Nikon D200 - Manual (Page 82)

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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.
1 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 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 / 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.
±0 EV ( button pressed)
–0.3 EV
+2.0 EV
2 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 (
97). Ex po sure com pen sa tion is not reset
when the camera is turned off .
b4—Exp Comp/Fine Tune ( 154)
Use this option to set the increments for exposure com pen sa tion to / or 1 EV.
b5—Exposure Comp. ( 155)
If desired, exposure compensation can be set without pressing the button.