on a slr camera you look inside and it tells the aperture number. if the line is right in the middle of the signs - or + does that tell you that is the right number for the shutter too and that the picture is going to come out good?
2007-02-09 13:21:35 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Photography
You've got it!
If you can control either the shutter speed or the aperture, you can adjust either one to end up with the meter centered between the + and -, depending on where you place your priority for the picture.
You didn't say if you are shooting film or digital, so I won't say more than that.
But - you figured it out yourself, so congratulations.
2007-02-09 13:25:02 · answer #1 · answered by Jess 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the wisest place to set your lens and shutter speed would be so that the needle points directly in the middle of the + or -. If you are shooting slide film, which has little or no latitude in the developing and printing process, then that is essential. However films have a bit of latitude that allows you to be a little over exposed or a little underexposed and get a very good print.
If you take your film to Walmart, Target, or any one of the other 1 hour photo places, their equipment is designed to give you the best possible print by compensating for any over exposure in the photographic process with their equipment. So if you are underexposed a little bit, your picture will come out fine; and if you are overexposed a little bit, your picture will come out fine.
But there are things that you have to know about lighting. If you are taking a picture of your little girl in her brand new light pink or white Easter dress and have a background that would be dark - bushes, or something like that, your light meter will probably read the dark. The best thing to do in that situation is to carry your camera up to the girl and read the lighting directly from her and then shoot that setting even though you will be 15 to 20 feet away. A spot meter, which is expensive, can give you the readings from where you want to take the picture and you might get a different reading from the flesh than from the dress. In that case, you might get the better exposure by averaging those two readings and setting your SLR for that.
2007-02-10 03:54:11 · answer #2 · answered by Polyhistor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes. roughly. (take into account scenes with lots of white)
2007-02-09 13:26:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋