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<blockquote data-quote="J-see" data-source="post: 397400" data-attributes="member: 31330"><p>When metering your cam tries to expose in such a manner the middle tones have a certain <em>brightness</em>. Whether that's the 18% gray or not doesn't matter at the moment. Depending upon how you measure light and the dynamic range of your scene you frame, the cam steers exposure into the direction those middle tones require.</p><p></p><p>This correct exposure is a remnant of days past and in my opinion no longer necessary but it's what we are stuck with. It's not because the cam considers it correct, we have to agree. That's why we play with metering, compensate exposure or go full manual and do whatever we like. Or we adjust it to our liking in post.</p><p></p><p>But until they release programmable cams, we're stuck with this standardized exposure.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="J-see, post: 397400, member: 31330"] When metering your cam tries to expose in such a manner the middle tones have a certain [I]brightness[/I]. Whether that's the 18% gray or not doesn't matter at the moment. Depending upon how you measure light and the dynamic range of your scene you frame, the cam steers exposure into the direction those middle tones require. This correct exposure is a remnant of days past and in my opinion no longer necessary but it's what we are stuck with. It's not because the cam considers it correct, we have to agree. That's why we play with metering, compensate exposure or go full manual and do whatever we like. Or we adjust it to our liking in post. But until they release programmable cams, we're stuck with this standardized exposure. [/QUOTE]
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