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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.

Exposure compensation is available in modes P, S, and A (in mode M, only the

exposure information in the electronic analog exposure display is affected;

shutter speed and aperture do not change).

Pressing the button, rotate the main

com mand dial and conﬁ rm ex po sure com-

pen sa tion in the control panel or the elec-

tronic analog exposure display (the 0 in the

electronic analog exposure display will ﬂ ash).

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.

The cur rent val ue for ex po sure com pen sa tion

can be con ﬁ rmed by press ing the but ton.

The current value is shown in the control panel

with a icon; in the viewﬁ nder, positive val-

ues are shown by a icon, negative values by

a icon.

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

when the camera is turned off.

9—EV Step ( 144)

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

10—Exp Comp. ( 145)

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

+2.0 EV

–0.3 EV

±0 EV ( button pressed)

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Nikon D70 User Manual Page 96