ronfab1
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Does the Canon G12 tend to Overexpose by Its Own Metering?
Jul 22, 2013
Hello
I am trying to get one of these cameras set up to shoot well exposed photographs for my daughter in law who is doing the Mt. Whitney up and down in a day climb next Saturday 7/27. I have a Sony NEX 5N, Panasonic GH3 and a Sony A77 so I know my way around somewhat with digital cameras.
I told her I would take a look at it before she went because every time I see photos they have taken with it, 90% are like a full stop or worse over exposed in outdoor bright light. So I got it from her yesterday and was surprised to see it was a pretty nice camera with some really nice stabilization, and a Canon from the Powershot line. The 1st thing I see is it was in full auto. I'm thinking OK well hopefully that explains it.
So I put it only in P mode (because she wants it simple) and told her to keep on 80 ISO in bright light, and showed her how now the Exposure Compensation setting on the dial lights up and I would do test shots to see where it needs to be.
I'm going to have her shoot RAW + Jpeg because it "seems" it needs to be at -1.3 to be where whites like with flowers are not blowing out their details amongst other colored flowers and "highlights" in general, EVEN on a semi overcast day yesterday. And if any of them come out dark I can really fix them for her well, although that close, the Jpeg would be fixable too. But it's Mt Whitney and this is a big day for her.
I'm still waiting for some bright sunshine to check there but seriously I'm guessing it is going to need -1.7 to keep whites with some detail even at 80 ISO.
Is this typical "metering" performance from the G12 or just her's?? My NEX 5N handles that kind of intense light with just -1/3. The A77 .... -2/3 usually.