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Shooting manual washes a lot of stuff out

Started May 1, 2020 | Questions thread
AshleyMC Senior Member • Posts: 2,228
Re: Shooting manual washes a lot of stuff out

There are good Manual settings, and there are not-so-good Manual settings.

Ditto with the Av and Tv settings. That's why there is the EC (Exposure Compensation) dial because the exposure measurement algorithm - being pre-programmed with certain assumptions and performance expectations - may be fooled by various real-life factors within the frame.

It is safe to say that, in typical scenarios, the camera is capable of focusing and exposure measuring much better than the average user.

Various instances of wrong exposure may be corrected in post processing of the Raw files. Well, unless the highlights were blown to plain white.

The camera as a whole is a tool. The camera user, although aided by various automated features of a modern camera, should be the ultimate control (*) - unless "good enough" is acceptable.

(*) correct exposure, sharpness where sharpness should be, interesting composition, "the story" conveyed by the photograph

Sometimes, the photographer's artistic decision makes an image brighter (overexposed) or darker (underexposed) - or, in a different vein, blurry instead of tack sharp - other than what is conventionally perceived in real life. That's part of ultimate control.

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