You'll be looking for something like "exposure compensation" or "EV". The histogram is an awesome tool; discussion thereof should be in the image review section of the manual.
If you're really lucky, the camera will have a live histogram mode, where it shows the histogram while you're composing the image. M.'s little P&S does that, and when we remember to turn it on, it's an extremely helpful tool.
You may also be able to adjust the aperture wider to shorten the shutter speed, but my guess is that the auto mode is already opening as wide as it can.
(The histogram, by the way, shows you the distribution of pixels in the image over the range of exposure values from detail-less black to blown-out white. Too many pixels pushed up to one or the other end of the histogram means big blocks of blank space in the image. Though "too many" depends on the image, the circumstances, and the tastes of the photographer and/or viewer.)
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Date: 2007-09-13 04:13 pm (UTC)If you're really lucky, the camera will have a live histogram mode, where it shows the histogram while you're composing the image. M.'s little P&S does that, and when we remember to turn it on, it's an extremely helpful tool.
You may also be able to adjust the aperture wider to shorten the shutter speed, but my guess is that the auto mode is already opening as wide as it can.
(The histogram, by the way, shows you the distribution of pixels in the image over the range of exposure values from detail-less black to blown-out white. Too many pixels pushed up to one or the other end of the histogram means big blocks of blank space in the image. Though "too many" depends on the image, the circumstances, and the tastes of the photographer and/or viewer.)