Camera Metering Demystified (From a Nikon Z6 point of view)

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@davidakoubian3025 4 жыл бұрын

Nice explanation of the differences of the modes. One very important thing to remember though is a handheld meter typically does ambient light, a camera's meter does reflective light. Ambient is the light that falls on the subject, where the reflective light can vary depending upon the angle you are to your subject.

@davidsaylors 4 жыл бұрын

That is a great point, I don’t have one of the more sophisticated meters that will read incident as well as reflected light, I really appreciate that! I always seem to forget something... 🙄 Thank you for checking in on my video! 😉👍📸

@meloche1syndrome 3 жыл бұрын

At first i was like "will this be good?" And by the end i was like "this was really good" Great job! 👍 Very helpful

@davidsaylors 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I often feel like these videos are not good... thank you again!

@Y2KVert 4 жыл бұрын

David great info. I usually run in manual but use auto ISO and use the exposure comp to adjust the ISO. Really enjoy your videos, keep them coming.

@davidsaylors 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you. That system seems to work for a lot of people. That is how Phil ruins his camera too. 👍📸

@stargazer2455 2 жыл бұрын

i learned something today. thanks! nice channel.

@davidsaylors 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for letting me know! That makes doing this channel much more fulfilling when I know people get something out of it. 👍📸

@mikemitchem4846 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks David. Never thought about manual mode you don't need to worry about metering

@davidsaylors 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it occurred to me when I tried to use exposure compensation and it didn’t do anything, I had an epiphany at that point. 🙄😂📸

@jonbarnard7186 2 жыл бұрын

Well I searched KZbin for "Highlight weighted metering Z 7" and this is one of the videos that came up. I was doing the search because the manual is pretty cryptic on the subject. So far, most reviewers either don't talk about that mode, or skim through it. I myself have never used it, and it appears I'm not alone. I think it's a centre spot with a bias toward the highlights in that spot. This would protect the highlights from being blown out. In practice, It probably indicates a 2 stop decrease in exposure, based on that small area, but who knows (and Nikon doesn't tell us). Nikon call this "reduction in loss of detail" in their manual, instead of "protecting the highlights," It's protecting the highlights from over-exposure. If not, I hope somebody will correct me.

@Blue_Newt_01 4 жыл бұрын

Use center weighted metering while using filters... damn. Purchased my z6 as a refurb and didn’t think it was a big deal when it was sent without the manual. Love the highlight metering mode for certain light and subjects. Good stuff!

@davidsaylors 4 жыл бұрын

Fortunately, they are easily downloaded from the Nikon website. I use mine on my phone more to be honest and it is faster some it is searchable and can jump to the page easily from the table of contents. 👍📸

@Blue_Newt_01 4 жыл бұрын

David Saylors Oh, now that’s a good idea. I’ll grab a copy from the Nikon site too. Thanks!

@davidsaylors 4 жыл бұрын

Your welcome! Glad I could help! 👍📸

@PhilThach 4 жыл бұрын

Good job, David!

@davidsaylors 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Phil, I appreciate it. 👍😉📸

@ycouroux 4 жыл бұрын

Very interesting. Thanks! 👍🏻

@davidsaylors 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 👊😉📸

@leewolfe 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the clear explanation. My question is: In manual mode, since the camera isn't controlling metering, if I'm doing focus stacking, and I only change the focus point (but keep aperture, shutter speed and ISO constant for each exposure) do I have it right that the exposure of each frame will be the same. ie. That changing the focus point won't change the exposure? Conversely, if I'm in aperture mode and I change the focus point it will (potentially) change the exposure? Thanks again, David.

@davidsaylors 3 жыл бұрын

As long as the light hitting the scene doesn’t change, you are right. You are in control of the camera completely so the exposure will all be the same as long as there isn’t a rogue cloud or an eclipse during your series 🥴😂 Dos that clear it up? In aperture priority though, the camera is metering the scene so it could vary there…

@leewolfe 3 жыл бұрын

@@davidsaylors Yes, that clears it up, and thank you very much for the quick reply. It's much appreciated.

@davidsaylors 3 жыл бұрын

@@leewolfe Your welcome!!! 👍📸

@nevcole9581 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks David.

@davidsaylors 4 жыл бұрын

Your welcome, Neville, thanks for sending stuff for the livestream too!!!

@Mr31formula 4 жыл бұрын

I wanted to see the chickens. Thank you for the video.

@davidsaylors 4 жыл бұрын

Sorry I didn’t have them in the video this week. They are silly little critters and do some funny stuff.

@voederbietels 10 ай бұрын

and where can i find these settings

@davidsaylors 10 ай бұрын

Under … wait for it … metering… 😉 No really, there is a button on the Z cameras that brings up a picture “menu” and it is one of those choices. (I think it is the “i” button) It should also be found in the regular menu as metering modes if memory serves me. Hope this helps.

@voederbietels 10 ай бұрын

@@davidsaylors found it. thnkz )))

@aussie8114 4 жыл бұрын

I don’t always like how evaluated metering gives exposure priority to the area within the focus point square. Probably very good for portraits and ok for many scenes but if your focus point happens to be in a place that is overly bright or dark then it can throw off the desired exposure quite a bit. I tried centre weighted metering set to an area 100% of the viewfinder but generally evaluated metering works out better. Just need to be aware of the focus point exposure level priority throwing off your desired exposure level.

@davidsaylors 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that is a big problem with me to, hence I normal just use matrix and then adjust with exposure company to make it look like I want. It can be frustrating. 👍