Professional Photography Digital Imaging Information Workshop
in Singapore by Nature @ Work .
How
does the camera exposure meter work in your digital camera ?
All the light
meters in your digital cameras are tuned to
measure a subject that is of middle tone. A
middle tone subject is defined as neither light
nor dark, about halfway in between black and white. |
A patch of
green football field would be about middle tone
while a field of white snow will NOT be middle
tone as it is more reflective. Therefore a
picture of the football field will turn out well
in your digital camera while the picture of the
snow will turn out grayish.
When you take
picture of subjects that are lighter in tone,
like snow-scenes, white clouds or white sandy
beaches, it is recommended that you use the
compensation adjustment like
+ 0.5, +1.0, or +
1.5 provided in your digital camera.
You can
consult your camera manual for the feature,
which is very common in most digital cameras.
The compensation will brighten up the picture so
that it will look more normal than that darkish
picture that you may eventually delete.
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Your camera is
taught to get this exposure
setting because it assumes everything is middle
tone |
You need to adjust
the setting because the flower is not a middle
tone in order to get the
correct tone. |
You can go closer
and see the detail of the Dillenia for
better composition. Digital photo by John
Arifin
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You can try
out the effect of the compensation in your
digital camera now and see the difference and
the improvements in your photographs. |
