Welshot Focus - Issue 4 - December 2017

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by Jason Edwards
This is a dead easy one! If you’ve ever used your camera on
Program, Shutter or Aperture priority and your photos were
either too dark or too bright, using your camera’s exposure
compensation feature might be the answer. For example, if
you turn it up to +1, it’ll give you an extra stop of exposure
– ideal if your photos are coming out a little dark. Similarly,
if your photos are a bit overexposed, bring your exposure
compensation down. Remember – a camera will never be
as sophisticated as the human eye, so its own systems will
never be foolproof, hence the need to help it out once in a
while! Your exposure compensation will probably go from -3
to +3 and increase/decrease in thirds of a stop.
Alternatively, you may have noticed that even though your
camera is telling you your photo is properly exposed, it may
be coming out either too bright or dark. In this instance, it’s
worth checking your exposure compensation and seeing
that you haven’t accidentally knocked it up or down. Some
cameras have this control as a dial on top of the camera; with
others, you may need to push a button or two to access it.
What is
EXPOSURE
COMPENSATION?
If my camera is telling me that what I’ve composed in my
viewfinder is perfectly exposed but it’s coming out like this, I
could bring by compensation down. In this case, I’d probably
begin by turning it down a couple of stops and seeing what
the camera produced. From there, I may possibly make some
minor adjustments if needed.
If my camera is telling me that this photo is theoretically
well exposed but it’s coming out too dark, I could add some
extra exposure to the image by turning up my exposure
compensation.
There is one other major component of the camera’s ability to
measure light, and that is the camera’s own metering method.
We’ll look at this in the near future, explain how it works and
work out which one of the options is best for you.
So there we have it. Exposure compensation – compensating
for your camera’s own exposure (mis)calculations.
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