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After selecting Program mode (P), what should you do next?
Dec 23, 2017 14:40:31 #
GalaxyCat wrote:
If you select P, what is the next step? Adjust ISO?
Set ISO to auto.
Set White Balance to auto.
Go forth and take pictures.
And get Bryan Peterson's book "Understanding Exposure" and try to lean how to control ISO, Aperture, Shutter Speed, and Exposure Compensation so that you can get more control over your results.
Dec 23, 2017 16:00:13 #
I read everyone's posts. I am happy to tell you that I'm going to try manual for a while. We are having a wet-ice-wet-ice storm in Boston today. I would love to take pictures, but I'm waiting until tomorrow.
Dec 23, 2017 19:16:50 #
IDguy
Loc: Idaho
GalaxyCat wrote:
I read everyone's posts. I am happy to tell you that I'm going to try manual for a while. We are having a wet-ice-wet-ice storm in Boston today. I would love to take pictures, but I'm waiting until tomorrow.
Ah! Non-intuitive secret here. If your image is mostly snow and you use matrix metering you need to set your EV UP 1.5 or 2 in A, S, or P mode. Otherwise you get grey snow.
Many think because the scene is so bright they need to set EV down. Or in manual set the meter to one or two plus EV. Wrong!
Know why?
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Dec 23, 2017 20:52:29 #
Now I feel really stupid, What is EV? Exposure Vary?
IDguy wrote:
Ah! Non-intuitive secret here. If your image is mostly snow and you use matrix metering you need to set your EV UP 1.5 or 2 in A, S, or P mode. Otherwise you get grey snow.
Many think because the scene is so bright they need to set EV down. Or in manual set the meter to one or two plus EV. Wrong!
Know why?
Many think because the scene is so bright they need to set EV down. Or in manual set the meter to one or two plus EV. Wrong!
Know why?
Dec 23, 2017 22:00:01 #
GalaxyCat wrote:
Now I feel really stupid, What is EV? Exposure Vary?
Just a way of saying "stop". When shooting snow, overexpose by 1-2 stops.
Dec 23, 2017 23:46:09 #
IDguy
Loc: Idaho
GalaxyCat wrote:
Now I feel really stupid, What is EV? Exposure Vary?
Exposure Value
It is + or - stop adjustments to the meter.
Why would you want to INCREASE it for very bright scenes, e.g. snow or a bride in a white dress?
Dec 24, 2017 19:29:41 #
I didn't see where anyone replied as to why you open up a stop or two. I'm sure old timers know but in case there are some folks who've never studied the ins and outs of exposure, I will tell them. It's all about middle gray. Light meters see everything as gray and automatic exposure systems try to make everything "middle gray." If your scene has a lot of white, as in snow or a wedding dress, the camera will be fooled into thinking the scene is gray rather than white. Open up a stop or two and presto...your snow is white.
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Dec 24, 2017 21:39:18 #
IDguy
Loc: Idaho
Shel B wrote:
I didn't see where anyone replied as to why you op... (show quote)
Yes, that is the understanding I was hoping to elicit from the OP.
And perhaps the understanding that it applies in M mode as well as it does in the other autoexposure modes (A, S, and P). You usually apply it differently in M mode; simply by setting the exposuure to + whatever. Or with Nikons you can apply EV and set the meter to zero.
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