Digital Camera - Ken Gilbert
Digital Camera - Ken Gilbert
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photo Advisor<br />
Where the experts help you perfect your photography<br />
Gotaphotographic problem? send the details to digitalcamera@futurenet.com and let our experts provide the solution<br />
tHE PHOtO<br />
AdvISOR tEAM<br />
Geoff Harris, editor<br />
A decade testing cameras<br />
has taughtGeoff whatcan<br />
go wrong – and how to fix it<br />
Ben Brain, deputy editor<br />
RPS associate and former<br />
portrait pro Ben is an oracle<br />
of creative advice<br />
ed Godden, technique ed<br />
Ed cut his teeth as a press<br />
shooter, so is full of practical<br />
tips and techniques<br />
ali Jennings, digital editor<br />
Ali’s an expertoneverything<br />
to do with Photoshop and<br />
photo editing<br />
CaMera SKILLS<br />
LiVeNupyour<br />
LANdscApes<br />
Qi’ve just upgraded from acompact to<br />
ad-sLr,but my initial landscapeshots<br />
look pale andwashed-out. iwould like to<br />
sort out the problem before going away on<br />
holiday. can you help? Chris Lye, via email<br />
aed says:over-exposure<br />
is the prime suspect for<br />
this. evaluative metering<br />
modes, used by default on most<br />
cameras, areusuallyaccurate<br />
because theytakethe whole<br />
scene intoaccount, but they’re<br />
easily fooled. Some D-SLRs,<br />
including all Canon models, lock<br />
the exposuresetting after alight<br />
press on the shutter release<br />
button, at the same time that<br />
autofocus is achieved. this<br />
means that if you focus on a<br />
Scenic shots over-exposed? Review<br />
your images on screen, apply some<br />
exposure compensation and try again<br />
relatively darkforeground<br />
or mid-rangeobject, then<br />
recompose the shot to take in a<br />
lot more sky, the image is likely<br />
to be severely over-exposed.<br />
the moststraightforward<br />
solution is to select an individual<br />
autofocus point thatmost<br />
closelymatchesthe target you<br />
want to focus on, so any<br />
subsequent swivelling of the<br />
camerafor recomposition is<br />
minimal. Alternatively,position<br />
the camerafor the actual shot<br />
and press the Ae Lock (Auto<br />
exposureLock) buttontolock<br />
the exposuresetting,then move<br />
it to captureautofocus before<br />
returning to take your shot.<br />
Reviewyour images and, if they<br />
look toobright, applynegative<br />
exposurecompensation as<br />
required and reshoot.<br />
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