 Ewurama Hayford |
rebel xt - light meter??????????? and llens choic hello dear friends, I have the rebel xt 350d. Ive been reading about light meters, and apparently, if I hi tthe shutter button halfway, the camera is supposed to take areading off o fmy scene and tell me the best setting I need to shoot at. however, ive tried this to no avail. must I be in a certain mode??? program? av?? tv?? it doesnt make sense to be in manual, cos id have to set it myself. how do I know or read the settings??? pls help, I want to get better exposed pix, not hit and run!! do I point at the color or the light that dominates the scene??? do I have to have athe evealuative meetr thing set??? pls help!!! second question - im looking for alens. out of the generics - tamron and sigma, which I sthebest quality, other than canon, to go with. is it with the extr bucks u save or shd I just bite the bullet and get a canon lens. thank you all!!!!!!!! e
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Christopher A. Vedros |
I think spending an hour or so going through your manual, while trying each thing out on your camera as you follow along would really help to clear things up for you. It will be time well spent. Just to get you started -- When you are in Manual mode and you push the shutter halfway, you will see the current shutter speed and aperture in your viewfinder. You will also see a meter with numbers like -2, -1, 0, 1, 2. A line will show up on the meter to indicate what exposure your current settings will result in for the scene. If the line matches up with the 0, your scene will have a normal exposure. If it matches up with the -1, it will be 1 stop underexposed. You adjust your shutter speed and/or aperture to get the exposure you want. About lenses, Tamron & Sigma both make quality lenses. Some of their lenses are more expensive than their other lenses, just like with Canon. Not all Canon lenses are expensive. I have some very good, inexpensive Canon lenses. I can't afford (and don't really need) Canon's very expensive L-series lenses. I do have some Sigma EX series lenses, and I think they are very good. Chris
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Craig m. Zacarelli |
FIRST YOU NEED TO DECIDE WHICH METERING MODE YOU WILL NEED. IF YOUR DOING A WHOLE SCENE LIKE A LAND SCAPE OR IF YOUR DOING SOMETHING WITH A BRIGHT SPOT LIKE A SNOW COVERED MOUNTIAN AND THERE IS ALSO A DARKER SPOT LIKE THE GRASS OR TREES IN THE FOREGROUND.. sorry about the casp..lol Then once you get the right metering mode youll need to either meter the whole scene or if you use the meter to read the metering for the bright spot (snow and then the dark spot (foreground) and if they are more than 5 stops difference, youll never get the shot right with out a graduated ND filter. But yeah, like chris said, meter by pressing the shutter halfway down and watching the guage.. remember three things with metering and getting the line where you want it on the meter... 1) shutter speed... 2) Aperture..3) ISO. either increse one or more till its right. Fully manual mode, its what I shoot most after getting te hang of metering. read the manual to help decide whet metering mode you should be using for what your shooting.. hope I didnt confuse you. Craig-
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Ewurama Hayford |
gentlemen.... thank you so so much!!!!!!!! it finally makes sense!!!!! I really appreciate it. oh craig, I love your gallery. im going to get the 50mm 1.8 youtold me about. thank you much!!!!!!! ewurama
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