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Exposure Compensation / D90
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<blockquote data-quote="Browncoat" data-source="post: 4422" data-attributes="member: 1061"><p>Just about every source I can find recommends not changing the b4 menu: Fine Tune Optimal Exposure. Just to name a few:</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/d90/users-guide/menus-custom-metering.htm" target="_blank">Ken Rockwell</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.michaelschwarz.com/digital/d90.html" target="_blank">Michael Schwartz</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=wK4GMgoPaRwC&pg=PA137&lpg=PA137&dq=d90+fine+tune+optimal+exposure&source=bl&ots=RKk-Evt9qa&sig=-E0z8mJB4s_KS3PwTzULTFoqjZk&hl=en&ei=_OZ-TKumPIeRnweSoeDvAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CC4Q6AEwBTgK#v=onepage&q&f=false" target="_blank">Nikon D90 for Dummies</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=kuw1qk3mFbwC&pg=PA110&lpg=PA110&dq=d90+fine+tune+optimal+exposure&source=bl&ots=NGb_puAOOg&sig=iuauoBSVeherrsCWyhBXplvvi_0&hl=en&ei=_OZ-TKumPIeRnweSoeDvAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CEAQ6AEwCDgK#v=onepage&q&f=false" target="_blank">Nikon D90 - Focal Digital Camera Guides</a></li> </ul><p>In essence, you're recalibrating the meter if you do this. Stick with the EV button, and make adjustments accordingly. Other things to consider: </p><p></p><p>Your software - Only Nikon's proprietary software shows images truly as they are "in camera" with all of the settings correctly displayed. Advanced programs like Adobe Camera Raw, Lightroom, and others do very well too. But if you're using something else, that may be the issue. </p><p></p><p>Monitor calibration - The color/white balance on your computer monitor may be the culprit here, and not the camera at all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Browncoat, post: 4422, member: 1061"] Just about every source I can find recommends not changing the b4 menu: Fine Tune Optimal Exposure. Just to name a few: [LIST] [*][URL="http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/d90/users-guide/menus-custom-metering.htm"]Ken Rockwell[/URL] [*][URL="http://www.michaelschwarz.com/digital/d90.html"]Michael Schwartz[/URL] [*][URL="http://books.google.com/books?id=wK4GMgoPaRwC&pg=PA137&lpg=PA137&dq=d90+fine+tune+optimal+exposure&source=bl&ots=RKk-Evt9qa&sig=-E0z8mJB4s_KS3PwTzULTFoqjZk&hl=en&ei=_OZ-TKumPIeRnweSoeDvAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CC4Q6AEwBTgK#v=onepage&q&f=false"]Nikon D90 for Dummies[/URL] [*][URL="http://books.google.com/books?id=kuw1qk3mFbwC&pg=PA110&lpg=PA110&dq=d90+fine+tune+optimal+exposure&source=bl&ots=NGb_puAOOg&sig=iuauoBSVeherrsCWyhBXplvvi_0&hl=en&ei=_OZ-TKumPIeRnweSoeDvAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CEAQ6AEwCDgK#v=onepage&q&f=false"]Nikon D90 - Focal Digital Camera Guides[/URL] [/LIST] In essence, you're recalibrating the meter if you do this. Stick with the EV button, and make adjustments accordingly. Other things to consider: Your software - Only Nikon's proprietary software shows images truly as they are "in camera" with all of the settings correctly displayed. Advanced programs like Adobe Camera Raw, Lightroom, and others do very well too. But if you're using something else, that may be the issue. Monitor calibration - The color/white balance on your computer monitor may be the culprit here, and not the camera at all. [/QUOTE]
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