ted_smith
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Hi
I'm getting horribly confused about exposure compensation.
My Nikon D70's user manual says "as a rule of thumb, positive compnesation may be needed when the main subject is darker than the background, negative values when the main subject is brighter than the background". That makes sense to me.
However, I've just read a book where it uses the example of photographing black dogs and, by contrast, white dogs. It's in the chapter titled 'Working with extremes of exposure'. It says when photographic black dogs "If your camera allows exposure compensation try subtracting 1 stop" and when photographing white dogs "If your camera allows exposure compensation try adding 1 stop".
The two totally contradict each other? I've searched the net and everything I read suggests that the manual is correct but I also doubt the book is wrong and I expect I have simply mis-understood but I don't know what I have mis-understood. Can anyone clarify?
Thanks
Ted
I'm getting horribly confused about exposure compensation.
My Nikon D70's user manual says "as a rule of thumb, positive compnesation may be needed when the main subject is darker than the background, negative values when the main subject is brighter than the background". That makes sense to me.
However, I've just read a book where it uses the example of photographing black dogs and, by contrast, white dogs. It's in the chapter titled 'Working with extremes of exposure'. It says when photographic black dogs "If your camera allows exposure compensation try subtracting 1 stop" and when photographing white dogs "If your camera allows exposure compensation try adding 1 stop".
The two totally contradict each other? I've searched the net and everything I read suggests that the manual is correct but I also doubt the book is wrong and I expect I have simply mis-understood but I don't know what I have mis-understood. Can anyone clarify?
Thanks
Ted