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EV Compensation -- I should know... but
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<blockquote data-quote="John!" data-source="post: 503320" data-attributes="member: 2489"><p>It can be confusing I know, Maybe I can help.</p><p>Your camera meter does not know whether you are shooting a snow scene or a pile of coal. therefor it will try to expose every scene to an average of 18% grey. </p><p>Lets say you are shooting a snowy owl on a bright day with snow covered ground. This scene would be a lot brighter than than the average scene. To compensate for the bright scene you tell your camera that to overexpose by at least 1 stop, maybe even 1 2/3. Thats where the EV +1 comes from. Of course with the dark pile of coal every thing is just reversed. </p><p>By default the cameras meter will try to expose both scenes to be the same bright.</p><p></p><p>Hope this helps..</p><p></p><p>John</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John!, post: 503320, member: 2489"] It can be confusing I know, Maybe I can help. Your camera meter does not know whether you are shooting a snow scene or a pile of coal. therefor it will try to expose every scene to an average of 18% grey. Lets say you are shooting a snowy owl on a bright day with snow covered ground. This scene would be a lot brighter than than the average scene. To compensate for the bright scene you tell your camera that to overexpose by at least 1 stop, maybe even 1 2/3. Thats where the EV +1 comes from. Of course with the dark pile of coal every thing is just reversed. By default the cameras meter will try to expose both scenes to be the same bright. Hope this helps.. John [/QUOTE]
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