out of the mud in Photoshop.
If you're shooting in crappy light and intend to print directly from the files without editing, use the exposure compensation control to dial in as many stops as needed. I've had to use several stops of + (lighten) compensation in these instances.
Another source of confusion is the incorrect use of the Matrix Meter (Evaluative Metering in Canon). Dark filters, like polarizers, often fool the artificial intelligence of these meters and lead to underexposure of light subjects in daylight. More at my Matrix Meter (page 60) page.
Negative FilmNegative film gets little use today, so I excluded it from the above. It exposes completely differently than anything else.
There is no way to
Contact sheets or prints in which the edge of the film looks less black than the rest of the paper have been underexposed, and that tells us that the negatives are also underexposed.
A2/3 The Nikon Matrix Meter 19 August 2001
Caution: If you shoot print film the exposures you see on your prints has nothing to do with the exposure you made in the camera. Exposure is an issue of your
If you are having exposure problems with your prints it most probably was how they were printed, NOT how they were exposed.
If you see muddy, dull, grainy or light shadows with no detail in your prints then you have an underexposed negative; otherwise, the only reason a print will be too dark is if it was printed incorrectly.
INTRODUCTION
The superior Matrix meter is the main reason to choose Nikon over other brands.
Nikon's Matrix metering, introduced as "Automatic
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