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D90 Meter reading question.
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<blockquote data-quote="ThePilot" data-source="post: 39383" data-attributes="member: 6457"><p>What you need to be thinking about is the REFLECTIVITY of the scene you are taking pictures of.</p><p>If it is composed of bright tones ie snow or sky, then the camera will under expose the scene since it tries to make it look 18% grey. The reverse is true for dark scenes.</p><p>If you take a test shot using the cameras' suggestion then adjust exposure until you just get the "Blinkies" on the highlights on the Histogram. Back off from this about 1/3 or 1/2 a stop and you exposure should be pretty good.</p><p>For a dark toned scene you could adjust exposure until the left end of the histogram is not clipping.</p><p>The meter inside your D90 is ace, you do not need to buy another! I will admit to using an incident meter at times which gives me a pretty near exposure to start with, but so will the meter in your camera if you remember the above tips.</p><p>HTH</p><p>Iain</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ThePilot, post: 39383, member: 6457"] What you need to be thinking about is the REFLECTIVITY of the scene you are taking pictures of. If it is composed of bright tones ie snow or sky, then the camera will under expose the scene since it tries to make it look 18% grey. The reverse is true for dark scenes. If you take a test shot using the cameras' suggestion then adjust exposure until you just get the "Blinkies" on the highlights on the Histogram. Back off from this about 1/3 or 1/2 a stop and you exposure should be pretty good. For a dark toned scene you could adjust exposure until the left end of the histogram is not clipping. The meter inside your D90 is ace, you do not need to buy another! I will admit to using an incident meter at times which gives me a pretty near exposure to start with, but so will the meter in your camera if you remember the above tips. HTH Iain [/QUOTE]
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