300d screen brightness

[scotshot]

I have been out learning to use my new 300D and it looks like a lot of

shots are being overexposed so I have set the screen alumination to

the second mark so they look ok on the viewer and then i can check

exposure on the computer at home, but that only works if your screen

is set correctly. So my question is this should i use a hand held

meter to calculate exposure and then set the 300d viewer and then

computer screen. Also what have others been doing about this. Regards,

Jim.

[lotsawa]

Brightness of the camera's screen very much depends on the ambient light you are in, so its not a reliable means to check exposure. Learn to use the histogram instead.

 

For your computer monitor, calibrate it, at least with a decent software solution like Adobe Gamma that's part of Photoshop (in the Windows version, its called something else on a Mac).

[phil vaughan - yorkshire u]

Screen brightness is no judge of exposure, you really should set your display with the info button, so that you can see the histogram with your preview. Theres a great tutorial <A HREF="http://luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/understanding-series/understanding-histograms.shtml">here</A><BR><BR>

 

 

Your monitor needs setting as a standard, not to your camera, do a search on this site for instructions. Your cameras meter is very good, but none of them are perfect, learn how it works and when it will be fooled.

[scotshot]

Thanks to all who commented. Phil, thanks for the link it explained everything i wanted to know. Regards, Jim.

[paul -]

Be sure to read <a href="http://luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/expose-right.shtml">"Expose (to the) Right"</a>, which is also linked to in the "Understanding Histograms" article linked to above. Excellent info.

[ren__damkot]

If you're shooting raw, that is . .. .. ..

[paul -]

Doesn't everybody? ;-)