Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="aroy" data-source="post: 314019" data-attributes="member: 16090">After reading this post, I tried various modes with my D3300. Here are the findings. With Matrix metering, the exposure is totally scene dependent. Trees in bright sunlight tend to be fine. Evening shots where the sky is a part of the scene are under exposed, Indoors with flash under exposed.. With centre weighed metering, the area metered is perfectly exposed. Indoors with flash the histogram shows 1.5 stop under exposed, but the scene looks perfectly exposed to the eye.. Spot metering exposes perfectly in the centre. So you can meter the area you want, lock exposure and then shift and reframe for the shot.My conclusion, is that if there is even a small area of bright light in the area of metering, then the body accounts for it, which leads to the rest of the scene looking under exposed. That is in tune with the philosophy that no pixels should be blown. When we examine the image, we want the main area to be perfectly exposed, which means that in case there is a bright area in the periphery, we do not mind if it is blown. The camera really does not know that and tries to accommodate the maximum brightness. Hence the best recourse is to meter for that area which you want properly exposed, and forget the bright spots.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="aroy, post: 314019, member: 16090"] After reading this post, I tried various modes with my D3300. Here are the findings . With Matrix metering, the exposure is totally scene dependent. Trees in bright sunlight tend to be fine. Evening shots where the sky is a part of the scene are under exposed, Indoors with flash under exposed. . With centre weighed metering, the area metered is perfectly exposed. Indoors with flash the histogram shows 1.5 stop under exposed, but the scene looks perfectly exposed to the eye. . Spot metering exposes perfectly in the centre. So you can meter the area you want, lock exposure and then shift and reframe for the shot. My conclusion, is that if there is even a small area of bright light in the area of metering, then the body accounts for it, which leads to the rest of the scene looking under exposed. That is in tune with the philosophy that no pixels should be blown. When we examine the image, we want the main area to be perfectly exposed, which means that in case there is a bright area in the periphery, we do not mind if it is blown. The camera really does not know that and tries to accommodate the maximum brightness. Hence the best recourse is to meter for that area which you want properly exposed, and forget the bright spots. [/QUOTE]

Verification