Sony Alpha Light Metering Modes
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
- In this movie tutorial I look at exposure and exposure compensation. I review the various exposure metering modes including Multi, Spot and Highlight Mode and show examples of how they can be used to ensure the most appropriate exposure. I also take a look at how you can 'link' the Spot Metering point to the Focus Point and how 'Face Priority in Multi Meter Mode' can help when your subject is placed against a dark or light background.
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His voice is so calming that I fell asleep and need to watch again😀
I don't even use auto exposure. I'm fully manual but I can't stop watching this because thats so calming. xD
I feel the same way. I sped up the video speed and added captions and I was able to stay awake. Really calming voice, but very educational. Thank you sooo much!
I seriously yawned about 8 times; but this is great information.
I use his videos to fall asleep, the best!!
His voice does have that Bob Ross tone ey? He's not yelling, talking super fast, rushing through everything like 90% of these people doing videos do.
I watched your video about using minimum shutter speed in aperture priority yesterday and now this video about metering and I have learned more useful information about using my Sony a6400 in a more sophisticated and satisfying way from your videos than any other instructional videos on UA-cam. I look forward to watching your other videos to learn more about my camera to improve my skills as an amateur photographer. Thanks for so much.
Such a great tutorial! Some of the available metering modes that were previously confusing, now are perfectly clear. Thank you Mark!
you might say some were over and under exposed but now you see them with perfect light.
This is by-far the BEST tutorial for Sony camera I have seen. Thanks a lot !
Really appreciate the thoroughness of this, Mark. Thank you for putting it together.
I just bought an A7R3 coming from other brands and this channel is like wikipedia for me. Amazing content, great presenter, wonderful photograph. Thanks a lot M. Mark Galer for sharing. Greetings from France!
Your explanations along with examples and illustrations are life saving learning tools .
please do more.
Thanks for the positive feedback - I hope to continue to expand these learning resources.
Been using Highlight metering a lot on my a7R3 and you are right you do need to use where appropriate. On my a9, I've been predominantly in multi mode and using the exposure comp dial as needed for the given shot. I've used spot here and there as well as highlight. But so far I'm mostly using my a9 for street, wildlife, and sports and with your Aperature mode settings for action or portraits, it works great with the exp com dial. For landscapes and astro, I'm still using my a7R3 and im all manual there and highlight metering mode.
Best instruction on applying photography theory specifically to Sony shooters. Thank you
👍Useful info, capably presented, without distracting hype - your vids never disappoint. Love the histogram as rear-view mirror analogy - will keep that in mind. Would like to see a vid that compares highlight exposure mode to zebras - how they relate and interact or contradict. E.g., would changing the zebra value alter the exposure chosen by cam in highlight exposure mode? Until use of exposure compensation becomes second nature, it can be too easy to forget to reset/adjust compensation dial between shots - agree?
Excellent material. And I think its relevance goes beyond the Sony Alpha world. You are an incredible teacher. I consider myself an advanced photographer and I have learned a couple of interesting things regarding the exposure mechaniscs of Sony A7III. Well doen and thank you very much
Thank you Mark. You’ve again helped explain ways to a better image with my Sonys A series. I understand how to use my Sonys just a little more after each of your tutorials. Please keep it up.
Thank you, very informative. I can say I learned something today.
Glad to hear it!
Mark your videos are by far the very best learning source for Sony Alpha cameras.
Mark, as always, an excellent learning video. keep them coming.
Thank you! Very useful tutorial
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you very much.
Excellent explanation.
As usual...
I've just been referred to this video as someone on talk photography has been getting confused about exposure and metering and I can see why they were getting confused when you say that using manual mode that metering is essentially disabled. I understand that if you're using the old sunny 16 rule then you 'ignore' what the camera is telling you as far as the exposure is concerned, but the metering modes aren't disabled and will still show you what the camera thinks the exposure should be, and this will change depending on what metering mode you're using. I understand that you allude to this in the video, but I just wanted to point out that it isn't quite crystal clear for people who don't have a great understanding. Maybe it would have been better to say that if you're setting/calculating your own exposure then the metering modes are irrelevant. I hope you find this useful, it's a great video overall.
Thank you very much! Very good!
very nice tutorial but I don't get one thing. why can't I use only the histogram? I mean despite what metering mode im using I can just push everything close to the right without clipping on my histogram and im ok isn't that right?
The histogram is OK but is built off the JPEG preview and not the raw file.
Mark Galer's Alpha Creative Skills thank you , I saw I can go about 1 stop passed the right border before I’m actually clipping. I find that better than any metering mode cuz it’s more intuitive (I just push everything right to avoid touching any border ) but wondering if has any downside . I read ken Rockwell saying using the histogram is completely useless so im a bit confused. Again great job
One of the most useful and helpful tutorials I have ever seen, thank you very much sir. It took me 2.5 hours to watch, because I paused so often to take notes. Splendid!
Glad it helped!
Very clearly explained - thank you very much!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you very much. Even this amateur understood everything.
Ohhhhhh my goodness! I never knew what the exposure comp wheel did. Thanks so much.
Just bought a Sony A7C during the pandemic. These videos are super helpful. Hope you are doing well 🙋♂️
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Why can I seemingly only use exposure compensation on AUTO ISO? It doesnt do anything when I set my iso manually (which is what I'm used to)
You can use the Exposure Compensation in Program, Aperture Priority, Shutter Priority modes - with or without Auto ISO selected. You can also use it in Manual Exposure mode with Auto ISO selected. If selecting Manual Exposure Mode and manual ISO the Exposure Compensation has nothing left to adjust. In some instances if you set a manual ISO, Exposure Compensation cannot make the adjustment because the one remaining setting is at its minimum or maximum setting, e.g. you can't increase exposure in Shutter priority of the aperture is already at its maximum setting and the ISO is fixed.
I just got my A7 R3 maybe a week or two ago and then my lens a few days ago, I can't seem to put the exposure into manual without shooting on auto ISO is there a way to have full control of it or is it just how Sony camera's are? I have been using a Nikon for several years and on my Nikon I am able to adjust the ISO, Shutter, F-stop and exposure all manually.
Great tips on Light Metering Modes....THANKS!
Apologies, but I need clarification. Are metering modes not available when shooting manual?
You can carry on metering and the camera indicates whether it thinks you are over or under exposing as an EV value.
@@AlphaCreativeSkills - Thank you. This helps clarify things immensely.
Iam a food vlogger, whenever i take food video metering mode is always especially putting ingredients on the pan.is it problem for my light? Iam using ring light vsco 18 inch .please advise me why its happening ?
Perfect, on point😊 no nonsense! Looked all over UA-cam for something like this. UA-cam should delete all others and keep this one!
Well, you've exposed (!) a misconception of mine - I didn't realise that spot metering caused the spot region to be rendered as 18% grey. I wrongly thought that I was pointing the spot onto the region that should be 'correctly' exposed, thereby potentially over-compensating for the highlight that I was trying to preserve and underexposing the subject. I'll probably stick to Multi and the EV comp dial in future.
one issue with highlight priority mode is that it is very aggressive and underexposes with a-lot than what is needed. in other words it keeps the highlights too "dark". it will be great if we can say by how much we want the highlihgts to be protected in 1/3s of a stop. now it is somehow hard coded at about 2 stops, which in most cases is not needed.
You are correct - it is a little aggressive and files often need +1.00 or more in post to perfect the exposure. The Full Frame sensors are, however, quite tolerant of this under exposure.
The A6500 has [Exposure Std. Adjust.] Where for every metering mode you can give an individual adjustment in steps of 1/6th ev. Sadly, the maximum is + or - 1 stop. Well, it is better than nothing.
Thank you Mark for taking the time to record this skill video. I’ve learned a lot and your efforts are greatly appreciated!
Spot on tutorial that covers multi areas of the metering mode.
Mark ...you are the best !!! I learned a lot with your videos & save thousand dollars, is better to watch your videos that a visit to a Psychiatric Doctor.
Another great practical and technical explanation as to how Sony Camera software works to produce the best exposed images
New to Sony mirrorless, this is really a highly educating video !
Great tutorial - deep, but well described and well paced. Previously I had assumed spot metering to be “guarantee this part isn’t blown out and f the rest” - I’ll stick to multi moving forward and experiment with spot in the specific ways you describe.
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Thanks. I bought the a6400 after my a6300 died again. I was wondering about the changes.
after seeing many tutorials, your tutorials is great i can say, thanks sir
Glad you like them!
great video mate! well done!!! Thank you.
Thanks a lot. There’re a lot of useful and important information.
Knowing your camera will help us taking good pictures but don’t help us to be a better photographer.
Love your presentations but sometimes more samples help to quickly understand. Anyway, thanks for the time you spent to give us this video.
I have lots of videos that do not focus on the gear. Check this Masterclass out: ua-cam.com/video/irMEawnyGMc/v-deo.html
@AlphaCreativeSkills Mark, Thank you for this is a gem of a video! Would you use Focus Point Link with Multi Metering or Highlight Modes? From your examples, I got the impression that it is used with Spot Standard or Spot Large. Also, I read somewhere that one Focus Point Link locks in the first autofocus point, it does not adjust as the subject moves. Is that accurate?
I don’t use focus point link with multi metering. I offer one-on-one support on my Patreon.com/markgaler Alpha support channel
Another excellent video Mark. Thank you!
So, I’ve not thought about this before needing quite dark ambient exposure to eliminate false colors.. I was trying to meter below -2 EV in manual using spot meter so that I know that I’m safe without having way to small aperture and using HSS when not needed… After all the meter goes from -5 to 0 to +5 EVs… But no. After you pass -2 or +2, the number 2 is blinking along with M.M and we only get to see a arrow indicating it is lower or higher than +/-2 EV, but not how much.. Even with -2 there’s still a lot of data and shadow information in the histogram… Is there a setting to extend this? I’m mind blow if this is the max.
Cameras would just be guessing beyond +2 or -2 as there would be insufficient data to make an accurate guesstimate
Thank you, Mark. So detailed but so clear, I've improved my knowledge in a huge leap, really really appreciate it!
Thanks a lot for these amazing tutorials. You are my Guru for a lot of reasons today.
I listen to Mark’s voice when I am stressed or when I need to learn about the hobby!
Thank you so much.
Greetings from India 🇮🇳
Turned to you to properly understand this new highlight mode. Now I do! Thanks again for such educational videos.
Thanks for your positive feedback
Now that we have AI Denoise that pretty much fixes all the dark parts of images, I wonder how Highlight metering will do when it's used purposely as a single metering mode for Events or Portraits, especially using Aperture Priority. Quite curious.
Highlight metering mode leads to serious underexposure as soon as specular highlights or light sources appear in the frame. Use with care.
Thanks once again for another well explained tutorial.
It is a beautiful video but god thanks youtube for option to speed up)
Lol yeah he's the best channel about the a7iii on UA-cam by far but 1.25x speed is perfect for this one.
Amazing I absolutely enjoyed listening every second, thank you so much for this perfect video 🙏
Thanks for listening
Goodness this was so useful
Thanks for the positive response
Merci beaucoup
Mark, great tutorial. So, I am still struggling.. I shot what I guess you could say is action. I am in woods most of the time and shooting mountain biking. I struggle with the meter quite a bit. I have tried to use multi and with face on. I have tried other modes as well and just can't seem to find the right thing. Any suggestions? I am shooting an A7IV. Thanks
Try watching my Exposure Compensation video tutorial next.
Where has this video been this past year!? Wow. That was great. Definitely one subject I've been struggling with.
Dear Mark, should every photographer learn the sunny 16 rule as base knowledge. Or is it not necessary with the metering modes on all digital camera's nowadays?
It is good to embrace the craft of photography as it ultimately pays dividends in your level of creative control
Awesome tutorial, I am also struggling to understand Focus Area & Focus Mode so tempted to check your channel for relevant resource.
I have a focus Masterclass video and a focus area video
Very helpful video thanks a lot!
Great video. Does the exposure compensation dial only work with auto iso (manual mode)?
I works in P, A & S modes with or without ISO Auto and Manual with ISO Auto
Great one 💫 totally clear
Glad you think so!
Thank you, Great tutorial well presented.
Can you forget about all metering types and just use what you see on screen combined with zebras to prevent blowing out highlights?
Yes
Mark is true i can use the Sony A7 Body Cap (Grey) to set my white balance, Thank you.
You could …although I personally use a WhiBal card
Very helpful channel! Thanks a lot for all the informations!
Don't think there is a reasonable explanation, but why in manual mode does the exposure meter stop at + OR - 2 Stops when the meter is 5 stops long?
There is not a reasonable level of light for the camera to work out how far from zero the exposure is.
how can we use the rgb histogram?
I personally wouldn’t pay too much attention to the RGB histograms on a camera that uses the embedded JPEG preview to calculate its histograms.. Concentrate on the luminance histogram.
simple and crisp information. Thanks Mark
Top class as usual cheers for this
Great video, I never knew about the sunny 16. Thank you and I'll research it some more
Some of my early cameras did not have light meters, so this knowledge was very important if you didn't want to use a hand-held light meter. Sometimes the meters in our cameras make mistakes and it is is quicker just to set the exposure to the ambient lighting conditions rather than continually compensating for the meter's error.
Excellent video. I learned a lot thank to you. Did you turn on the zebras guide on the A7III ?
I don't use zebras but if this appeals to you and you are a raw shooter I would set a custom setting of 109
Great video, answered several pressing questions I had. Thank you!
I have an A7RV that does not seem to expose correctly when Eye AF is enabled & entire Frame is selected for focusing. At that time it focuses on eye using small focus point but reads exposure from Center point even though I have selected focus linked metering. Am I doing something wrong, can someone help me with this? Same happens when I change face recognition from Human to Birds. I need it to work badly for birds as the birds are against light sky.
I would strongly advise against using a spot metering point as the eye is very rarely 18% reflectance. Any deviation of this 18% tone tone will lead to under or overexposure - as outlined in this video tutorial.
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In my zve10 why I'm unable to see focus point link option
Check the online manual for this feature / some entry level alpha models have a cut-down menu system
Very good info..thanks
10:40 I much prefer the (amazing) photo before that very odd looking shadow recovering.
Thank you for our great explanations.
The photo before the shadow recovery is how cameras have seen these scenes (without processing) since, and including, the days of film. The photo after the recovery is how most humans see the scene prior to photographing it.
@@AlphaCreativeSkills Our iris aperture and eye movements are so fast that the brain can integrate different views as one, or seemingly so. Eyes really are marvels.
my exposure comp. dial isn't doing anything. any suggestions?
nevermind lol
Another excellent video Mark, thank you. Your tutorials have made my learning curve so smooth with my A7III :-)
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Can we cut to the chase here.. so that I am clear. Are we saying that the exposure compensation dial is actually an ISO dial? And in reality you must have your ISO in auto mode, your Aperture and Shutter speed are staying the same as you dial up or down your ISO? If this is true, why don’t we just call it the “ISO fine tune” dial??
The Exposure Compensation dial can adjust aperture, shutter speed or ISO depending on the Shoot Mode and ISO setting.
Mark Galer's Alpha Creative Skills ahhh... that makes sense. I am really starting to get a grasp. So far I have made it into Aperture priority mode and was thinking that it would only control the ISO. You cleared that up, I will experiment.
Thank you for your GREAT! Videos, and swift reply. This is what UA-cam is all about.
Love your videos mark. Thank you.
Excellent explanation of everything. Thanks.
Glad it was helpful!
New to the Alpha range with a A6300; these tutorials are fantastic...many thanks for this
Terrific video but I do have a question. If you're changing the exposure compensation let's say one stop why can't you just do that in post-production? Because when you increase the exposure in post by one stop it's the same thing as doing it in the camera as I understand it. Thank you very much for your time
If you overexpose one stop in-camera you may clip the highlights and then be unable to recover detail in these tones in post. If you underexpose the image in-camera by one stop and correct in post you will effectively double the noise and compromise the quality of the shadows.
@@AlphaCreativeSkills I believe at approx. The 10 minute mark of the video you say to do exactly that. Expose for the highlights then lighten the shadows in post. Don't you have the same noise issue doing that? I must be missing something
This helped me out tremendously with my A7iv. Thank u
Glad it helped!
what a great video! thank you so much this video answered so many questions i had while shooting 😅
Thanks for your positive feedback :-)
I've been using a combination of spot metering and AEL on the front half press, and tracking auto focus. With front Focus turned off I use back button Focus to get an initial Focus lock on my perch or subject , then slightly move around the image till I get my exposure right and lock it with a front half press AEL Auto exposure lock, then compose my image with the exposure I chose as the tracking stays on the subject. Great video as always!
So freakin' helpful!!! Thank you :)
Glad it was helpful!
10:00 ... man did you build that in a rendering program? lol... Holy cow that's a fantastic shot. It's kinda "fine art" looking with more natural detail. THIS is what I wish you'd show how to do
What a great and informative session!
Very informative, Thank You
Thank you, Mark, how bright is your viewfinder and monitor setting?
I usually set it to +2 but will set the monitor to the Sunny Weather setting in very bright conditions and return it to zero in twilight.
@@AlphaCreativeSkills Thanks, Mark, I set mine the same way, good to know, I am not wrong
Excellent. thanks for your videos and info.
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AMAZING video as always Mark. Your vids are TOP NOTCH and well worth watching. I alwats learn something new or some good info even though Ive been shooting for over 25 years. Keep up the GREAT WORK you do with all your educational series. More more more Mark Galer please! :) Sony cameras rock! I love all of mine. Cheers
Why exposure compensation dial does not render histogram in Aperture Priority mode in sony A7iii? Histogram supposed to change based on the exposure being compensated. Am I missing something in settings?
It does - maybe you are missing a setting.
Mark Galer's Alpha Creative Skills Thank you for your response but I am still struggling and fiddling around to find the setting that is hindering exposure compensation dial to render in histogram. I normally shoot in aperture priority mode but no matter what mode I use exposure doesn’t change in histogram as dial is turned? Please help.
First! Thanks for your videos