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Message: <blockquote data-quote="wornish" data-source="post: 433500" data-attributes="member: 15434"><p>You don't need to lock your exposure if you are using matrix metering as it takes in the whole scene and works out an average exposure.  Spot metering is amazingly sensitive if you move the spot just slightly it will change the exposure.  For example to avoid the blow outs on the highlights then put the spot on them and then lock the exposure, then frame the photo as you want and shoot.  This will cause some of the darker areas to be more dark but thats the trade off.   You can always recover the dark areas in post. As you have a D750 you can use the new exposure option of highlight weighted metering, this will solve your problem in one go and you won't need to lock the exposure.</p></blockquote><p></p>