Braineack
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I too shoot A mode primarily (about 75% of the time).
I often change my metering method on-the-fly based on the shot I'm try to create. The three metering methods can lead to three vastly different exposures based on the scene.
I default to evaluative. If I'm shooting a towards a bright sky, or alike, I'll switch up to center. I'll use spot when I'm going for a particular look or I won't to make sure I exposure for a particular part of the scene, typically when I want to go low-key, or to wash-out bright backgrounds but to ensure a face is exposed properly.
You will get to a point where you will learn to expect a certain exposure from the camera in each mode and if you happen to get an unexposed image, you know how to quickly correct it.
Here's an example with a picture I took 2 years ago, i took of a dark car towards a bright sky. It was in mutli, so the camera ramped up the shutter speed to bring down the exposure on the sky: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-...AAAACOA/xdYqf5t3l7M/w856-h571-no/DSC_3247.JPG
switch to spot/center (i cant remember) I told the camera, "hey, let's jsut focus on getting the hood exposed", and it led to a vastly different picture: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-...AAAACN4/OfmEXc6lAm8/w856-h571-no/DSC_3242.JPG
I had run into this issue before and figured out what I needed to do to prevent it from happening again. Still didnt help the picture from being crap.
Fun fact: I talked to that porsche owner about his matching child seat in the back; Two years I was talking to a co-worker at a new job about his porsche, turns out it was the same guy.
I often change my metering method on-the-fly based on the shot I'm try to create. The three metering methods can lead to three vastly different exposures based on the scene.
I default to evaluative. If I'm shooting a towards a bright sky, or alike, I'll switch up to center. I'll use spot when I'm going for a particular look or I won't to make sure I exposure for a particular part of the scene, typically when I want to go low-key, or to wash-out bright backgrounds but to ensure a face is exposed properly.
You will get to a point where you will learn to expect a certain exposure from the camera in each mode and if you happen to get an unexposed image, you know how to quickly correct it.
Here's an example with a picture I took 2 years ago, i took of a dark car towards a bright sky. It was in mutli, so the camera ramped up the shutter speed to bring down the exposure on the sky: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-...AAAACOA/xdYqf5t3l7M/w856-h571-no/DSC_3247.JPG
switch to spot/center (i cant remember) I told the camera, "hey, let's jsut focus on getting the hood exposed", and it led to a vastly different picture: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-...AAAACN4/OfmEXc6lAm8/w856-h571-no/DSC_3242.JPG
I had run into this issue before and figured out what I needed to do to prevent it from happening again. Still didnt help the picture from being crap.
Fun fact: I talked to that porsche owner about his matching child seat in the back; Two years I was talking to a co-worker at a new job about his porsche, turns out it was the same guy.