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How do I get proper exposure when photographing white subjects?
When spot metering white subjects (e.g. snow, white birds), do I adjust the EV on my camera + or - to get a proper exposure? I'm getting conflicting info.
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When to use exposure lock with spot metering and when to use exposure compensation?
I was taking a snap on a sunny day, and the subject was in front of light source and subject was shadowed out(or blackened) In this case is it better to use partial/spot metering mode (zoom in to face ...
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What's the difference between exposure and shutter speed?
Is there a difference between exposure and shutter speed, or are the terms interchangeable? I read that "If you use a quick shutter speed, you can just raise the exposure to compensate." Is this ...
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What is the effect of directly changing exposure from the camera's menu? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What is exposure compensation?
In the Aperture Priority mode (Av), changing the Aperture size would automatically adjust the Shutter Speed to ensure proper exposure. I ...
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When I change the EV compensation, how will that affect my aperture, shutter speed, or ISO?
Let say that we have the following values, as an example:
Shutter speed: 1/40
Aperture: 2
ISO: 1000
How can I get the EV number for this exposure, extract (or add) an EV value (0.33, 0.66 etc.) and ...
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4answers
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How critical is it to expose raw images correctly?
I have been thinking about the Zone System and its goal of maximising image quality given the limitations of film sensitivity and the necessity to choose specific developing parameters.
Clearly you ...
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3answers
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What filter should I use to avoid overly-whitened daylight images?
What filter should I use to avoid whitened images (blown highlights) caused by intense daylight? At the moment I am only using an UV Filter, but it doesn't solve the whole problem.
I am a newbie in ...
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6answers
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How do I use spot metering?
What's the right way to use spot metering? Is it better to use in manual mode than one of the priority modes?
There's a question about when to use spot metering, but none that serves as a tutorial to ...
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What is exposure compensation?
What does exposure compensation do?
If I take a photo with a given shutter speed, aperature, and ISO, and then take the same shot with +1EV or -1EV, what is actually happening?
Is this just a gain ...
