Exposure Compensation

You can set exposure compensation toward the positive or negative side to brighten or darken images relative to the standard exposure determined by the camera.

Exposure compensation is available in these shooting modes.

Movie recording: [Movie auto exposure] [Movie shutter-priority AE] [Movie aperture-priority AE] [Movie manual exposure] [S&F movie auto exposure] [S&F movie shutter-priority AE] [S&F movie aperture-priority AE] [S&F movie manual exposure]

Still photo shooting: [P] [Tv] [Av] [M]

  • To adjust exposure compensation when using Live View, press the shutter button halfway and turn the Quick control dial dial.

    Increased exposure, to brighten images

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    Decreased exposure, to darken images

    Sample cropping screen
  • To adjust exposure compensation from the menu, select [Shooting: Exposure comp.] and set the amount of exposure on this screen.

    Sample screen

Note

  • A [Exposure compensation] icon is displayed to indicate exposure compensation.
  • To cancel exposure compensation, return the exposure level to the standard exposure index ([Standard exposure index]) or “0.”
  • For details on exposure compensation when [M] mode and ISO Auto are both set, see M: Manual Exposure.
  • The exposure compensation amount will remain in effect even after you set the power switch to Power off.