kdabbagh
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hey everyone....
maybe I am just a noob, actually i am...and thats why i probably dont understand something in Bryan Peterson's book. ON page 15, the red box, he says: "Adjust your shutter speed until the camera's light meter indicates a "correct" exposure in your viewfinder and take the photography." Also... "I moved in close to the subject and took a meter reading off his face; I then backed up to reframe and then took the picture."
He also mentioned his camera's light meter chose 1/250 as the correct exposure on pg 17 next to the picture.
The question is...what is this light metering business? I know I have the settings on my D40x and I fiddle around with them sometime based on the description my camera gves me of each one. But how do you do the taking a meter reading off someone's face, and how can u get ur camera to choose the correct shutter speed for u...in MANUAL mode...thats what he's saying in the book....please help. sorry if this is a stupid question
maybe I am just a noob, actually i am...and thats why i probably dont understand something in Bryan Peterson's book. ON page 15, the red box, he says: "Adjust your shutter speed until the camera's light meter indicates a "correct" exposure in your viewfinder and take the photography." Also... "I moved in close to the subject and took a meter reading off his face; I then backed up to reframe and then took the picture."
He also mentioned his camera's light meter chose 1/250 as the correct exposure on pg 17 next to the picture.
The question is...what is this light metering business? I know I have the settings on my D40x and I fiddle around with them sometime based on the description my camera gves me of each one. But how do you do the taking a meter reading off someone's face, and how can u get ur camera to choose the correct shutter speed for u...in MANUAL mode...thats what he's saying in the book....please help. sorry if this is a stupid question