oldseadog43kc Loc: Kansas City, Mo.

Sometime, more and more, I am slow on the up take. Frequently, I will adjust F stop, shutter speed, or exposure compensation based upon what I see on the LCD screen. And, then when a various shots are viewed on my PC or printed any given photo is darker or brighter than I had anticipated. Tonight, it dawned on me that "LCD brightness" adjustment played a major part in what I saw on the screen . A bit of experimenting suggested that no matter what F stop etc I used getting an accurate rendition [that is the color, brightness etc] of a scene on the LCD screen was made almost impossible by the limits of the "LCD brightness" adjustment.

A. Am I close to understanding the issue? B. Where do I go from here? {I usually shoot Jpeg}

BudsOwl Loc: Upstate NY and New England

Use the histogram to determine exposure. There are two views in the histogram, the second shows the distribution of the colors.

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

Why not use the camera's metering system to set exposure (and verify the exposure if necessary using the histogram) rather than trying to judge brightness via the LCD?

Bultaco Loc: Aiken, SC

I'm just curious, why the LCD screen instead of the viewfinder?

speters Loc: Grangeville/Idaho

That LCD on the back is certainly not made for evaluating made exposures!!

oldseadog43kc Loc: Kansas City, Mo.

Thanks for the constructive replies. Will learn how to use the histogram feature.

SKAN Loc: Chennai INDIA

I am on T6i and use LCD only to confirm whether focus is alright.
I shoot RAW in manual + auto ISO combo, so exposure is seldom a problem.

For JPEG shooting, "on camera" histogram would be the right tool.

oldseadog43kc Loc: Kansas City, Mo.

Thanks ... More and more it seems I nerd to move to RAW.