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08/22/2009 09:27:07 PM · #26 |
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Message edited by author 2009-08-23 11:12:02. |
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08/24/2009 01:18:30 AM · #27 |
*update*
Well, I went to a camera store today, and tested/compared to another D700 and D3 (I didn't get a chance to compare to a D300). I also spent a lot of time walking around town to just get to know the matrix metering behavior. Here is my findings....
Both the D3 and D700s shoot a little hot. So I need to cope with this.
The D700 is just like the D300 in low light, it tries to over expose about .3 to 1.0 stops. This is easy enough to predict.
In brighter light high contrast, it seems to ignore whites and light blues, and meters bases on overall mid tones. So if you plan on preserving highlights, you'll need to dial in some exposure comp.
In Bright but low contrast (overcast) It meters about +0.3 hot but otherwise accurate. - But any camera can do that!
In brightly back lit scenes, in ignores both shadow and highlights. So either I need to dial in some exposure comp. or use fill flash.
The D700 hates D2xmodes (too steep of tone curve even with -3 contrast and -1 brightnes), seems to love Standard mode (provides a better shoulder graduate to highlights.
I also find that the D700 is naturally more contrasty (like some p&s cameras) no matter what setting you use.
In any case I feel a lot better knowing it's not just me or my camera being defective. I am going to spend more time getting to know the camera this week.
All and all, I'd like to thank everyone for helping.
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09/10/2009 08:29:45 PM · #28 |
| Would it improve if you set the spot metering to average? Also, the EXP. compensation won't work if your setting is on the full RGB matrix. |
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09/10/2009 09:35:44 PM · #29 |
Originally posted by RulerZigzag:
Would it improve if you set the spot metering to average? Also, the EXP. compensation won't work if your setting is on the full RGB matrix. |
Spot metering on average? My spot metering is default setting.
full RGB matrix? Do you mean Matrix metering and/or Adobe RGB?
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