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Rusty » Sun Dec 14, 2008 4:58 pm
Try this, Dawn,
(I/m using a D80 but I'll bet you the controls are in about the same place with your D60)
Push the playback arrow (upper left on the back) and then push the "up arrow" of your navigation wheel until you get the playback view that shows you the histogram.
You want the right side of the histogram to get close to the right side - but not close enough to be clipped (slop over is the proper technical term). If your histogram is not close to the right side, hold down the exposure compensation button on the right side of the top of the camera (it is black/silver, +/-) and turn the command dial --- watch the control panel. This will tell you what "EV" you are dialing in: you want it to be "plus something", not "minus". Take another shot and look at your histogram. If it's not yet over close to the right side, hold down the "+/- button" again and use the command dial to increase the "+ EV setting".
If the histogram shows you that you have slopped over on the right side, just dial in a lower "EV compensation number".
Exposure compensation is only available in P, S or A shooting modes. Look up "Exposure" in your manual index; "compensation" is a sub-heading there.
Rusty
PS - it's not just snow - I use it all the time if the sky is blown out.