topic Re: Exposure Standard in General Discussion

Exposure Standard

kvbarkley — Tue, 03 May 2016 13:16:36 GMT

When problems like this:

http://community.usa.canon.com/t5/EOS-Rebel/My-photos-are-turning-out-dark-despite-6400-ISO-low-aperture/m-p/171825#U171825

Come up, we need a way to do a standard exposure test. I suggest setting the camera to P, on auto ISO and take a picture of a scene with little sky brightly lit with noonday sun. Then we can compare the exposure to the "sunny-16" rule to see if the camera is indeed way off in exposure.

Any other ideas?

Re: Exposure Standard

ebiggs1 — Tue, 03 May 2016 14:17:26 GMT

Sounds good to me. I might think ISO at 100 would be better, though.

Re: Exposure Standard

kvbarkley — Tue, 03 May 2016 14:22:21 GMT

That is why I am trying to get consensus.

Fixed ISO of 100 is a good idea, it just makes it a little more complicated to explain to newbies.

Re: Exposure Standard

ebiggs1 — Tue, 03 May 2016 21:56:14 GMT

"... a little more complicated to explain to newbies."

We were all there at one time. We all have to learn sometime.