Nikon Camcorder D2H User Manual download pdf (Page 109)

Taking Photographs—Exposure

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.

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

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.

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 ( 128). Ex po sure com pen sa tion is not reset

when the camera is turned off.

b4—Exposure Comp. EV ( 184)

Use this option to set the increments for exposure com pen sa tion to ½ or 1 EV.

b5—Exposure Comp. ( 184)

If desired, exposure compensation can be set without pressing the button.

–0.3 EV

+2.0 EV

±0 EV ( button pressed)

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Nikon Camcorder D2H User Manual Page 109