{"id":4189,"date":"2013-05-29T10:18:38","date_gmt":"2013-05-29T15:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/?p=4189"},"modified":"2013-06-08T22:25:01","modified_gmt":"2013-06-09T03:25:01","slug":"using-reflected-light-meters-part-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/?p=4189","title":{"rendered":"Using Reflected Light Meters, Part One"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4190\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Metering_Tools_2296_j42.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4190\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4190\" title=\"Metering Tools\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Metering_Tools_2296_j42.jpg\" alt=\"Metering Tools\" width=\"600\" height=\"438\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4190\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Metering Tools<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In auto exposure modes, your camera meter is perfectly designed to give you &#8220;average&#8221; exposures in average situations, but it can&#8217;t give you the &#8220;ideal&#8221; exposure for subjects of all colors and tones in every situation. If you want to get the best possible exposure, you have to take the camera off &#8220;autopilot&#8221; and control the metering yourself.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>This newly rewritten article (in an ongoing series of articles that begins <a href=\"http:\/\/jimdoty.com\/learn\/exp101\/exp101.html\">here<\/a>) is the next step toward getting the best possible images your camera is capable of producing. To get started on the road to better metering and better images, read <a href=\"http:\/\/jimdoty.com\/learn\/exp101\/exp_refl_meter\/exp_refl_meter.html\">Using Reflected Light Meters, Part One<\/a> in the <a href=\"http:\/\/jimdoty.com\/learn\/learn.html\">&#8220;Learn&#8221;<\/a> section at <a href=\"http:\/\/jimdoty.com\/index.html\">JimDoty.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Links<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t already know the ins and out of apertures, shutters speeds, and ISO settings, read <a href=\"http:\/\/jimdoty.com\/learn\/exp101\/exp_big3\/exp_big3.html\">Speaking Your Camera&#8217;s Exposure Language<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This is the third in a series of articles that is being revised and expanded. The series begins with <a href=\"http:\/\/jimdoty.com\/learn\/exp101\/exp101.html\">Why Is Exposure So Important?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you want to master exposure, the most comprehensive guide is my book <a href=\"http:\/\/jimdoty.com\/learn\/exp_book\/exp_book.html\"><em>Digital Photography Exposure for Dummies<\/em><\/a>, a five star rated book at Amazon.com. It is getting <a href=\"http:\/\/jimdoty.com\/learn\/exp_book\/exp_bk_reviews\/exp_bk_reviews.html\">high praise<\/a> from professionals and amateurs alike. Learn more <a href=\"http:\/\/jimdoty.com\/learn\/exp_book\/exp_book.html\">here<\/a> and order it at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0470647620\/jimdotycom-20\">Amazon.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In auto exposure modes, your camera meter is perfectly designed to give you &#8220;average&#8221; exposures in average situations, but it can&#8217;t give you the &#8220;ideal&#8221; exposure for subjects of all colors and tones in every situation. If you want to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/?p=4189\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-metering","category-using-equipment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4189"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4218,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4189\/revisions\/4218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}