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<blockquote data-quote="Chris70" data-source="post: 133855" data-attributes="member: 13633">Thanks for the quick replies. I appreciate that.My metering is pretty much useless for night shots as it veers from under to overexposed so much. Focusing on a particular element of the scene or trying spot metering don't work either. I could try taking test shots and editing them in Lightroom, but I'm doing a time-lapse video so I need to get things as close to 0EV during the shoot, otherwise there is a lot of work to do in processing. Even shooting a townscape with the street lamps providing, I think, enough light the meter is going all over the place. This is very frustrating as it is such a simple element of the whole thing: can you rely on your camera's meter at night? Can you use it to set the shutter speed?As I wrote, this is my first Nikon (a Canon user usually) but my work has usually been of interiors and using Photoshop. I'm still trying to get my head round this.Best,Chris</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Chris70, post: 133855, member: 13633"] Thanks for the quick replies. I appreciate that. My metering is pretty much useless for night shots as it veers from under to overexposed so much. Focusing on a particular element of the scene or trying spot metering don't work either. I could try taking test shots and editing them in Lightroom, but I'm doing a time-lapse video so I need to get things as close to 0EV during the shoot, otherwise there is a lot of work to do in processing. Even shooting a townscape with the street lamps providing, I think, enough light the meter is going all over the place. This is very frustrating as it is such a simple element of the whole thing: can you rely on your camera's meter at night? Can you use it to set the shutter speed? As I wrote, this is my first Nikon (a Canon user usually) but my work has usually been of interiors and using Photoshop. I'm still trying to get my head round this. Best, Chris [/QUOTE]

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