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D3100 Exposure Meter Flashing - need advice please!
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<blockquote data-quote="Garyjdavies" data-source="post: 101772" data-attributes="member: 12387"><p>Hello all</p><p></p><p>Fairly new to DSLR photography, and just taking my first steps into manual mode. </p><p></p><p>I have a query regarding the exposure meter that is vexing me a little - when taking pictures in relatively low light, say under artificial light, without using the flash, unless I use a long shutter speed and/or high ISO the picture is going to be underexposed and the meter accordingly tells me so - I understand that fine, and the exposure meter will usually flash, I think to indicate a serious underexposure. </p><p></p><p>However, if I pop the flash up, and shorten the shutter speed to, say, 1/200, the meter will continue to flash and show all the bars to the right indicating underexposure. If I take a picture in these circumstances, checking the histogram and the image itself reveals that the exposure is actually fine, so it's a little disconcerting, and I would like to be able to use the exposure meter when the flash is active to ensure my exposure is correct when shooting. I would have presumed that the camera, knowing that the flash would be triggered, would not continue to show an underexposure?</p><p></p><p>I hope this makes sense, and that someone will be able to shed some light on my query.</p><p></p><p>Thanks for reading and in advance for any replies.</p><p></p><p>Gary</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Garyjdavies, post: 101772, member: 12387"] Hello all Fairly new to DSLR photography, and just taking my first steps into manual mode. I have a query regarding the exposure meter that is vexing me a little - when taking pictures in relatively low light, say under artificial light, without using the flash, unless I use a long shutter speed and/or high ISO the picture is going to be underexposed and the meter accordingly tells me so - I understand that fine, and the exposure meter will usually flash, I think to indicate a serious underexposure. However, if I pop the flash up, and shorten the shutter speed to, say, 1/200, the meter will continue to flash and show all the bars to the right indicating underexposure. If I take a picture in these circumstances, checking the histogram and the image itself reveals that the exposure is actually fine, so it's a little disconcerting, and I would like to be able to use the exposure meter when the flash is active to ensure my exposure is correct when shooting. I would have presumed that the camera, knowing that the flash would be triggered, would not continue to show an underexposure? I hope this makes sense, and that someone will be able to shed some light on my query. Thanks for reading and in advance for any replies. Gary [/QUOTE]
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