Metering Modes Explained - Part 2
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- čas přidán 24. 10. 2012
- Most cameras have three metering modes, spot metering, center weighted and evaluative. When you spot meter you're taking a meter reading from a single spot of the image. What happens is the camera looks at that spot and meters from it to make that spot equate to mid grey.
Center weighted metering mode is measures the exposure around the center of the image as composed in the viewfinder and averages it out to be mid grey. And evaluative metering measures the entire image and all it's tones then creates an exposure that will make the entire image equate to - you guessed it, mid grey.
Before you can begin to understand how to use the different metering modes you have to be able to think in tones of grey and forget the colour. check out Metering Modes Explained - Part 1 (www.photographycourses.biz/met...) for an exercise on how to do this.
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Back in the film days. I would go up to the person to get a reading from them. And you have done the same thing. You do a great job teacher. My camera has the three modes and I never thought of using spot metering while shooting landscapes. Thanks Mike.
thank you Don - Melissa pp Mike
I think this is the best explanation on metering I’ve come across, ever!
I'm reading the light meter and setting in the viewfinder. I think they are displayed in the viewfinder of all DSLRs. Hope I understood your question correctly.
You're tutorials are always so helpful. This is the part of photography i always struggle with, thank you for the help.
Hi and thank you for your comment. Though you don't have to worry much about blue sky and green fields because they are very close to, if not exactly, mid grey. When you look at the composition imagine how it would look in Black and White and which areas would be around mid-grey. Mike
Heck, i think i'm in love with spot metering after watching that vid. I do like the fact that the camera gets exposure spot on (ah-hem). Due to being cameraless for a few weeks in between canon 50d getting repaired and new 6d arriving, i have learnt so much after watching your vids for hours each day. Come to Sydney, Australia and i'll book a day lesson! Thanks again Mike.
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Focus point, shooting mode and metering mode are completely separate things which you can set however you like in any exposure mode. Exposure compensation is a way for you to adjust the exposure up or down from what the camera 'thinks' it should be to whatever you want the photo to look like - bright / dark...
Awesome. I thought I fully understood metering modes until I saw this. You put the last piece in the puzzle for me. Well explained. Thanks!
Thank you. I take the reading with the shot composed as I want to take it. If there's a lot of bright white you may need to over expose a bit in case the camera tries to make it equate to mid grey. I take a test shot, check it in the LCD, adjust exposure if needed and re-take. - Mike
As always on your videos, I learnt something new which answered a question I had in mind for so long! Grateful!!!
Thank you Mike. Your tutorial very clearly explained so many things.Unbelievably precise yet easy to understand.I'm recently back into it with my first dlsr.A lovely blue Panny K-30.Thanks
I watched this about 3 times, good information
I just love you Mike! As a complete beginner I learn plenty of techniques on top of what I cherish most, your focus on composition and thinking-through. You also have this great charisma and authority. Great stuff, I hope you know that your work is greatly appreciated!
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Thank you, I will do.
Fantastic video, made this very clear, thanks!
Hi Mike, I have found all your tutorials so helpful, and you are one of the best which i find so understanding and helpful. You have a great sense of humour and such a great person thank you. :)
Thanx Mike. been watching your videos for a while now, fantastic work fair play you make it sound easy and informative. Love the ones on exposure and metering.
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Hi Sorry I missed your question. Yes and Yes is the short answer. You got it.
Superb tutorial Mike ! Thanks
mike you are definitely my go to man what a great teacher
Hi. You can't use white to set up exposure because it reflects too much light. It could be that you've seen photographers pointing their cameras at white board to get a white balance for an image though. You shoot a pic with the card in front of your subject then one without it, then set the white balance for the card in Adobe lightroom and copy the setting across to the image without the card. We'll make a video about it soon...
This is exactly the video I needed! Thanks Mike!
Perfectly explained, thank you so much Sir Mike.
Great tutorial! I hear expose for the highlights all the time. Can you elaborate on that a bit?
I am at the very bottom of skill level, so your videos are great for me to take in, understand, pause, check it out on my camera and then continue with the video. You explain very well without jargon. Thank you... also the beach huts at Calshot look exceptionally good. ;) I went there the other week and most of them look like they need a paint job, probably caused by this years storm damage.
Thank you stephanie lock great to know you're getting something from my free vids. So - you are a local lady? Calshot's a great place.
I am in Fawley, so yep, thats local. Hope to see you wondering around Calshot or Lepe Beach one day. I will be the mad woman running towards you with my camera in hand! I had a one day session last Sunday in Beaulieu with a photographer who helped me loads to get off the Auto button, with that session and your videos I am on my way to getting some decent shots ;)
Hey might bump into you sometime then stephanie lock because my brother lives in Holbury. Do say hello if you see me :-)
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Thank you Monte - always great to meet you guys and girls. Are you thinking of coming along to a workshop?
M.B.
This is an excellent video on Metering. I am becoming more comfortable with Metering a scene using my D300. Thank You!
Cheers!
Thanks. With the help of my awesome subscribers I'm setting up workshops outside the UK. I need someone who lives in the area to help with locations, places for people to stay etc. There'll be a page on the website with more info soon. If you're interested in helping me set something up please email me through the site.
Thank you, you have a way of making things make sense. I had more luck with getting the right exposure with spot metering
Another cracking and concise video. Keep it up. Cheers
Thank you
Thank you - Mike
Other videos I've watched say to meter of the forehead. Preferably right between the spot where there's a shadow and light if there is a shadow. I never thought of metering something totally different with spot metering to lock in your exposure. So whatever you are metering has to have the same light shining on it as what your subject will I take it. Another thing you didn't mention that I would like to add. You mentioned exposure compensation in aperture priority mode but, for those that don't know this already, if you use spot metering in aperture or shutter priority mode you will have to lock your exposure in so it doesn't change when you recompose your shot. It doesn't matter in manual mode because nothing will change unless you change it. In either of the priority modes your camera is constantly changing the other settings see deleting on what your camera is looking at when you activate the metering system. If you meter on one spot and recompose the shot your aperture/shutter will change for the light if you don't have your exposure locked. That's what the A/E lock button is for on the back. If you set it for back button focus and use that button, the half press on the shutter button will usually be your exposure lock. So you would spot meter, lock, focus, decompose and then shoot. Great video Mike. I've learned a lot from you. Keep them coming.
thank you Carl for adding these up, well done - Melissa pp Mike
Thanks Trevor. I'm not sure and without looking at a 600D handbook I have no way of finding out. Get your book out and see what the explanations are in there then match them to my explanations in the video.
Mike Browne this was a wonderful demonstration of metering that I had been looking for. In continuation of ambrovideos question , I would want to know which mode to meter & what when a subject is under shade but the surroundings are very bright . For eg . a plant or a sculpture in the garden during daytime.
thank you +Sonia S for the kind words, this depends on the time of the day too if it's mid day, you may try evaluative metering mode In this metering mode the camera will use the light information coming
from the entire scene and averages for the final exposure setting,
giving no weighting to any particular portion of the metered area. This
mode tends to be precise because all parts of the scene are taken into
consideration. Bright parts such as sky will not blow out. In some
situations cameras tend to be overwhelmed such as by a snowy landscape.
Photographs in such situations are often underexposed by 2 f-stops or more.- hope this helps - MELISSA ( for Mike )
Thanks for the immediate reply and info. Yes i have tried that . In the manual mode there is no option to increase or decrease the exposure except to use bracketing. I have understood the exposure triangle. Usually dont go more than 100 ISO, as the photos have noise. In aperture Priority, sometimes the shutter speed goes too low for hand held method.
I would be more than obliged if you could see some of my photos here & provide points of improvisation.
great video thank you, answered alot of the questions i have been wondering about!!
No worries James. Please share it around - it'll help me make more like it :-) - MIKE
excellent video...will be going out soon and give it a go
Very clear tutorials great!
Great video. Thanks!
Great information and fun to watch!
Glad you enjoyed it Mike (from Mike)
Great tutorial with a touch of humor, just what the doctor ordered. Thanks a lot for the video...
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Hi mike, im just starting to get into photography, and already watched almost all of your videos. It's a great tutorial for me and i learn a lot. From this video i learned that we have to get mid grey color for good exposure when taking a picture, is that correct ? Thanks Mike! :)
Hello must say you do great videos I have just bought a canon 600d, I'm new to photography, my meeting setting go under different names than the ones you called them, they are fully weighted,partial metering, spot and evaluative metering, which is which? Thanks
Thank you Sooo much Mike, you been great help
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Great video. Mike always has an engaging way of explaining thinks in simple terms. I love his videos and can recommend them to anyone interested in photography - at all levels of skill. Well done. I like the "moody teenager" too. LOL
Thanks for sharing the vid and your kind comments Johnny D. :-)
The best tutorial on metering modes in CZcams!
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I came for an explanation, subbed for the humour. Great stuff, really helpful! Thanks.
thank you! - Melissa pp Mike
Yes you got it.
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Keep coming back to watch your excellent tutorials - I have just purchased a Sekonic light meter and venture to enquire where should I postion the meter on the person - i.e face or trouser to get the correct exposure? shooting in the same position you took the photos
Hi Ron Powell i would suggest you exposed on the face /skin and adjust your exposure accordingly - MELISSA ( for Mike )
Mike Browne Many thanks - have also just watched your tutorial on light meters - very informative - thank you
thank you,i have been watching lots of u tube videos but you make it easier to understand, please maybe do video on Nikon D300s white balance.
Thanks again Col
Thanks Col Johns - Made a couple using my D300 - How To Set White Balance and White Balance / Degrees Kelvin - Photography Tutorial with Mike Browne
Hi Mike. Is my understanding of this correct. I take it grey cards can be used to get a better exposure. I.e holding grey card next to subject (if possible) then using cameras metering modes to get a good exposure readings and set in manual? And secondly, using it post production to get a good white balance. Thank you.
Sorry - I'm not sure of 'fully weighted' or 'partial metering' because I don't use a canon. Evaluative and spot are the same. If anyone can help out please comment... .
Fantastic video
So Mike, i've seen people using completely white boards or a white sheet to set up the right exposure. How does that compare to the greycard mode?
Thanks for sharing your vids!!
when it comes to action cameras, how should i set to get better footage?
3:48, what do you mean by "I put a little dot in the middle of the viewfinder"? You mean select the center focus point?
Does that mean in spot metering mode, camera selects the correct exposure for the focus point?
Cheers.
Best teacher;) your videos are so great tanx
Do you have to be in manual mode? Will the camera just meter where you focus in aperture and shutter priority and then you adjust the exposure with compensation?
Thanks for this, excellent video, but I have a question: with spot metering, what would have happened if you had put the 'spot' on James' face, the bit you wanted to expose for? I've always thought you were supposed to put the spot where you wanted the exposure to be right, but if I understood this correctly, you put the spot where you think mid-grey is? Is that correct?
Pleasure
really useful.
thanks this helped a lot!
Mike very nice video - thank you very much of what you do - you are an inspiration for us hobbists/enthousiasts. I want to ask something. I have seen in your videos when you are taking a reading from your camer - before you take the picture. How do you do that?
I mean you are in S mode? and you get the aperture the camera tells you? When you do this in your videos you only look at the viewfinder and you say (for example)- "right the camera says 125 shutter on f5,6. How do you get the reading ?
hahaha thank you, i thought it was a site or something. BTW i like your videos a lot! Keep up the good work!
Hi Mike, if your camera is in manual mode and you have set the shutter and aperture and ISO, do the different meter modes still change the exposure? I assumed they would be redundant in manual mode. Thanks.
Hi +PhotoMusicMan In manual mode you are setting the exposure not the meter. So when you change meter modes it will often give you different readings depending on if it's spot, centre weighted or evaluative - and depending on what is in the frame at that time. Which is why it's important to understand what these modes do and that they all think the world is mid grey. The camera won't always get the metering correct - have a look at this video which will help - MIKE
www.photographycourses.biz/videos/technical/exposure/wrong_exposure.html
Thank you Monte - me too :-)
Thank you:-)
very detailed guide i like it
Thanks Jov T - CHRISTINA
nailing all my friends in jazz clubs with spot. thanks again
Nikon!!! Nice choice!!!
whats that you mention on min 5:43? smut gid .com ?? i dont know if its correct
So when you have a landscape with dark clouds that have grey, it's good to spot meter the clouds?
Only if it's a 'mid' grey SpaztheGamer if it's light or dark grey then the exposure will be wrong. I just use evaluative, shoot a quick test shot and adjust exposure as needed to get it looking the way i want.
Also, I knew you used a grey card for your white balance but I never thought to use it for your exposure for spot metering. A guy once told me he used grass for his white balance one time. I thought that was odd. Maybe he meant exposure. I think I need to buy a grey card now.
Pleasure :-)
that's a proper British explanation of mettering modes... built like a Rolls Royce
Is the grey being stored in the camera, when you held the grey card in the front of him? why didn't readjust when you snapped the picture.
No you use thegrey in lightroom to tell the software there's no colour cast, Lightroom corrects any imbalance and you copy the settings to next photo... MIKE
Thank you - yes it is. :-)
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EXCELLENT !! :)
Thank you for taking pain to make us to understand this tricky 'gray' part of photography.
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Hi ambrovideos and thanks. You have to put the spot metering spot onto something that is mid grey for accuracy. OR put it onto something you want to render as mid grey. James has fair skin so if I spot metered from his face (which is tonally lighter than mid grey) it would have made his face darker than it is. All the spot does is make the exposure for where you put it equate to mid grey. Have a look at /watch?v=bG-_--bvdD0
I too love photography but as a hobby as i have left it to late in life to take it serious and don't have the time to practice for hours on end each day.
Sorry - I was being sarcastic about myself for getting the exposure right without having to adjust anything. I said 'Smug Git Dot Com'. English humor :-)
Why always try to find mid grey with a spot meter? Utilize the zone system and the exposure will fall into place. Spot meter and place white shirt +2 , skin +1 , shadows -2 etc.
+thepiecesfit Spot metering is a very accurate form of metering in that it will give you a precise reading for a very small part of the scene, so it is most useful for shooting high-contrast scenes where your subject may otherwise fall into shadow or be washed out by very bright highlights. The zone system is excellent but can be very confusing for beginners who've never heard of it. Fo some, just visualising an image as tones is difficult to begin with. - Melissa pp Mike
You got a lot of brawn buddy, holding & operating a DSLR with one hand !
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Why not spot meter on his face and then adopt a one stop slower shutter speed? As I recall Caucasian skin tone in generally Zone VI (while middle gray is Zone V) - so one stop different
I never spot meter because of exactly what you said. You have to remember and take into account skin tomes, comnvert to the zone system and make sure you're pegging mid grey in the right place. Personally I find it easier to use evaluative combined with experience and histogram... MIKE
"smuggit.com that's where I come from", so bloody funny!