Thx for the details on the camera modes. Most other videos tell us what exp comp is and when to use it, but they don't talk about the shooting settings like you did. Thank you so much for sprinkling that in at 14:10.
"Exposure Compensation can only adjust what the camera is responsible for" = the most concise & most easily understood explanation I've ever heard for this. Thanx!
Absolutely the best explanation of exposure compensation. Especially the emphasis on differentiating between light levels and tonalities. Also explaining how exp compensation only controls what the camera is ‘allowed’ to control based on what mode you are shooting in. I often shoot man aperture and SS with auto ISO, because camera sensitivity has become so good. So your explanation of how exp comp works in this scenario is quite informative. Thank you sir for sharing your expertise.
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In addition to these exposure compensation tips which I use, I've programmed a button on my D850 to highlight-weighted metering which often does the trick for quick highlight protection.
@@mikestandridge8897 Check your manual for how to program buttons and program the one you want for "highlight-weighted metering". Then hold the button while taking a picture when you think you need the extra protection in a hurry.
Superb explanation, looked across the net as to why the EC didn’t work, you explained the “capping out” and I now see why EC didn’t respond . Great video. Well presented.
Bravo! This is the best explanation I've ever seen. You even included how it will only change the metering indicator if in Manual mode with iso not on auto. People, if you don't understand after watching this, watch it again. Well done 👍
Thank you for the video. I'm getting understanding more and more on Exposure stuff. This made me more confident in Exp. Comp. and which F stop I should use as well.
Sir, it appears to me that you are a Master teacher. Steve you have far been the best teacher for me, on the subject of exposure compensation 🙏🏾 🎉Thank you so much‼️
I now shoot Canon, but Steve's explanations are easily applied to any brand and his books are still the best. From time to time, I review his material to refresh my memory and correct creeping bad habits. Thanks Steve!
Thank you for making the best wildlife photography channel. I would like to hear your view on selection of metering modes, matrix or center weighted or spot.
from Brazil 🇧🇷 - wow thanks so much, I tried scouring the internet for a good explanation, and forums recommended me to your channel, I already bought the secrets to the Nikon Autofocus system, and now I will buy the metering and exposure compensation guide book too. it would be nice if you would feel all the books in like a bundle as well, would make me more inclined to buy all! thanks anyways.
7:00 was the lightbulb moment for me. And it featured a lightbulb for demonstration. Win, win. Great video I think I've finally got a grasp on this subject now.
Good video. One picky point; the camera does not make an exposure mistake. It does exactly what you've told it to do, so if you've made a mistake, you won't get the exposure right.
Thanks for the video Steve this subject has become a real nemesis for me lately and I am going to have to watch your video several times to help get it straight in my head. I have been shooting a lot of Bald Eagles over water and cloudy days and I either have great images or crap. More understanding is needed!
Hi Steve, Jam packed information. Each and every line of what you said is important. I had to rewind a couple of times to listen to the information. Absolutely a gem of a lecture 🙏 Thank you for sharing your experience.
Thank you for this video. Live in Alaska and light is seasonal... had a hard time last summer with moose and bear in water and your pic and explanation helped A LOT!!
awesome video - explained it all excellently. You hit the head of my problem as your last point "In full manual mode, it bias the meter " and doesn't affect the picture. That's what I couldn't figure out in my situation. Thanks so Much.....your the Nikon specialist I turn to.
Such a great explanation! As you said, over time (experience) most of us just know what the overall light looks like and are already prepared to dial EC to make truer whites or blacks as needed. It can seem overwhelming at first, but soon its easy, (especially if you have a mirrorless camera lol)
A great video as usual. Years ago, I was photographing a building here on Long Island minutes after a snowfall ceased. (Nikon D3 + Nikkor 24-70 f/2.8) At first, I raised exposure to avoid gray or bluish snow. I compensated up one stop and it looked great. Before I left, I tried spot metering a wooden doorway and actually got an exact result. It pays to experiment sometimes.
Brilliant Steve. I love watching your videos and using your ebooks. One of the best photographic educators, especially for Nikon shooters, on the internet. Thank you.
Just the video I needed, I wondered already how the camera decides which variable to change when using EC, and you explained that just perfectly, thanks!
This is why you should never listen to anyone that.says the meter gets confused. If you think you can point at a scene that isn't an average of 18% grey without adjustments & get a realistic exposure, it's you that's confused. Meters simply don't work like that. 1st rule of exposure: don't assume your camera has a clue about what it's taking a shot of or how it should be exposed.....that's our job. Good vid Steve 👍
Are there any camera systems, or is there a way to get the camera to reset the exposure compensation changes back to 0 after you have taken a shot? I could see great use in this, of course it could also be a pain in that if you didn't get the shot you needed, you would have to make those +/- changes every time since it would reset. Maybe at the very least have the camera reset this when you power off, so when you turn it back on you are still not stuck in +/- exposure from the get go.
Very good video. I most often use exposure compensation to underexpose scenes that are too bright. Especially red flowers which always seem to clip the red channel. Sometimes, a CPL filter has helped me in preventing overexposure. I would like this discussion expanded in the context of metering modes and the use of an external flash. EOS 77D user. Subscribed!
This comprehensive tutorial answered a lot of mysteries I always wanted to know but no where to find them. Take away, what it does in each mode, and tonality. Too bad I am a Canoner :) Thank you for always posting useful info.
Great info Steve. Another method I use is to meter off of a bright subject and open up accordingly using the zone system. I think I’ll check out your e-book on exposure for sure.
Thanks! I discuss that method in the book (not the zone system, but the technique you mention for a bright subject - I think I mention it in my spot meter video too).
Great explanation, I have learnt a lot just by watching this videos. I will definitely buy your book about exposure and metering. Regards from Costa Rica.
Learned a lot from your channel and your absolutely helpful e-books! Astonishing you only habe 190k subs, you deserve so much more. Big thanks for your great work and advisory! Stay safe, Steve!
Thanks! The low subs are probably because I just can't do vides like this quickly. Generally, the more you post, the more subs you get. I'm lucky to get two out a month, there's lots who get that many out in a day. However, I want to use the format to teach, not just look at the camera and babble :)
This was so helpful, thank you! I had no idea about capping levels with exposure compensation. My auto ISO was set to a max of 800 and I couldn't figure out why it wasn't working! 😅
So much to remember.... I like the concept of tonality when trying to gauge the scene for + or - adjustment. To look and see what "looks like mid tone grey" has never worked for me. I will try and work with the midtown concept as I understand it from this video - if I remember. Good review, thank you.
These are the basics that every photographer should learn at the beginning of their photographic journey, pretty much everything else hinges off of these fundamentals., you explain it better than anyone I've heard before Steve, thankfully I learnt these things over thirty years ago and I've honestly never struggled with exposure. I think it's important to add it does depend to a certain extent on which metering mode you're using and where in the frame you're metering from and if you are exposing for your subject or the entire frame the latter is what Matrix metering tries to achieve. I've recommended your E-books Steve many times to people I know who are struggling with these principals. Always enjoy your films Steve and the chance to see your photographs which are always outstanding. Cheers from the UK.
Last very common case you didn’t cover - photographing a majorly dark bird on a bright sky - say a brown eagle against a daylight blue sky - overcompensate the exposure, if shooting the bird as the subject, underexposed if you want the brilliance of the sky to be correctly exposed...
Thanks for knowledge sharing Steve ....it was really helpfull !! Got only a question if exposure compensation has a usage at night and moon shooting ...
Great video. Just saw your comments re spot and center weighted metering. But wouldn't spot metering with exposure comp be easier with white animal on dark background vs matrix metering and adjusting? Doing so would take the background out of the thinking process.
There is a setting in the pancil menu, where you can set the exposure compensation to reset on power up. This way you dont start your shoot with last settings used and might save a day or 2 :-)
I've used that, but the problem is I end up with the opposite problem - I forget to put exposure comp back when I temporarily turn off the camera during a long wait (I often shut the camera off to conserve batteries)! Mirrorless has gone a long way to fix all of this :)
Yes, capping out has caught me out! The vid assumes that matrix or evaluative metering is being used. It can be worth experimenting with spot AF and linking auto exposure to the focus point. With the focus point on the subject the biassing effect of a bright or dark background is eliminated. Of course, if the focus area is on a very light or dark subject, you still need to dial in exposure compensation.
I do cover spot metering in another video and mention stuff like this. As you mentioned, the spot meter is just as susceptible to errors from tonality as the matrix meter - in fact, I find it's actually more susceptible if you're not paying attention to it :)
Nicely done. Now I have more questions on shooting soccer game action shots in diminishing light (sundown to dark) in different stadiums with lights of different lumen intensities. Sounds like shutter priority is better with higher ISO limit.
I am not sure, but I think my D7100 and D7200s can be set to auto reset the exposure comp back to zero when I turn the camera off and back on. Great video Steve! Thank you!
Yup, they can. However, I think it resets on standby. My problem is that sometimes my camera goes into standby before I'm done with the scene and then I'm suddenly getting over / under exposures!
Thx for the details on the camera modes. Most other videos tell us what exp comp is and when to use it, but they don't talk about the shooting settings like you did. Thank you so much for sprinkling that in at 14:10.
"Exposure Compensation can only adjust what the camera is responsible for" = the most concise & most easily understood explanation I've ever heard for this. Thanx!
Absolutely the best explanation of exposure compensation. Especially the emphasis on differentiating between light levels and tonalities. Also explaining how exp compensation only controls what the camera is ‘allowed’ to control based on what mode you are shooting in. I often shoot man aperture and SS with auto ISO, because camera sensitivity has become so good. So your explanation of how exp comp works in this scenario is quite informative. Thank you sir for sharing your expertise.
Steve always lays out the comprehensive tutorials when it comes to wildlife.
I like before I watch because I already know it will be good 🙂
Thanks!
Best explanation on the subject I've ever heard. Thanks Steve. This is now my go to reference on EC.
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Thanks for this explanation. It’s about the best one I found on RUclips. I only have to watch it once again or twice, to catch what I may have missed.
Worthy of million subscribers
Thanks for the video. Very informative
In addition to these exposure compensation tips which I use, I've programmed a button on my D850 to highlight-weighted metering which often does the trick for quick highlight protection.
How did you do that? I always seem to have blown out highlights when everything else looks decently exposed!
@@mikestandridge8897 Check your manual for how to program buttons and program the one you want for "highlight-weighted metering". Then hold the button while taking a picture when you think you need the extra protection in a hurry.
@@SilverLarry Thank you!
Excellent videos Steve.
Superb explanation, looked across the net as to why the EC didn’t work, you explained the “capping out” and I now see why EC didn’t respond . Great video. Well presented.
Great explanation of EC....thanks Steve
Bravo! This is the best explanation I've ever seen. You even included how it will only change the metering indicator if in Manual mode with iso not on auto.
People, if you don't understand after watching this, watch it again.
Well done 👍
Absolutely very helpful videos indeed my dear friend Steve 😊 Thanks for sharing with us!👍
Clearly the best explanations on youtube. Period. Thank you Steve.
Thank you for the video. I'm getting understanding more and more on Exposure stuff. This made me more confident in Exp. Comp. and which F stop I should use as well.
Sir, it appears to me that you are a Master teacher. Steve you have far been the best teacher for me, on the subject of exposure compensation 🙏🏾 🎉Thank you so much‼️
I now shoot Canon, but Steve's explanations are easily applied to any brand and his books are still the best. From time to time, I review his material to refresh my memory and correct creeping bad habits. Thanks Steve!
Best breakdown on exposure compensation. I have sort of understood it the last couple years but the way you broke it down is perfect. Thanks Steve!
Outstanding tutotial, Steve. You always have the best ratio of information to length of video. Pitch perfect amount of explanation.
Thank you for making the best wildlife photography channel. I would like to hear your view on selection of metering modes, matrix or center weighted or spot.
from Brazil 🇧🇷 - wow thanks so much, I tried scouring the internet for a good explanation, and forums recommended me to your channel, I already bought the secrets to the Nikon Autofocus system, and now I will buy the metering and exposure compensation guide book too. it would be nice if you would feel all the books in like a bundle as well, would make me more inclined to buy all! thanks anyways.
Great video on this topic. Topics are covered clearly and easy to understand. 👍
I remember being so confused why my winter pictures were underexposed. Exposure comp is definitely great for everyone to learn
7:00 was the lightbulb moment for me. And it featured a lightbulb for demonstration. Win, win. Great video I think I've finally got a grasp on this subject now.
Thanks :) I was kind of proud of that part :)
Thanks for making ths subject so much more understandable for us beginners Steve. Well done.
Thank you so much! Not even 1:30 in and you have already helped me immensely with some issues I've been having lately. You're a boss.
Thank you Steve. Another great explanation
Thanks for this tutorial Steve!
Good video. One picky point; the camera does not make an exposure mistake. It does exactly what you've told it to do, so if you've made a mistake, you won't get the exposure right.
Best wildlife tipps on youtube! Thank you so much Steve for sharing your knowledge.
Once again, Steve Hits it out of the park.
Thank you Sir.
Great job as usual Steve!
Thanks for the video Steve this subject has become a real nemesis for me lately and I am going to have to watch your video several times to help get it straight in my head. I have been shooting a lot of Bald Eagles over water and cloudy days and I either have great images or crap. More understanding is needed!
Bird photography in the snow today. Good thing I watched this video last night it came in handy, I didn’t really understand EC until I watched it.
Excellent video Steve as always, very informative and easy to follow.
Excellent explanation. Thank you.
Hi Steve,
Jam packed information. Each and every line of what you said is important. I had to rewind a couple of times to listen to the information.
Absolutely a gem of a lecture 🙏
Thank you for sharing your experience.
Thank you for this video. Live in Alaska and light is seasonal... had a hard time last summer with moose and bear in water and your pic and explanation helped A LOT!!
awesome video - explained it all excellently. You hit the head of my problem as your last point "In full manual mode, it bias the meter " and doesn't affect the picture. That's what I couldn't figure out in my situation. Thanks so Much.....your the Nikon specialist I turn to.
Awesome explanation Steve. I had to stop and think a bit. But this is just a brilliant explanation that I will not forget.
Such a great explanation! As you said, over time (experience) most of us just know what the overall light looks like and are already prepared to dial EC to make truer whites or blacks as needed. It can seem overwhelming at first, but soon its easy, (especially if you have a mirrorless camera lol)
Excellent explanation of exposure compensation. Thank you very much!
A great video as usual. Years ago, I was photographing a building here on Long Island minutes after a snowfall ceased. (Nikon D3 + Nikkor 24-70 f/2.8) At first, I raised exposure to avoid gray or bluish snow. I compensated up one stop and it looked great. Before I left, I tried spot metering a wooden doorway and actually got an exact result. It pays to experiment sometimes.
Brilliant Steve. I love watching your videos and using your ebooks. One of the best photographic educators, especially for Nikon shooters, on the internet. Thank you.
Just the video I needed, I wondered already how the camera decides which variable to change when using EC, and you explained that just perfectly, thanks!
absolutely brilliant
Thank you!!! You made this make perfect sense. I haven't used exposure compensation enough but will now that I understand it.
Great explanation, lots of things I hadn’t known before. Absolutely loved that moose shot!!
Really good explanation!
All very helpful tips! 👍
Very useful
Your stuff is always very informative and well explained.
This is why you should never listen to anyone that.says the meter gets confused. If you think you can point at a scene that isn't an average of 18% grey without adjustments & get a realistic exposure, it's you that's confused. Meters simply don't work like that. 1st rule of exposure: don't assume your camera has a clue about what it's taking a shot of or how it should be exposed.....that's our job. Good vid Steve 👍
Forgetting to set the exposure compensation back to zero has gotten me more than once I must say. Oops!
LOL, me too!
you're not alone here :D
Meeee too!
Oh tell me about it...:)
Are there any camera systems, or is there a way to get the camera to reset the exposure compensation changes back to 0 after you have taken a shot? I could see great use in this, of course it could also be a pain in that if you didn't get the shot you needed, you would have to make those +/- changes every time since it would reset. Maybe at the very least have the camera reset this when you power off, so when you turn it back on you are still not stuck in +/- exposure from the get go.
Very good video. I most often use exposure compensation to underexpose scenes that are too bright. Especially red flowers which always seem to clip the red channel. Sometimes, a CPL filter has helped me in preventing overexposure. I would like this discussion expanded in the context of metering modes and the use of an external flash. EOS 77D user. Subscribed!
Thanks Steve. Snow and ice always get me in trouble. The tonality piece i can remember.
Excellent video.
Good channels give tips. Great channels teach. Thanks for teaching Steve!
It’s always the same.....you believe you know all. But than looking your video....I learn :-)
Again, like always....perfect explained.
Always educational👍
GREAT INFO!
If I could give you 5 thumbs up for this video, I would. Well done! Thanks!
Well done!
Thank You Steve. Great video and examples.
Jim
Great explanation, very useful, thanks Steve!
Another great video. Thanks for all your help!
Brilliant video as always Steve
Love your work Steve, so knowledgeable and inspiring. Cheers, Rick from Australia.
nicely done
This comprehensive tutorial answered a lot of mysteries I always wanted to know but no where to find them. Take away, what it does in each mode, and tonality. Too bad I am a Canoner :) Thank you for always posting useful info.
Exposure is the same across camera brands... no difference ... some cameras just don’t have auto iso as an option - that’s all
Learning the Zone System is great way to understand tonality and how to compensate the exposure based on which zone you want to place the subject.
Ansel Adams was a legend.
Great info Steve. Another method I use is to meter off of a bright subject and open up accordingly using the zone system. I think I’ll check out your e-book on exposure for sure.
Thanks!
I discuss that method in the book (not the zone system, but the technique you mention for a bright subject - I think I mention it in my spot meter video too).
Great explanation, I have learnt a lot just by watching this videos. I will definitely buy your book about exposure and metering. Regards from Costa Rica.
Awesome, thank you!
Learned a lot from your channel and your absolutely helpful e-books! Astonishing you only habe 190k subs, you deserve so much more. Big thanks for your great work and advisory! Stay safe, Steve!
Thanks! The low subs are probably because I just can't do vides like this quickly. Generally, the more you post, the more subs you get. I'm lucky to get two out a month, there's lots who get that many out in a day. However, I want to use the format to teach, not just look at the camera and babble :)
Steve better two good videos where you learn interesting stuff
Than videos for the video 😉
Enjoyed this one just like the others 👌
Grts Johan 🇧🇪👍
Wow, great explanation Steve. Got it!
This was so helpful, thank you! I had no idea about capping levels with exposure compensation. My auto ISO was set to a max of 800 and I couldn't figure out why it wasn't working! 😅
Man why did I not see this 5 yeras ago. Soo Good an explantion. Thankyou Steve.
As always, a great video! Congratulations.
Great advice as always Steve , thanks very much. 👍
Thanks for the tips! I've been a little frustrated with exposure compensation, and this is definitely going to help! 😄
So much to remember.... I like the concept of tonality when trying to gauge the scene for + or - adjustment. To look and see what "looks like mid tone grey" has never worked for me. I will try and work with the midtown concept as I understand it from this video - if I remember. Good review, thank you.
These are the basics that every photographer should learn at the beginning of their photographic journey, pretty much everything else hinges off of these fundamentals., you explain it better than anyone I've heard before Steve, thankfully I learnt these things over thirty years ago and I've honestly never struggled with exposure. I think it's important to add it does depend to a certain extent on which metering mode you're using and where in the frame you're metering from and if you are exposing for your subject or the entire frame the latter is what Matrix metering tries to achieve. I've recommended your E-books Steve many times to people I know who are struggling with these principals. Always enjoy your films Steve and the chance to see your photographs which are always outstanding. Cheers from the UK.
That was a good one Steve. Thanks...
Such a good video
Last very common case you didn’t cover - photographing a majorly dark bird on a bright sky - say a brown eagle against a daylight blue sky - overcompensate the exposure, if shooting the bird as the subject, underexposed if you want the brilliance of the sky to be correctly exposed...
Thanks for knowledge sharing Steve ....it was really helpfull !! Got only a question if exposure compensation has a usage at night and moon shooting ...
For the moon, spot meter on the moon itself and open up a stop or so.
Great video. Just saw your comments re spot and center weighted metering. But wouldn't spot metering with exposure comp be easier with white animal on dark background vs matrix metering and adjusting? Doing so would take the background out of the thinking process.
Thanks Steve! Great video great explanation 👌🏼
Do you have a video on sunsets/sunrises? This video is perfectly clear. Well done.
Long time expecting this video, thank you brother ❤️
My pleasure! I'v been wanting to do it for awhile now, but as you can see, the B-roll was intense!
Mr . @@backcountrygallery please make a video for how to used Nikon bracketing function for wildlife photography...
very helpful! thx
Thank you soooo much steve! Your the best! 🙏
Thanks as always, Steve, for the excellent information. (I do shoot outdoors a lot with auto ISO, so this is pertinent.) Take care.
The Take home from this is to only change the EV for clipping issues. white feathers in the sun, or black feathers in the shade. Simples
Very useful info. Thanks Steve. #NowFollowing
Awesome, thanks!
There is a setting in the pancil menu, where you can set the exposure compensation to reset on power up. This way you dont start your shoot with last settings used and might save a day or 2 :-)
I've used that, but the problem is I end up with the opposite problem - I forget to put exposure comp back when I temporarily turn off the camera during a long wait (I often shut the camera off to conserve batteries)! Mirrorless has gone a long way to fix all of this :)
Yes, capping out has caught me out!
The vid assumes that matrix or evaluative metering is being used.
It can be worth experimenting with spot AF and linking auto exposure to the focus point.
With the focus point on the subject the biassing effect of a bright or dark background is eliminated. Of course, if the focus area is on a very light or dark subject, you still need to dial in exposure compensation.
I do cover spot metering in another video and mention stuff like this. As you mentioned, the spot meter is just as susceptible to errors from tonality as the matrix meter - in fact, I find it's actually more susceptible if you're not paying attention to it :)
Nicely done. Now I have more questions on shooting soccer game action shots in diminishing light (sundown to dark) in different stadiums with lights of different lumen intensities. Sounds like shutter priority is better with higher ISO limit.
I am not sure, but I think my D7100 and D7200s can be set to auto reset the exposure comp back to zero when I turn the camera off and back on. Great video Steve! Thank you!
Yup, they can. However, I think it resets on standby. My problem is that sometimes my camera goes into standby before I'm done with the scene and then I'm suddenly getting over / under exposures!