topic In shutter priority my 5D underexposes by 1 stop. in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

In shutter priority my 5D underexposes by 1 stop.

JaneCampbell21 — Wed, 25 Jan 2017 11:50:01 GMT

It seems that somehow I have set the eposure to be 1 stop under when I am in shutter priority and I don't know how I did this so therefore I don't know how to fix it. Using the +/- option button does not correct it. Can anyone tell me what it is I need to do. On my other Canon, I have managed to set the camera to one stop over exposed amusingly when in shutter priority. Doesn't happen in manual or aperture priority only in shutter priority. Thanks

Re: In shutter priority my 5D underexposes by 1 stop.

JaneCampbell21 — Wed, 25 Jan 2017 11:56:42 GMT

Found the answer on another forum. Thanks

Re: In shutter priority my 5D underexposes by 1 stop.

kvbarkley — Wed, 25 Jan 2017 15:31:58 GMT

Can you please tell us so that we might be able to help others?

Re: In shutter priority my 5D underexposes by 1 stop.

JaneCampbell21 — Wed, 25 Jan 2017 15:40:06 GMT

You hold the shutter down, in T mode, half way as if you were trying to focus i suppose, (except I use back focus normally), and in the viewfinder you will see the exposure meter, the line that tells you if you are under or over. Mine was saying under by one stop even in the T mode. Drove me crazy. It should have been spot on for a semi automatic mode. I use T mode when I am out and about taking documentary shots like the Women's March on Saturday and I don't always have time to check the exposure. Anyway with the shutter half down you turn the dial on the back of the camera, until the exposure is correct. Easy peasy. I must have moved it once when I was taking photographs because I thought the aperture was too wide or something. Who knows what is going through your head when the pressure is on to take the right shot but the right shot is going to not be there a second later!!! So somehow I managed to change it without knowing. I have fixed it now. Thanks (hope this was helpful)