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Exposure comp..?
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Regarding the above,
I was shooting a friend today on his bike,so i used shutter p.I put it to 1/1000,but noticed it said low.so i went up 2 stops,and the pics still
came out quite dark.I tried slowing down the shutter speed a wee bit,but i still needed to use EC,may be not as much.my question is,
As this is my first time shooting like this,Will i always need to use exposre comp when shooting at high shutter speeds,and did it read
low when the sun was splitting the stones?thank’s
sean.Sean,
It’s hard to be sure that I’m answering the right question without an image to look at but here goes! Since you were using shutter priority I’m going to guess that the camera was trying to use the widest aperture possible for a given exposure. If the pictures came out dark at 1/1000th then my guess is that they’re simply underexposed.
There are two solutions for this: either reduce the shutter speed or increase the ISO rating. There are pros and cons to each such as blur from a fast moving subject or increased noise with the higher ISO rating. Experiment and you may find some combination of the two that works well.
Generally I avoid using exposure compensation unless I know or suspect that the camera’s not going to get the exposure correct on its own. For example a subject against a very bright background would typically be underexposed and in that situation I would use the exposure compensation to force the camera to over-expose the picture to make sure the subject is correct.
Paul.
Macca wrote:
Sean,
It’s hard to be sure that I’m answering the right question without an image to look at but here goes! Since you were using shutter priority I’m going to guess that the camera was trying to use the widest aperture possible for a given exposure. If the pictures came out dark at 1/1000th then my guess is that they’re simply underexposed.
There are two solutions for this: either reduce the shutter speed or increase the ISO rating. There are pros and cons to each such as blur from a fast moving subject or increased noise with the higher ISO rating. Experiment and you may find some combination of the two that works well.
Generally I avoid using exposure compensation unless I know or suspect that the camera’s not going to get the exposure correct on its own. For example a subject against a very bright background would typically be underexposed and in that situation I would use the exposure compensation to force the camera to over-expose the picture to make sure the subject is correct.
Paul.
thanks macca,never thought of iso,thanks,
sean.
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