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24. Custom Setting Menu: Metering/Exposure
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Class Introduction
03:59 2Nikon D500 Overview
11:25 3Camera Basics
08:31 4Basic Camera Controls
03:22 5Top of Camera: Exposure Control
25:50 6Top of Camera: Buttons
16:33 7Back of Camera: Release Mode
05:55 8Back of Camera: Viewfinder Display
08:44Back of Camera: Play Back
10:18 10Back of Camera: Buttons
09:36 11Back of Camera: Live View
22:56 12Back of Camera: Movie Mode
09:48 13Left of Camera: Exposure Bracketing
03:19 14Left of Camera: Focus Mode
12:00 15Left & Right Sides of Camera
05:18 16Bottom of Camera
04:56 17Front of Camera
05:34 18Nikon Lenses Overview
09:26 19Playback Menu
08:24 20Photo Shooting Menu
14:26 21ISO: Photo Shooting Menu
26:14 22Movie Shooting Menu
14:01 23Custom Setting Menu: Autofocus
14:20 24Custom Setting Menu: Metering/Exposure
04:05 25Custom Setting Menu: Shooting/Display
07:33 26Custom Setting Menu: Bracketing/Flash
03:16 27Custom Setting Menu: Controls
11:38 28Setup Menu
16:00 29Setup Menu: Wi-Fi
06:47 30Retouch & My Menu
06:06 31Camera Operation Overview
08:13Lesson Info
Custom Setting Menu: Metering/Exposure
The matrix metering has a mode where it recognizes faces and it will adjust exposures using that additional information and if you shoot pictures of people it seems to me that this does a pretty good job and so it's probably safe to leave this turned on. If you choose center-weighted metering area, you can choose what size of area that it is choosing. A lot of people aren't using center-weighted anymore so for most people this doesn't matter, but it is adjustable if you do use it. Fine-tune optimal exposure, and so let's dive into our little sub-menu in here. So this is where I hope you do not have to make any changes. All right. This is where your tweaking with like, the actual light meter of the camera. You're not just doing exposure compensation for one or two shots, you're permanently, not that you can't come back, but you are changing the light meter of your camera and you can go into each of the different weight-metering systems and you can fine tune this and I believe you do thi...
s in one-sixth of a stop increments and so if you did find that your camera was constantly under or over exposing by a small amount, or even a large amount, you could come here and fix it so that you don't have to do an exposure compensation. I had a camera one time, that just seemed to overexpose a lot of things and I just basically set my exposure compensation on minus one-third and that's how I fixed it and this has a better solution for that so that you can go in and adjust the way that they meter. All right, C, timers and auto-exposure lock. And so shutter button auto-exposure lock. So, when you press down on the shutter release of the camera, do you want it to lock the exposure? 'Cause right now, in the AFS mode it'll lock focus, but it doesn't lock exposure, you gotta press the button on the back of the camera and this is very much a personal style on how you shoot with the camera. The default system is off and that's where I think most people will want to leave it, but there are reasons and ways that people shoot that they might want to leave that turned on. Standby timer. So this is one of the ones about how long does the camera stay on before it goes into a sleep mode. You can have this shorter if you want to prolong your battery life, longer if you want more convenience with working with the menus. Self-timer mode on this one got a little sub-menu we're going to dive into. And so, how long do you want the camera to delay? Ten seconds is the normal time to get in the shot yourself. I'm often working off of a tripod and I like the two second delay in many cases. If you want, if you're going to do a group shot, a great way of doing a group shot is to set it at ten or 20 seconds, and rather than just taking one shot, take two, three, four shots. 'Cause I guarantee you with, you know, a number of people, somebody's gonna blink on that first shot and the second shot, and so take yourself five shots and then the next one will control the interval between the shots. And so in some ways, it's like an intervalometer, but just for a few number of photos. Just nine photos or less. So, good group system is I take four shots about a half second or one second apart. Next up is our monitor off delay and so previously the standby timer was when you pressed down on the shutter release how long is the meter on and is the LCD in the top of the camera active. The monitor off delay will be controlling the monitor in the back of the camera, but it will control if for a number of different times. In the playback mode, when you're in the menus, when you have the information display turned on and so forth. And so you can go in and you can customize these if you want to. You want to get more battery life? Cut all those times in half. You want a little bit more convenience? Double 'em.
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Carl Vanderweyden
John Greengo is the best! I purchased a Nikon D500 and this course around the same time. Because of this camera being so complex, I felt that a course would be beneficial. This course that John teaches is exactly what I needed. His knowledge of this camera as well as photography in general is exceptional. In fact, I own a couple of other courses presented by John and I also bought a couple of his books! I would highly recommend this course to anyone who wants to know the ins-and-outs of this D500! Thanks again John for a great course and your great way of explaining things with clear dialect and great visuals!
M Jo
Wow! What a great class! John is a natural teacher, moving at a good pace and explaining things carefully, never assuming you already know more than you might. I just got my D500 last week and am so pleased to have gone through this entire class. I learned a LOT and took some notes to refer back to. I've also just bought a Z6 and have purchased John's class for that. Can't wait to dive in!!!
Christina Brittain
By The class. John is the gold standard for teaching. He repairs lessons to perfection. He speaks in ways students comprehend all that he presents. Never waste words. Never bores. Always demonstrates his points. I will continue to purchase his classes as they provide the best learning I have found. He is making me a much better photographer, both technically and creatively. You can't make good images if you don't know your gear. Hope he teaches lessons in Portland Oregon one day. I know Pro Photo Supply would sponsor him.
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