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>Can anyone explain an exposure compensation system for me?
>I'm using N6006. Say, I want override my meter readings of
>that bright snow day. Say, the meter shows f5.6 at 1/500 and I
>feel like shooting at f8 1/500 (just samples). So, should I
>set my exposure comensation onto +1EV and keep working as usual
>or do I need to do anything else? I also get really confused on
>where to move: + for less light reaching the film and - for more
>light or what?
I find it easier to use manual mode (no matrix! [so I know what
is going on]), and apply the compensation directly to the shutter
speed and aperture, since the compensation is likely to change
with each photograph and it is all too easy to forget you have
added the compensation (resulting in a lot of bad exposures!).
It is also easier to remember the direction to compensate. (Since
the meter is designed to give me medium grey from ANYTHING it
measures, it is easy to realize that the white snow needs additional
exposure [+] to "overexpose" the grey-read snow to move it toward
white [Adding 1 2/3 stops on a sunny day, 1 1/2 stops on a grey day
for slides when metering just snow in the general direction in which
the photo will be taken works for me.].) If you do want to struggle
with auto or program modes, "+" adds exposure (to lighten), "-"
subtracts exposure (to darken). (BTW, virtually all of your examples
above were backwards [except the "+1" was in the right direction..].)
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