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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · 1DX2 vs 5D4....how do you expose properly? | |
I may not be the best person to respond to you, since I never use spot metering outside of manual exposure mode. I do so when the light is pretty constant, so there is time to take a reading with the center point, dial in exposure, reframe and shoot. (This perfectly mimics how one has traditionally used hand-held spot meters.)
If not shooting in manual, my normal practice is to use evaluative metering with exposure compensation as needed. The camera actually seems pretty good in taking into consideration the subject and AF point--as long as you are NOT using focus/recompose. I often don't use more than a third stop adjustment, unless I'm shooting in a cave. Over time, you develop a sort of predictive memory for how the camera will read a scene.
That said, I do sometimes miss exposures, or mistake how the camera sees the scene. Since I shoot RAW and have time in post it is usually a non-issue, but to be certain, there is no substitute for checking histograms.
I know there are some disciplines (concert photography maybe, and whatever you shoot) where combining spot metering with auto exposure is more useful, but I haven't had to do this too much.
One thing I have noticed about the 5D Mark IV is that it seems quite tolerant of underexposure, but recovering highlights in overexposed images is more challenging.
Maybe someone who uses spot metering more frequently can chime in.
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