5. Adjusting Brightness and Contrast in Camera

When using the M-Rec setting for taking pictures, the Coolpix 900/E950/E-700/E-800 allows the Brightness and Contrast of the recorded image to be adjusted. This type of control is unique to digital cameras and acts differently from exposure (EV) compensation.

Exposure compensation increases or decreases the amount of light entering the camera. This means that increasing exposure compensation can bring our detail in the shadow areas but carries the risk of causing the highlights to burn out.

The  Brightness control can lift or drop the entire image tone range without altering the overall contrast. This can be useful when shadow detail must be lifted, but highlights must be preserved.

The Contrast control can be used to increase mid-tone detail without compromising highlights or to flatten the image without losing shadow detail.

These two extra in-camera controls have been included to make the Coolpix cameras   versatile, professional quality systems that is able to manage the widest possible range of lighting conditions.