Exposure help

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Hope i can explain this properly i have been taking photos of birds trying to get sharp pics i have been shooting on manual now i understood that if you look through the veiwfinder there is a meter there, that if you get no bars on both sides that means it is a good exposure i was doing that this morning but still when i uploaded the photo in lightroom it was underexposed i have put a pic on below
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Can anybody see where i am going wrong ?
 
Looking at the Exif you have got the exposure compensation set to -2 1/3 stops.
 
Sorry if this is sounding a bit thick but i was moving the exposure comp so i would get that good exposure reading on the meter thing so i don't go of the meter thing ? i will try lowering the shutter speed thank for your help
 
I think that Suvv means that you were changing the compensation not the exposure as you though you were. That little meter should give you a correct exposure but you can then "override it" by adding or removing compensation because what the camera thinks is correct might not be what you were after.

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Set the exposure compensation to 0 then centre the meter using your choice of speed and aperture.
 
fabs said:
I don't know about Canon, but does the exposure compensation have any effect when you shoot in manual?
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The OP has a Nikon :) and exposure compensation works on mine in Manual.
 
blackwolf said:
i understood that if you look through the veiwfinder there is a meter there, that if you get no bars on both sides that means it is a good exposure
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NO!

When using manual you should totaly ignore the exposure metering once you start shooting..

You have missed step one of shooting manual.. Step one is setting the exposure... Point at something in the lighting your shooting at that is a mid colour.. grey or green grass... manualy set your exposure... by checking the exposure meter :)

Thats step one.. your exposure is set in manual..

Now you shoot the bird but most important of all.. you must totally ignore the exposure meter.. you already set the exposure so ignore what the camera is telling you..


BTW... Its not the exposure for sharper pictures :)
 
fabs said:
Oops, don't know where I got Canon from. Interesting though, on the Sony the EC has now effect in manual.
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I must say that I do not see the point of it.
When I am shooting manual and need to alter the exposure I want to decide if I want to change the shutter speed or the aperture. If I use EC I don't know what is being changed :shrug:

Blackwolf, this thread may help - particularly the posts by tdodd, thanks Tim
http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=115623
 
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Suvv said:
I must say that I do not see the point of it.
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When in manual.. your in manual.. I agree why would exposure compensation even enter your head or be of any use?... your in manual.. if you want more or less exposure you decide what to change ....
 
Suvv said:
I must say that I do not see the point of it.
When I am shooting manual and need to alter the exposure I want to decide if I want to change the shutter speed or the aperture. If I use EC I don't know what is being changed :shrug:
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Indeed, I just assumed Canikons did the same as Sony in this regard.
 
Try this

When in manual mode. Set the exposure by exposing the palm of your hand. (set the exposure meter in the viewfinder 1 stop brighter than mid tone when pointed at the palm of your hand. Make sure the palm of your hand fill the whole of the viewfinder)

and take the picture again as normal but Igore whatever the meter reading is telling you after doing the above .

If the image still looks dark...give it some more + compensation bit by bit. Use the histogram as indicator as to how far you can push the histogram to the right and the LCD blinkies if you have given it too much + compensation
 
RL355 said:
Try this

When in manual mode. Set the exposure by exposing the palm of your hand. (set the exposure meter in the viewfinder 1 stop brighter than mid tone when pointed at the palm of your hand. Make sure the palm of your hand fill the whole of the viewfinder)
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yer kidding? How close is the bird ?:)

scrub that.... how longs his arms? thats a 300mm lens :)
 
KIPAX said:
NO!

When using manual you should totaly ignore the exposure metering once you start shooting..

You have missed step one of shooting manual.. Step one is setting the exposure... Point at something in the lighting your shooting at that is a mid colour.. grey or green grass... manualy set your exposure... by checking the exposure meter :)

Thats step one.. your exposure is set in manual..

Now you shoot the bird but most important of all.. you must totally ignore the exposure meter.. you already set the exposure so ignore what the camera is telling you..


BTW... Its not the exposure for sharper pictures :)
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Do you do this in aperture or shutter mode?!? Never heard of doing this before...! :bonk:
 
So what is the point of EC? Is it to offset settings that may otherwise be pushing the equipment limit to get correct exposure? ie lower shutter speed = correct exp but possible camera shake?

Thanks

Rosie
 
Darthchaffinch said:
Do you do this in aperture or shutter mode?!? Never heard of doing this before...! :bonk:
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It doesnt matter what mode you do it in.. pointing at a nutural colour in any mode will give the same exposure reading.

How else have you heard? you can use a grey card but not always possible.. especialy shooting with a 300mm lens at something in the distance ..
 
bullybaby2011 said:
So what is the point of EC? Is it to offset settings that may otherwise be pushing the equipment limit to get correct exposure? ie lower shutter speed = correct exp but possible camera shake?

Thanks

Rosie
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ec is used in semi auto modes (on canon thats av/tv ect) and has its uses...
 
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