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Custom Settings: Fine-tuning camera settings
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Option Description
[O
n (Auto
reset)]
Exposure compensation can be adjusted using only a command
dial. The setting selected with the command dial is reset when
the camera turns o or the standby timer expires.
[On]
Exposure compensation can be adjusted using only a command
dial. Exposure compensation is not reset when the camera turns
o or the standby timer expires (in
b
mode, exposure
compensation is reset when the camera is turned o).
[O]
Exposure compensation is set by pressing the
E
button and
rotating the main command dial.
･ Enabled in modes P, S, A, and
b
. Easy exposure compensation is not
av
ailable in other modes.
･ The command dial used varies with the shooting mode.
b2: Center-weighted area
G
button U
A
Custom Settings menu
When [Center-weighted metering] is selected, the camera assigns the
greatest weight to an area in the center of the shooting display when
setting exposure. Custom Setting b2 [Center-weighted area] is used to
choose the size of the area given the greatest weight when [Center-
weighted metering] is selected.
b3: Fine-tune optimal exposure
G
button U
A
Custom Settings menu
Use this option to ne
-tune the exposure value selected by the camera;
exposure can be ne-tuned separately for each metering method.