Indicator of exposure is one of the important part the camera, vital in understanding and using any exposure mode: either manual, aperture priority and shutter priority. For beginners, understanding exposure indicator is the bridge that helps auto exposure across the world to use manual exposure and other creative techniques. This indicator can we analogy with existing speedometer in a car or motorcycle dashboard.
What for Exposure Indicator
At its core is a marker of how much exposure indicators that we use exposure. If you still remember about the exposure triangle and the basic theory of exposure, exposure is the result of a combination of 3 things: setting aperture - shutter speed - ISO. And the exposure value is determined by how we measure the value of a light-dark subject, read the back of the metering.
At its core is a marker of how much exposure indicators that we use exposure. If you still remember about the exposure triangle and the basic theory of exposure, exposure is the result of a combination of 3 things: setting aperture - shutter speed - ISO. And the exposure value is determined by how we measure the value of a light-dark subject, read the back of the metering.
Position Indicator Exposure
In Canon DSLR cameras, expsoure indicator looks like this:
In Canon DSLR cameras, expsoure indicator looks like this:
On Nikon DSLR cameras, exposure indicator looks like this:
Exposure indicator reading is no different than reading in scales or scale a temperature scale thermometer. In the picture above, we take the example of Canon camera exposure indicator: when the marker is in the 0 then it means we are at the neutral point (properly exposed), while in the figure of -1 means 1 stop underexposed, as in figure 2 then 2 stops overexposed. Minus sign (-) means under, while positive (no sign) means over.