R818 - Manual (Page 63)

63 Taking Pictures and Recording Video Clips
EV Compensation
You can use EV (Exposure Value) Compensation to override
the camera’s automatic exposure setting. EV Compensation
is useful in scenes that contain many light objects (like a
white object against a light background) or many dark
objects (like a black object against a dark background).
Such scenes could turn out gray without the use of EV
Compensation. For a scene with many light objects, increase
the EV Compensation to a positive number. For a scene with
many dark objects, decrease the EV Compensation.
TIP: To see the effect varying EV Compensation settings
might have on a scene, use the Exposure option in
Bracketing (see page 66).
1. In the Capture Menu (see page 62), select EV
Compensation.
2. Use the buttons to change
the EV setting in incremental
steps from -3.0 to +3.0. The
new setting is applied to the
scene behind the menu, so you
can see the setting’s effect.
3. Press to save the setting.
If the setting is anything other than the default (0.0), the
value appears next to the icon. The setting remains in
effect until it is changed again, or until you turn the camera
off. To save changed settings, use My Mode (see page 56).
TIP: You can view the results of EV Compensation settings
using the Exposure option in Bracketing (see page 66).
NOTE: EV Compensation is not available with the Manual
shooting mode.