PHD:That's interesting Martin, re overexposing. I get exactly the same problem. Apart from manually underexposing by about half to one stop, is there a recommended way to overcome this, ie. custom setting or something else?
Hi PHD,
If you are using evaluative mode it has a scene recognition feature (nothing you ste, it just is). I've had a lot of experimenting with this lately. My recent trip to scotland was a washout, with cloudy/misty days every day in the mountains! On reviewing my images at home the exposures are all pretty much perfect ![Smile [:)]](/emoticons/emotion-1.gif)
I took photos with EV and Spot metering modes to compare and they both came out the same (near as).
The key to the EV mode seems to be:
Whilst metering as you would in spot mode (so choose a mid tone to fall under the focus point in the viewfinder) take into account how much other light is in the scene as well. What I mean is, if half of the scene is going to have bright clouds in it, then I'd recommend metering a mid tone area with the majority of the viewfinder filled with the brighter area of the scene (say 75%).
It's hard to explain but try this:
Bright white clouds in top third of frame.
Green hills in bottom two thirds of frame.
Meter for a mid tone on the green hills but with the scene: Bright white clouds in top two thirds, green hills in bottom third.
With this reading locked, recompose the shot back to the bottom two thirds been green hills again.
It's worked for me this trip as I say, and whilst I won't always use EV metering it certainly is something I'm happy to use more often now (such as when I don't have the time to meter a scene fully using spot mode).
DISCLAIMER: This is just intended as general, helpful, starting advice to understanding how the camera seems to think in evaluative metering mode.
