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<blockquote data-quote="Horoscope Fish" data-source="post: 397399" data-attributes="member: 13090"><p>The exposure meter in your camera is calibrated to expose to middle grey, not what the eye sees, so darker scenes often get slightly over-exposed, while very bright beach or snow scenes tend to look slightly under-exposed. There's an old adage that says something to the effect of, when it's bright, go brighter; when it's dark go darker. Meaning if the scene is very bright you're going to want to <em>increase</em> exposure to compensate for the fact your meter is going to want to "under expose" and that if the scene is particularly dark, use your exposure compensation to <em>decrease</em> the exposure because the meter is going to want to compensate by "over exposing". It does this because it wants to balance everything to middle grey. This averaging works pretty well but the further away from "average" the scene, the less accurate the metering will appear. It's not, really, it's doing its job just fine, but you're going to have to learn how the meter "thinks" in order to get exposure that matches what you're seeing.</p><p></p><p>Just remember Middle Grey: The camera's meter *always* wants to expose to middle grey. Always. Always. Always.</p><p><span style="color: #FFFFFF">,,,,</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Horoscope Fish, post: 397399, member: 13090"] The exposure meter in your camera is calibrated to expose to middle grey, not what the eye sees, so darker scenes often get slightly over-exposed, while very bright beach or snow scenes tend to look slightly under-exposed. There's an old adage that says something to the effect of, when it's bright, go brighter; when it's dark go darker. Meaning if the scene is very bright you're going to want to [I]increase[/I] exposure to compensate for the fact your meter is going to want to "under expose" and that if the scene is particularly dark, use your exposure compensation to [I]decrease[/I] the exposure because the meter is going to want to compensate by "over exposing". It does this because it wants to balance everything to middle grey. This averaging works pretty well but the further away from "average" the scene, the less accurate the metering will appear. It's not, really, it's doing its job just fine, but you're going to have to learn how the meter "thinks" in order to get exposure that matches what you're seeing. Just remember Middle Grey: The camera's meter *always* wants to expose to middle grey. Always. Always. Always. [COLOR="#FFFFFF"],,,,[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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