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Newb question: D3400 light meter not showing in aperture mode?!
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<blockquote data-quote="nickt" data-source="post: 657719" data-attributes="member: 4923"><p>Just to add to what Marcel said, Aperture mode is an automatic mode. Not as automatic as AUTO, but still somewhat automatic. It gives you control over the aperture, but it will control the shutter speed. It will always try for a perfect exposure by setting the shutter speed as needed. So you don't need the meter. If you could see the meter, it would be at 0. That is, until you hit a wall with the shutter speed. That would be a speed over 1/4000 if it is very bright or more than 30 seconds if it is very dark. If you are using auto iso, that would factor into the mix too. Depending on metering mode and extremes in the scene, you may not agree that the scene was metered perfectly, but the camera thinks it was metered perfectly. So that's why you don't see the meter, its at 0. If you are not happy with how an exposure turned out in Aperture mode, seeing the meter would not have helped. The camera judged the scene and picked a shutter speed to give you 0. Exposure compensation is used when we are not happy with what the meter thinks is 0 and it raises or lowers what the camera thinks is perfect exposure.</p><p>In manual mode, you will see the meter. You will have control and will be able to adjust shutter or aperture and affect the meter reading, so it is needed. When you first venture into in manual, turn off auto iso or it will get confusing. No rush to shoot in manual though.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nickt, post: 657719, member: 4923"] Just to add to what Marcel said, Aperture mode is an automatic mode. Not as automatic as AUTO, but still somewhat automatic. It gives you control over the aperture, but it will control the shutter speed. It will always try for a perfect exposure by setting the shutter speed as needed. So you don't need the meter. If you could see the meter, it would be at 0. That is, until you hit a wall with the shutter speed. That would be a speed over 1/4000 if it is very bright or more than 30 seconds if it is very dark. If you are using auto iso, that would factor into the mix too. Depending on metering mode and extremes in the scene, you may not agree that the scene was metered perfectly, but the camera thinks it was metered perfectly. So that's why you don't see the meter, its at 0. If you are not happy with how an exposure turned out in Aperture mode, seeing the meter would not have helped. The camera judged the scene and picked a shutter speed to give you 0. Exposure compensation is used when we are not happy with what the meter thinks is 0 and it raises or lowers what the camera thinks is perfect exposure. In manual mode, you will see the meter. You will have control and will be able to adjust shutter or aperture and affect the meter reading, so it is needed. When you first venture into in manual, turn off auto iso or it will get confusing. No rush to shoot in manual though. [/QUOTE]
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