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Metering errors on EX1

Started Dec 18, 2011 | Discussions thread
brianj Forum Pro • Posts: 14,657
Re: Metering errors on EX1

phototransformations wrote:

I find the EX1 typically overexposes about .3 - .7 EV when using multi for metering. I compensate for it with negative EC. I shoot RAW, so bringing it up .3 - .7EV in post is not a problem, for those rare times when the default exposure is correct.

Good advice there, after all my experimenting with metering modes and mucking around with contrast, I have come full circle back to multi metering and a default of EV=-.3, which allows me to further trim some scenes down to -.7 or -1 and the occasionally up to 0EV.

Sometimes I wish cameras had a global EV compensation deep in the settings, so you could trim it to your liking with the normal EV set to 0. I am just fussy that way that I would like to see my camera expose just right when EV=0 instead of -.3.

Brian

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