Exposure compensation
Jul 4, 2017 21:55:01 #
Do you need to determine EC by individual situations or is it safe to create a general one for the camera that will work in most instances? Thanks for your help.
Jul 4, 2017 22:04:34 #
folkus wrote:
Do you need to determine EC by individual situations or is it safe to create a general one for the camera that will work in most instances? Thanks for your help.
Not safe to create a general comp of EC for your camera. Get in the habit of looking at the histogram for each image you create and adjust the EC as needed.My 2 cents.
Jul 4, 2017 22:39:13 #
PixelStan77 wrote:
Not safe to create a general comp of EC for your camera. Get in the habit of looking at the histogram for each image you create and adjust the EC as needed.My 2 cents.
Jul 4, 2017 23:11:48 #
PixelStan77 wrote:
Not safe to create a general comp of EC for your camera. Get in the habit of looking at the histogram for each image you create and adjust the EC as needed.My 2 cents.
PixelStan nailed it!
Jul 5, 2017 05:52:19 #
folkus wrote:
Do you need to determine EC by individual situations or is it safe to create a general one for the camera that will work in most instances? Thanks for your help.
I do agree with the previous advice of Pixelstan, HOWEVER, I have discovered that sometimes your metering type will cause either darker or lighter exposures, and the application of EC in a "general sense" will be applicable during a particular shoot or location.
Jul 5, 2017 06:16:29 #
travisdeland wrote:
I do agree with the previous advice of Pixelstan, HOWEVER, I have discovered that sometimes your metering type will cause either darker or lighter exposures, and the application of EC in a "general sense" will be applicable during a particular shoot or location.
Thanks for your comment.
Jul 5, 2017 06:16:55 #
PixelStan77 wrote:
Not safe to create a general comp of EC for your camera. Get in the habit of looking at the histogram for each image you create and adjust the EC as needed.My 2 cents.
Thanks!!!
Jul 5, 2017 07:19:00 #
PixelStan77 wrote:
Not safe to create a general comp of EC for your camera. Get in the habit of looking at the histogram for each image you create and adjust the EC as needed.My 2 cents.
I agree. Living in the North I have found EC to be essential when taking photographs in the snow.
Jul 5, 2017 07:28:00 #
folkus wrote:
Do you need to determine EC by individual situations or is it safe to create a general one for the camera that will work in most instances? Thanks for your help.
Except for unusual lighting situations, the camera should determine the correct exposure. Unusual lighting or creating special effects can require use of EC.
Jul 5, 2017 08:39:13 #
I hope I'm not misunderstanding you but, I use a lot of AEB at +/- 2/3 to 1 and have been pretty happy so far.
Jul 5, 2017 08:59:07 #
I never use the EC. I always switch to manual whenever I need exposure different from what the meter says.
Jul 5, 2017 10:11:16 #
mwsilvers
Loc: Central New Jersey
folkus wrote:
Do you need to determine EC by individual situations or is it safe to create a general one for the camera that will work in most instances? Thanks for your help.
No. EC use is intended to modify the exposure of specific shots depending on the lighting conditions. It is not a general tweak to compensate for some limitation in the camera.
Jul 5, 2017 10:14:15 #
folkus wrote:
Do you need to determine EC by individual situations or is it safe to create a general one for the camera that will work in most instances? Thanks for your help.
What is this obsession with EC that has been on several threads the past few months? I have never used EC in my 40+ years of taking pictures and don't understand why it is the "rage" now.... Can someone please explain to me why this takes priority over metering and manual adjustments? You are moving the same number of knobs and buttons, so it's not like EC is a huge time saver. And it can in fact give you an incorrect exposure if you go the wrong way!
Jul 5, 2017 10:32:29 #
tomcat wrote:
What is this obsession with EC that has been on several threads the past few months? I have never used EC in my 40+ years of taking pictures and don't understand why it is the "rage" now.... Can someone please explain to me why this takes priority over metering and manual adjustments? You are moving the same number of knobs and buttons, so it's not like EC is a huge time saver. And it can in fact give you an incorrect exposure if you go the wrong way!
I never use the EC either but as I understand most photographers today consider it as the only mean to control exposure. They would leave the camera on auto ISO so that they can control DOF and motion blur with aperture and shutter speed in manual mode but the exposure is still automatic. The only mean to control exposure to them is the EC. That is why any camera design that doesn't have the EC control right on the right thumb is consider bad.
Jul 5, 2017 10:33:12 #
folkus wrote:
Do you need to determine EC by individual situations or is it safe to create a general one for the camera that will work in most instances? Thanks for your help.
It is a matter of common sense. If your principal object is dark and you want it exposed for detail, your camera is going to look at the scene and average all the light and will underexpose the dark object. So you will have to use some + compensation. The opposite is true if you want to properly expose a light object on a dark background. The camera is going to read the entire scene and expose for an average of the light values, and blow out all the detail on your light object. So you will have to supply some - compensation to get it right. How much comp to apply in a particular case is a matter of experience. Your histogram will guide you.
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