TRA1NR Pitlane Member Donating Members 2,886 Member For: 18y 1m 7d Gender: Male Location: Pakenham, Victoria Posted 14/02/12 11:59 PM Share Posted 14/02/12 11:59 PM (edited) I have been using the light meter in the viewfinder, have not used the histogram yet, will have to look up how to use it!Edit: Just been playing with the camera with the histogram turned on, thanks Adam! It adds another lot of information to take in and help me take a good pic! Edited 15/02/12 12:13 AM by TRA1NR Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/77236-photography-advice-discussion-thread/page/17/#findComment-1196383 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Here since the start... Lifetime Members 10,282 Member For: 22y 1m 13d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Posted 15/02/12 12:42 AM Share Posted 15/02/12 12:42 AM I don't actually use the histogram myself unless I'm bracketing shots.So when you're using the meter in the view finder do you just adjust the shutter speed and aperture to give you a 0 value. So properly exposed (according to the camera). Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/77236-photography-advice-discussion-thread/page/17/#findComment-1196400 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dillz Three pedals are better then two.. Donating Members 15,637 Member For: 18y 14d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 15/02/12 12:45 AM Share Posted 15/02/12 12:45 AM Talk is cheap fella's, lets get a day shoot going and you can all play with your cameras together? Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/77236-photography-advice-discussion-thread/page/17/#findComment-1196402 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRA1NR Pitlane Member Donating Members 2,886 Member For: 18y 1m 7d Gender: Male Location: Pakenham, Victoria Posted 15/02/12 12:46 AM Share Posted 15/02/12 12:46 AM Yes I do Adam, or at least try to, is that the best technique? Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/77236-photography-advice-discussion-thread/page/17/#findComment-1196404 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Here since the start... Lifetime Members 10,282 Member For: 22y 1m 13d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Posted 15/02/12 02:13 AM Share Posted 15/02/12 02:13 AM Ok. So in doing that you're making the exact same decision regarding exposure the camera would've made for you in an instant. I'll try and explain it a bit better...You're on Av mode f/8, ISO 100. You frame that shot and focus. In that instant the camera has decided the shutter speed needed to make that photo with 0 EV, so meter at 0.Do the same in manual and zero the meter and the photo will be exposed identically. The only difference is it took longer to arrive at that result.Shooting on manual doesn't add an extra element to the photo that is missing from the other modes. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/77236-photography-advice-discussion-thread/page/17/#findComment-1196441 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRA1NR Pitlane Member Donating Members 2,886 Member For: 18y 1m 7d Gender: Male Location: Pakenham, Victoria Posted 15/02/12 02:24 AM Share Posted 15/02/12 02:24 AM ok, so to take advantage of manual mode, or get different effects to auto mode, I need to be shooting either side of EV 0? Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/77236-photography-advice-discussion-thread/page/17/#findComment-1196444 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Here since the start... Lifetime Members 10,282 Member For: 22y 1m 13d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Posted 15/02/12 02:30 AM Share Posted 15/02/12 02:30 AM If you want to under/over expose the photo, yes.There's times when you might not agree with the cameras 'correct' exposure. That's when you can override that with exposure compensation. You're basically telling the camera to take what it thinks is the correct exposure and add or subtract whatever compensation amount you've dialled in. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/77236-photography-advice-discussion-thread/page/17/#findComment-1196446 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Here since the start... Lifetime Members 10,282 Member For: 22y 1m 13d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Posted 15/02/12 02:30 AM Share Posted 15/02/12 02:30 AM This would be much easy to explain in practice. Maybe Dillz (finally) has a good idea? Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/77236-photography-advice-discussion-thread/page/17/#findComment-1196447 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRA1NR Pitlane Member Donating Members 2,886 Member For: 18y 1m 7d Gender: Male Location: Pakenham, Victoria Posted 15/02/12 02:34 AM Share Posted 15/02/12 02:34 AM (edited) Ok. If you are keen to run a daytime or nighttime photoshoot/workshop I would be very interest Adam!As an example: If I want to shoot 3 images to make 1 HDR image, and want to over an under expose more than 2 stops then manual mode is where I would 'force' the settings I need? Edited 15/02/12 02:36 AM by TRA1NR Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/77236-photography-advice-discussion-thread/page/17/#findComment-1196449 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagabond Bored Member Administrator 35,722 Member For: 22y 6m 25d Gender: Male Location: Dé·jà vu Posted 15/02/12 02:38 AM Share Posted 15/02/12 02:38 AM Bout bloody time!! . Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/77236-photography-advice-discussion-thread/page/17/#findComment-1196451 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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