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How do TTL flash metering systems calculate how much power is needed?
Does anyone know how TTL calculates the amount of power to put in after the preflash is done? I understand that the value is somewhat brand specific, but what is the general logic? Because if you ...
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What exactly does TTL flash sets its power to?
I understand that TTL flash means the flash will preflash and try to calculate the right exposure for that particular scene. That part makes sense, but what exactly is the "right exposure"? Does it ...
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Why is my Canon EOS 40D getting wrong exposure after focusing screen change?
I have just changed the focusing screen; something I have done now a few times. Now "normal" metering does not occur in auto or manual focus. In live view all ok. Using the eyepiece produces exposure ...
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Why doesn't my camera capture a dark picture when it looks dark to the human eye?
I tried searching for this, but found nothing on this topic:
is there a way to set the camera to get images in around the brightness a human eye sees?
For example, in bright daylight, I would set it ...
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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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How can I expose a waterfall scene correctly?
Last day, I was photographing a waterfall. It was a bright day and I was shooting around 2-3 in the afternoon.
I set aperture to f/11 and took the meter reading pointing camera towards the sky. ...
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What metering mode should one use with autoexposure (AE) lock on the Nikon D700?
I will be visiting Morocco in week's time.
I usually use matrix metering when taking photographs.
However I have read that using the autoexposure (AE) Lock on the Nikon D700 one should use center- ...
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Is it usual that a narrow aperture gives a darker picture in aperture priority mode?
I have a Nikon D60 camera here with a Nikkor 35 mm 1:1.8G lens. I don't have any experience with any other digital SLR, so excuse the beginner question.
When using aperture priority mode, a narrower ...
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What settings do I need for shooting a candid against the sky?
I have Canon 1000D. Most of the times I use canon 50MM F1.8.
I use evaluative metering and single point (center) auto focus.
What setting do I need to change to have metering of sky (say red of ...
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What is the reason for underexposure in my film photographs?
Thanks to all the quality answers I got here that helped me to buy a film camera. I got my first roll of film processed and printed.
The print results are not as pleasing as looking at the slides ...
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What is the EV scale?
I have seen an "EV" (exposure value) scale that's sometimes used to express a camera's exposure settings, or scene brightness. How exactly does this scale work?
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Why can't digital camera sensors expose each photosite individually?
Why is it impossible for camera sensors to function the way the human eye can?
What I mean is, why does a certain portion of the image have to be over/underexposed if we compensate for dark and light ...
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Why is exposure meter reading not changing in Manual mode?
I own a Nikon D90.
I am new to exposure setting. In Manual mode, I could see the exposure meter changing towards right of zero and towards left of zero informing about under exposure and over ...
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How do I check the exposure meter reading on a DSLR?
I'm a beginner, and I have a Nikon D5100. Many times I come across the suggestion to "Check the meter reading for exposure."
Where can I find this reading and how do I read it?
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How to get meter reading for a DSLR if not from a gray card?
I read an article called Expose (to the) Right, which explained why you should try to get the graph of the histogram as much to the right of the scale as possible. The reasoning is that DSLRs record ...
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What is the logic behind “Brother Backlit Sky” in the book Understanding Exposure?
I don't know if this question is too specific, but after reading Understanding Exposure, I can't understand very well the reasons and logic behind Brother Backlit Sky and their brothers. Although I ...
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What are typical situations where you should use auto-exposure lock (AE-L)?
What are the typical situations where you should use AE for locking exposure?
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What's a good ad-hoc replacement for a gray card?
I know that a real gray card is the best thing to use to determine exposure. But I'd like to know if there are other naturally available features that can be used in a quick and dirty way. Are fields ...
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How do I “focus and recompose” using spot metering?
I usually use the "[auto]focus and recompose" method for taking candid photographs. In situations where there is a high degree of contrast, I would like to use spot metering to correct expose for ...
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What is the difference between luminance and illuminance?
The more I read about this, the more confused I become. Illuminance, as I understand it, measured in lux, is the perceived brightness of light on a surface. It's what you'd measure with an incident ...
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Does spot/partial metering always assume 18%?
I'm beginning to work on understanding and hopefully effectively using different metering modes in my photography. I have done some reading and understand the benefit of using spot and partial ...
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How to calculate Lux from EV?
Instead of looking up a chart, how can I calculate Lux from EV? Thanks!
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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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Creating Proper Exposure with a Pentax PZ10
Not long ago, my Pentax K1000 was damaged and I upgraded to the Pentax PZ10 (both film cameras). I feel lost with trying to get the right exposure on the PZ10; with the K1000 I used a third-party ...
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How do I effectively photograph when the sun is in the frame?
I have been trying to get a good shot out of direct sunlight but my shots just turn out dark, even if I set my shutter speed to the 1000-4000 range at ISO 200. Another odd thing is that even if my ...
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How do I use the +/- scale of the light meter in my camera?
I have just recently used the metering scale. I assume that if the scale arrow points in the middle, this means that the camera detects that the current exposure settings are the "right" ones.
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What exposure mode and techniques should I use when out-and-about?
I'm interested to hear what exposure/metering techniques people use when taking out-and-about shots (no tripod). I almost always have my camera set to Aperture Priority mode, and I suspect most people ...
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When best to use Multi-Zone/Matrix, Spot, or Center-Weight?
What are Multi-Zone/Matrix metering, Center-Weighted metering, and Spot metering? What about Partial?
Is there a good rule of thumb, or a few pointers, on when best to use each metering mode?
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Metering mode in panasonic Fz35
I am new to photography, recently I bought a new camera which is Panasonic Fz35 which has lots of nice features in it. However while browsing through the settings mode, I found an option for Metering ...
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How can correctly measure light using a built-in camera meter?
Many times I shot photos, but the photo is some times too bright or too dark and the colors are incorrect.
Some times the white on the photo is not the white that I have on background but gray and I ...
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What situations are best suited for spot metering?
I have found myself using spot metering on several occasions in order to get the right exposure, such as sunsets and on bright days with a subject in the shade. What other situations are well suited ...
