Vocabulary
1. What is the difference between an incident light meter and a reflective light meter? Which is used in the DSLR camera?
Incident light measures the light falling on your subject and how light or dark the subject is has no effect on the exposure reading.Reflected light measures the light reflecting off your subject, and the color and value (how dark or light your subject is) affects your reading,
2. Describe how a center weighted meter works.
In this system, the meter concentrates between 60 to 80 percent of the sensitivity towards the central part of the viewfinder. The balance is then "feathered" out towards the edges.
3. What lighting situations can cause the camera's light meter to not work properly?
If the light conditions are uniformly such as a snowy day, light and dark scenes and when the subject is not in the center of the frame may cause the light meter to not work properly. The situations where the background is too light or too dark causing problems
4. What are the steps to overcome a misleading reading?
The steps to overcome a misleading reading are to use a reflected light meter in order to make an overall reading of the objects in the scene. Go close to the area you want light without casting a shadow and get a meter reading then go back to capture the whole image.
5. In a reflected light meter, what is the tonal value the meter “see” and recommends as the exposure?
In reflective light meter the tonal value recommended for exposure is middle gray
6. Explain in your own words how to make a white object white when using an averaging meter?
In order to make a white object white, set the meter two stops more then indicated to give it more exposure.
7. Explain in your own words how to make a black object black when using an averaging meter?
Firstly, if the subject is against a lighter object, you must move closer to the subject so the camera does not focus on the background. Then move the camera away from any light sources. Must have less exposure.
Incident light measures the light falling on your subject and how light or dark the subject is has no effect on the exposure reading.Reflected light measures the light reflecting off your subject, and the color and value (how dark or light your subject is) affects your reading,
2. Describe how a center weighted meter works.
In this system, the meter concentrates between 60 to 80 percent of the sensitivity towards the central part of the viewfinder. The balance is then "feathered" out towards the edges.
3. What lighting situations can cause the camera's light meter to not work properly?
If the light conditions are uniformly such as a snowy day, light and dark scenes and when the subject is not in the center of the frame may cause the light meter to not work properly. The situations where the background is too light or too dark causing problems
4. What are the steps to overcome a misleading reading?
The steps to overcome a misleading reading are to use a reflected light meter in order to make an overall reading of the objects in the scene. Go close to the area you want light without casting a shadow and get a meter reading then go back to capture the whole image.
5. In a reflected light meter, what is the tonal value the meter “see” and recommends as the exposure?
In reflective light meter the tonal value recommended for exposure is middle gray
6. Explain in your own words how to make a white object white when using an averaging meter?
In order to make a white object white, set the meter two stops more then indicated to give it more exposure.
7. Explain in your own words how to make a black object black when using an averaging meter?
Firstly, if the subject is against a lighter object, you must move closer to the subject so the camera does not focus on the background. Then move the camera away from any light sources. Must have less exposure.