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The Complete Guide to Advanced In-Camera Metering – Photo Premium
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The Complete Guide to Advanced In-Camera Metering – Photo Premium

on Nov 17th 2010 with 5 comments
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All Digital SLRs have a few different metering modes for different situations, and are very helpful for getting a correct exposure. In this Premium tutorial, we’ll be taking a look at how these different modes work, how to react when your meter gets it all wrong, and showing a few real-life examples of difficult metering situations.

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Metering Modes

All DSLRs have a few different metering modes for different situations and are very helpful to get a correct exposure. In this tutorial we’ll explore and explain:

  • Matrix or Evaluative Metering
  • Spot and Partial Modes
  • Center Weighted Average

When Meters Get It All Wrong!

In-camera meters are designed to get a correct exposure on a mid-tone (think of green grass or blue skies), but more precisely an 18% reflective grey area. In most cases, this works out great since there are so many mid-tones in most scenes we shoot. But what if the predominate subject in our viewfinder is not a mid-tone?

We’ll go into detail on how to adjust and adapt in this situation, along with explaining just why the problem occurs. In addition to this, Peter shares a number of real-life examples and outlines what to watch out for when shooting.

Become a Metering Master

So do you want to learn about and experiment with the different metering modes on your camera? Understand when they get it all right and when they get it all wrong? Download this Premium tutorial and you’ll soon find yourself with outstanding exposures, far less blow out, less noise and less work in post.

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  • 7

    This information is all freely available from a number of sources. Why is this a “premium” post?

  • Michael Owens

    I too am a bit dismayed as to why this is ‘Premium’ content, this is something I have always pondered on, and yes its freely available online elsewhere, but I trust you lot here.

    To have the content as premium is a big off putter.

  • Dee Boesen

    I have enjoyed all of your Phototuts that have you offered in the past. I am much dissapointed that I have to pay to have your “Premium post’. As said above, I will look online for the same tut.

    Please keep the same format that you have in the past. Many photo enthusiast have benefited from your articles, and strive to become better photographers with your help.

  • David

    Heh wtf!!! Need to be a premium member to read your tutorial… WHAT 19$ a month!? Ok no problem, Goodbye dude, i guess i’m welcome at another place! There’s enough FREE resources on the internet, do you realise that? Let’s hope your stuff is worth to be paying for haha :D Crazy dudes!

    • phototutsplus

      Hi David, we always plan on providing free tutorials. But once a week, we post one Premium tutorial that goes on our Tuts+ Premium site. $19/month gets you access to the entire network of Premium content, Photoshop, After Effects, big courses on different aspects of photography and more. But more to the point, the free tutorial aren’t going away.