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DAY 171 | PHOTOGRAPHY 101 |
Light Meters
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Light meters measure the amount of light falling on the subject. If you desire a certain ISO, shutter speed, or aperture setting, you can input this information into a light meter, take a “reading,” and the light meter will calculate the appropriate corresponding settings for your camera. When using a light meter, your camera should be in manual mode.
Light meters average the amount of light in the scene, taking into calculation the light and dark areas, and provide a reading that would be appropriate if the entire scene was an average of the two, or a medium gray. For brightly ...
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