puyjapin
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ok, ive been struggling to understand metering since day one. i am using an example and hopefully some one can explain. I took a shot in manual mode on my D40. Nothing exciting, just a black bag sitting on the sofa. No flash etc, under artificial light. According to the meter if i wanted a 'correct' ex[osure, with the meter bar in the viewer reading in the middle at 5.6 i would need a shutter speed of 5 seconds, which results in an overexposed image. However if i move the shutter to about 1/6th the viewer shows that the image will be very underexposed, with the meter way off to the right hand side, however this 1/6th @ f/5.6 gives me the best exposure. Im on spot meter mode.
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