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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Horoscope Fish" data-source="post: 414883" data-attributes="member: 13090">Well hold on a minute here... Your camera's meter does not "guess", nor it is ever really "wrong" (unless it's broken). What it does is EVALUATE and then suggests, or sets, exposure based on that evaluation. You may not LIKE what it's doing but you can't expect it to understand what you want. Further, what the meter is doing but is entirely predicable once you understand how the meter does what it does. The Absolutely Crucial Point is this: The light meter in your camera exposes every shot for middle grey. EVERY SHOT, ALL THE TIME. No matter what you're photographing, no matter how you're metering the camera's light meter exposes for middle grey every... single... time. You can over-ride the meter by using the Exposure Compensation button of course, but you're still basing the adjustment off of the meter's initial reading which will always be based on middle grey. Stop thinking of it as an Exposure Meter and start thinking of it as a "Middle Grey Meter", because really... That's what it is and that's how it operates......I usually use Matrix metering because most of the time it's very, very good. I use my histograms and Exposure Compensation button to adjust when necessary. When I'm not using Matrix I'm typically using "Spot" metering to ensure that the subject is correctly exposed, everything else be damned. What might help you a lot is reading this article: <a href="http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/understanding-series/understanding-histograms.shtml" target="_blank">Understanding Histograms</a>. It will teach you how to better work with your camera's meter and how to nail proper exposure every time. Where perfect exposure is not possible, you have to make a choice but understanding your camera's histogram will help you make those decisions so you wind up getting what you want......Yes, see the link above regarding understanding and using histograms.</blockquote>

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