Timeline for What are typical situations where you should use auto-exposure lock (AE-L)?
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| Jun 29, 2011 at 15:18 | comment | added | Matt Grum | I used to do the same exposure for each frame in a pano, back when I was assembling them by hand. Now I use evaluative metering and lots of overlap. The stitching software smooths out the brightness changes and you get a nice even brightness across the panorama. IF you shoot manual or lock AE you tend to get one bright half and one dark half... | |
| Jun 29, 2011 at 11:32 | comment | added | Imre | @ysap you're right, it seems more suitable for a quick pano consisting of 2-3 shots, such as when your tour bus is about to departure. I'm kinda slow myself (or so I've been told at home), so I usually prefer manual mode too. Edited to include that difference between AE-L and M. | |
| Jun 29, 2011 at 11:25 | history | edited | Imre | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 29, 2011 at 10:10 | comment | added | ysap | Do people really use this for panos? I always thought that Manual is the way to go. With this method you will have to be very precise in metering the exact same point for all the frames - which seems to be a little hard to do, especially for wide panos. | |
| Jun 29, 2011 at 2:05 | comment | added | mattdm | +1. Another case; when you're using an average or matrix metering mode, but know that something particularly bright (or dark) will confuse the system. Frame with that excluded, lock, and recompose. | |
| Jun 28, 2011 at 21:59 | history | answered | Imre | CC BY-SA 3.0 |