Digital Camera World

THIS MONTH: IN-CAMERA METERING

Source: INCIDENT LIGHT The light falling on the subject is reflected towards the cameraCAMERA METER The camera measures the intensity of the light entering the lensINCIDENT LIGHTREFLECTIVE LIGHT

REFLECTIVE

LIGHT METER An incident light meter can be used to measure the light falling on the subject

MANUAL EXPOSURE The exposure is then manually set on the camera

INCIDENT LIGHT

INCIDENT

YOUR camera’s metering system measures the intensity of the light reflected by the scene that you’re photographing and determines the appropriate settings that will be required to record that light.

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