https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/EOS-DSLR-Mirrorless-Cameras/Spot-meter-or-not/m-p/526128#M128672 <P>Sounds like a weird way to "expose to the right", which might have been necessary at the dawn of the digital age, but is no longer really required.</P> Fri, 24 Jan 2025 02:20:42 GMT kvbarkley 2025-01-24T02:20:42Z https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/EOS-DSLR-Mirrorless-Cameras/Spot-meter-or-not/m-p/526127#M128671 <P>I was reading an article last night and the author recommended that you spot meter off the brightest parts of your scene and then adding 1 to 2 stops of positive exposure compensation.</P> <P>I think that 's designed to lift the shadows and avoid what might turn out to be a silhouette.</P> <P>That seems to me like an awful lot of effort.</P> <P>Any opinions?</P> <P>Steve Thomas</P> Fri, 24 Jan 2025 02:14:14 GMT https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/EOS-DSLR-Mirrorless-Cameras/Spot-meter-or-not/m-p/526127#M128671 stevet1 2025-01-24T02:14:14Z https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/EOS-DSLR-Mirrorless-Cameras/Spot-meter-or-not/m-p/526128#M128672 <P>Sounds like a weird way to "expose to the right", which might have been necessary at the dawn of the digital age, but is no longer really required.</P> Fri, 24 Jan 2025 02:20:42 GMT https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/EOS-DSLR-Mirrorless-Cameras/Spot-meter-or-not/m-p/526128#M128672 kvbarkley 2025-01-24T02:20:42Z https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/EOS-DSLR-Mirrorless-Cameras/Spot-meter-or-not/m-p/526129#M128673 <P>I really trust Ctein:</P> <P><A href="https://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2011/10/expose-to-the-right-is-a-bunch-of-bull.html" target="_blank">https://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2011/10/expose-to-the-right-is-a-bunch-of-bull.html</A></P> Fri, 24 Jan 2025 02:23:24 GMT https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/EOS-DSLR-Mirrorless-Cameras/Spot-meter-or-not/m-p/526129#M128673 kvbarkley 2025-01-24T02:23:24Z