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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dave_W" data-source="post: 210562" data-attributes="member: 9521">I believe all these images have their full EXIF data attached to them if you wanted the exact numbers but to summarize, I found that the light meter was way off and using both spot and matrix. If you listen to your meter you will blow out all your bright areas in order to achieve the desired 18% gray. Instead, I found that using an ISO of 1600 to 2000 and setting my shutter speeds between 60 and 100 I was able to keep the bright areas from blowing out. And because there was nothing in the darks that I was interested in, it didn't matter that they were gone. Your light meter will be screaming at you that you're under-exposing and I'm sure all cameras will have difference low-light tolerances so keep checking your output as you go.(btw - all but one, the photo of the three guys laughing, were taken without a flash)</blockquote>