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Setting Exposure / 13.6 - Exposure Compensation

The exposure compensation feature allows you to shift the exposure setting up or down—plus or minus.

To use exposure compensation, hold down the +/– button, and turn a knob on your camera to adjust the compensation.

Setting	Compensation
+1.5	Adds 1.5 stops
+1.0	Adds one stop
+0.5	Adds 1/2 stop
0.0	None
–0.5	Subtracts 1/2 stop
–1.0	Subtracts one stop
–1.5	Subtracts 1.5 stops

When using exposure compensation, a +/– icon appears on the LCD screen of your camera.

Check periodically to make sure the exposure compensation icon is absent—unless you’re using the feature.

A related, and useful feature, is flash exposure compensation.

With this feature, you can adjust the brightness of the fill flash.

Fill flash is using the flash to brighten dark shadows, as when doing a portrait out in the sun.

If the shadows are brightened too much with the fill flash, set the flash exposure compensation to –0.5 or -0.1.

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