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 10/08/2006 03:05:42 PM · #1
Another question.

I find that my exposure on the lcd looks great, but when I get it home and on the monitor (which I use for editing and appears fine), the shots are actually quite a bit darker.

I do use the exposure range shown in the viewfinder, but sometimes when it says exposure is okay I end up with blowouts, and sometimes I just want to experiement with the exposure.

I suppose what I'm asking is...is there some way to adjust the lcd screen to make it closer to what I'm seeing in reality when I load the files to my desk top and view on that monitor? Simply adjusting the brightness doesn't seem to matter really - it's more a matter of picking up details and fill type lighting. I don't know how to explain it very well.

Does anyone else have this problem?

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 10/08/2006 03:09:12 PM · #2
I always use the histogram as a general yardstick.
 10/08/2006 03:37:44 PM · #3
Never trust the LCD completely. Its look depends on its brightness setting, which may not be right for the ambient light you view it under at any given time.

Message edited by author 2006-10-08 15:38:16.
 10/08/2006 04:16:38 PM · #4
keep in mind, too, that the image in the lcd and the resulting histogram are based on the camera's jpeg conversion of the RAW data
 10/09/2006 10:39:16 AM · #5
You should always look at the histogram. Also, you can try to adjust the brightness on the LCD screen to look almost as dark as the picture you see on the monitor. That way, it would give you an idea of how dark/bright the pictures may be.
 10/09/2006 10:54:20 AM · #6
My experience with the 10D was that I needed to keep the LCD as bright as possible to make it usable in bright daylight, but that did result in images looking much brighter on the display than they really were.
the solution was not to judge exposure by the image, but by the histogram. My suggestion is to turn on the histogram display during preview, and use it religiously. Here's the strategy that I used succesfully with the 10D:

Configuration:
- Histogram "on" for review
- RAW image recording mode
- Relatively low contrast and saturation settings

Shooting:
- Review histogram for each shot (or first of series with same lighting)
- Shoot in Av mode and "spot" meter, or manual mode and set based on conditions.

The above covered about 90% of the shooting I did with the 10D. The reason for the low contrast & saturation settings were to tweak the LCD display and histogram to reflect the RAW data as closely as possible. I found that the default settings made the camera indicate clipping too early.
My shooting style was to "expose to the right," and most of the time I wanted to hold the aperture constant so Av mode was most appropriate. For landscape and other static work, I used manual mode quite a bit, and pushed exposure just to the point of some clipping being indicated, then pulled back exposure in RAW conversion.
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