Originally posted by Pete82 1. Set the exposure compensation to somewhere around +1.7 and +2.0 depending on the brightness of the scene.
2. Select thet aperture that you need
3. Press AE-L button to the brightest point on the scene. The shutter speed suggested by the camera helps to find the brightest point.
4. Change the shutter speed by changing ISO
5. Focus and take the friggin shot.
With matrix metering, you should not have to be going through all that effort. At least that has been my experience in the last 6 years and 3 months shooting with the K-3. Just put the camera in TAv mode and let the ISO float for you desired combination of apeture and shutter speed. The 86K pixel sensor allows the camera to determine extent of max and min brightness with high precision and calculate a decent balance between the two.
Originally posted by Pete82 If I am taking the metering from the brightest point in the scene, I prefer to have that point bright instead of neutral grey.
If that is your preference, use spot metering in TAv with +2 exposure comp and AE lock. Doing so is equivalent to your method minus the extra steps.
Addendum: Alternatively, go back to M mode using spot metering and +2 EC and use the green button (configured to Tv shift in M mode) to get shutter speed for your chosen aperture.
FWIW, I carry a gray card for incident measurments in difficult light, either that or I use spot metering to place exposure to important shadow detail. If there is a wide range of values in the frame, I bracket as the basis for a merge in PP. That way, my highlights are bright, my shadows have detail and I have options in PP.
Steve
(...learned with the zone system on film...perfect is when what you wanted is actually captured...perfection is when what you captured translates to what you wanted to create...)
Last edited by stevebrot; 06-13-2020 at 06:20 PM.
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