rcirr Loc: Gilbert, Arizona

I bought a 5.5" "on camera" monitor to use on my D750. When you look through the eyepiece of the view finder you see a bar graph on the bottom of the screen. There is an indicator bar that moves left and right. The middle of the screen is zero. The bars to the left are negative and the bars to the right are positive. Generally, you are correctly exposed when the indicator bar is over the zero position in the middle. While getting familiar with the "on camera" monitor I noticed on the built in monitor there is no indicator bar moving left and right indicating exposure. There is a graph with zero in the middle , a + sign on the right and a - sign on the left, but no moving indicator bar. The control panel display (next to the shutter button) has the same problem. Anyone have any idea what's wrong...or what I am doing wrong?

camerapapi Loc: Miami, Fl.

I do not use a screen monitor so I cannot make any comments in that respect. In my opinion you should contact the manufacturer or dealer of your monitor and explain to them your issues with the monitor. I am sure they have an answer.
I wanted to tell you, not knowing your photographic expertise or experience, that when the needle is in zero it does not mean you have the correct exposure, what you have is the normal exposure which will turn your subject into a middle tonality (gray.) If the subject is bright you have to compensate the exposure toward that + sign and if it is in shadows or is black then toward the - sign.

Perhaps there is someone here using the on camera monitor that will help you but following my advise will most probably give you the best solution to your present problem.
Good luck.

rcirr Loc: Gilbert, Arizona

I have a very good understanding of the exposure indicator. I guess I expressed it poorly. I just wanted to convey the problem wasn't due to the exposure being so far wrong in either direction, the needle was not visible. The problem is not the monitor though. The monitor only brought the problem to my attention. With the monitor connected or not the problem remains. The exposure indicator works in the eyepiece but not the other two places it is displayed. Unfortunately, I am starting to believe you are correct. I will probably have to go to Nikon. I did the post because sometimes I have found answers faster through this forum that contacting Nikon.
Thank you for your response!

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You can choose your viewfinder info and your rear monitor info separately ? Do you have a meter scale on your rear monitor ? I suspect that your outboard monitor mimics your rear monitor, not your viewfinder.

FWIW, my 750 shows the meter scale at the bottom in the viewfinder but its on the right edge in the rear monitor. You say theres a (digital) "needle" on your meter scale. Mine has no needle. It has bars that extend left or right (viewfinder) or up and down (monitor). The bars shrink as the reading approaches zero. I wonder whether we dont have the same firmware ? Mine is v1.11.

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In video mode I have a histogram rather than a linear metering scale. Works equally well or even better.

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rcirr Loc: Gilbert, Arizona

Thanks for you help. First, let me clarify. I didn't mean "needle" literally. I just meant the way the bars indicate the exposure. Now, as far as I could determine from reading the manual repeatedly, there are three places that should have an exposure indicator. They are the "viewfinder" which is the most common way of using a camera...with eye to viewfinder. The second is called "Command Panel" in the manual. This is the small LCD display on the top of the camera just behind the shutter button. The third place you should see an exposure indicator is on what they call the "Tilt Monitor" after pressing the "Info" Button. All three should have an exposure indicator and all three should reflect the current exposure conditions. On my camera only the viewfinder exposure indicator works. While there is a bar graph like the one in the eyepiece exposure indicator in the other two exposure indicator locations, only the one in the viewfinder works. The other two don't do anything to indicate exposure. I appreciate you mentioning firmware. This is very possibly a firmware issue. My firmware is 1.15. You said yours was 1.11. Maybe the new crop of programming genius engineer introduced a new bug in the later version.
At any rate thanks again for your response. If you have any other thoughts on the matter I'll be happy to hear them. In the meantime I will try Google!

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can you post a picture of your bar graphs that don't do anything?

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A stray thought ... when engaging one of the "custom modes" (C1 or C2 on the dial) do you still have the same problem ?