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Originally Posted by redwing210  Can anyone tell me exactly how to take a light-meter reading with a camera ? Loads of magazines and books say take a reading with your camera and I do not know exactly what they mean.
I have a 400d and have asumed it means putting the camera in the TV mode and seeing what exposure/shutter speed it reccomends, but if I do this I am not sure what the difference is between this and full auto, and what to do with the info once I have it?
As ever all help appreciated
Redwing |
It seems from your question you mean how to take a reading for a specific part of the scene youre photographing?
All suggestions like this mean, is to set exposure for a specific part of the image youre going to take, so, for example the main subject is correctly exposed, or exposure is set to avoid blown highlights.
There`s 2 ways to do this accurately - the first way is to set the camera to spot metering mode, where it will calculate exposure for a small specific area.You then take a reading from your chosen part of the scene. The second way is to zoom in on the part of the scene you want to expose correctly (such as a bird against a dark background), to get a more accurate exposure for that specific point. In either case, once you take a reading, you can either lock exposure using the exposure lock button if your camera has one, or switch to manual mode and set it to the same exposure settings.That way, the part of the image youve metered will be correctly exposed.
Mark H