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Tips for exposure metering
Landscapes, close-ups or portraits, in the
living room, at the airport or at parties - the
majority of subjects contain many bright and
dark details. Therefore, in general, exposure
metering is not a problem. When the camera is
tilted a little or turned to the left or right, the
exposure value remains unchan- ged with
selective metering. However, if a landscape
scene containing many white clouds is
photographed using a wide-angle lens or if the
exposure meter is influenced by very bright
lamps in a Bavarian beer tent, for example, the
camera should be turned towards an area
containing no particular bright or dark details.
To meter the exposure in the beer tent, the
lens was pointed slightly downwards and to
the left towards the lower left-hand corner of
the picture to prevent the light source directly
above the head of the person forming the
subject from influencing the exposure reading.
In most cases, the photographer looks through
the viewfinder whilst moving the camera in
order to find the right framing - even for
snapshots. The photographer can determine at
the same time whether there is a sufficiently
even distribution of dark and light details.
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