This is probably the most stupid question (metering)

[Ukkor]

Hi,

Recently, i have had a few people telling me that i should meter off the grass for football games, now i have no idea how to do this. Would i have to go into say aperture priority, point at the grass, get the settings, and then enter them settings into manual. Or somehow lock these settings?

Sorry for the noobish question, but it has been bugging me for a while, so your help will be much appreciated!

 

[will69]

If you are shooting with your 40d, in Av or Tv or P point lens at the grass and press the star button (exposure lock), reframe and shoot.

You need to take acount of the exposure mode you are using, if you are shooting in evaluative you need to fill the frame with the grass, in spot mode, only the centre pont. You also need to pick grass in the same light as your subject, e.g. shadow or sunlight.

Grass works because it is usually close to mid gray.

 

[Ukkor]

If you are shooting with your 40d, in Av or Tv or P point lens at the grass and press the star button (exposure lock), reframe and shoot.

You need to take acount of the exposure mode you are using, if you are shooting in evaluative you need to fill the frame with the grass, in spot mode, only the centre pont. You also need to pick grass in the same light as your subject, e.g. shadow or sunlight.

Grass works because it is usually close to mid gray.

Thank you very much! I feel like such a noob now for asking such a stupid question

 

[KIPAX]

If you are shooting with your 40d, in Av or Tv or P point lens at the grass and press the star button (exposure lock), reframe and shoot..

Or as the case may be. Your being advised to shoot in Manual mode and meter off the grass at a football match. Then you point at grass and take note of the settings needed to get the right exposure...

lets say you decided you want to shoot football at f4 .. its a decent enough day set your iso at 200 if very sunny or 400 if just a nice day.. whatever suits....then set your camera to f4 point at grass .. change your shutter speed until the camera is showing a good exposure.. ie the little dot is center on your exposure line..

Thats it your in manual mode and you ahve set your exposure.. now start shooting.. BUT when you do the cameras exposure indicator may show that your over or under exposed... the important bit is to ignore that... every now and then point down at the grass to make sure its still showing a good exposure..


BTW .. The only stupid question is the one you dont ask.. all the rest are perfectly valid

 

[Ukkor]

Or as the case may be. Your being advised to shoot in Manual mode and meter off the grass at a football match. Then you point at grass and take note of the settings needed to get the right exposure...

lets say you decided you want to shoot football at f4 .. its a decent enough day set your iso at 200 if very sunny or 400 if just a nice day.. whatever suits....then set your camera to f4 point at grass .. change your shutter speed until the camera is showing a good exposure.. ie the little dot is center on your exposure line..

Thats it your in manual mode and you ahve set your exposure.. now start shooting.. BUT when you do the cameras exposure indicator may show that your over or under exposed... the important bit is to ignore that... every now and then point down at the grass to make sure its still showing a good exposure..


BTW .. The only stupid question is the one you dont ask.. all the rest are perfectly valid

Thanks KIPAX, while your in this thread, how should i go about setting the exposure for night games, as now i have my 2.8, i am going to be covering night games as well, starting tommorow. Just not sure of the best way to go about it..... so i have to ask for your expert knowledge!

Cheers

 

[KIPAX]

Same as.. in fact if your doing the above then moreso at night as theres so much to put the camera off in other modes.. iso as high as you can.. f2.8 and set shutter to probably around 320 (thats a guess)

However I would take readings at different parts of the ground.. daylight is constant but floodlights especialy at poorly lit grounds tend to be bright down the midde.. a little darker near goalmouths and too dark for anything down the touchlines.

I constatly change the shutter as they go into different areas.. usualy one speed for all the way down the middle and a different speed for ends.. only two to change between

 

[Ukkor]

Same as.. in fact if your doing the above then moreso at night as theres so much to put the camera off in other modes.. iso as high as you can.. f2.8 and set shutter to probably around 320 (thats a guess)

However I would take readings at different parts of the ground.. daylight is constant but floodlights especialy at poorly lit grounds tend to be bright down the midde.. a little darker near goalmouths and too dark for anything down the touchlines.

I constatly change the shutter as they go into different areas.. usualy one speed for all the way down the middle and a different speed for ends.. only two to change between

Cheers KIPAX, these night games are going to be a whole new learning curve by the looks of it!