Olympus C-211 - Manual (Page 89)

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Taking Good Pictur
es
Adjusting the Exposure
(Exposure Compensation)
The camera sets the exposure automatically according to the brightness level
throughout the image area. This works fine if your subject is approximately as bright as
the surroundings. But if your subject is much lighter (or darker) than the surroundings,
the subject will come out looking too light (or too dark).
For this reason, the camera includes an exposure compensation feature. Positive
settings increase the exposure (so that the subject gets brighter). Negative settings
reduce the exposure (the subject gets darker).
1
Set the mode dial to RECORD ( ).
• The camera enters RECORD mode.
2
Use the or button to set the
compensation level.
+2.0: If subject is darker than
surroundings
+1.5
+1.0
+0.5
±0:
No adjustment.
(Initial setting)
-0.5
-1.0
-1.5
-2.0: If subject is brighter
than surroundings
• The current setting appears on the monitor.
3
Take the shot.
The compensation setting always resets to ±0 when power is
switched on.
+2.0
Monitor
2
1
Compensation setting