Why use manual exposure?
Taken with a Nikon D50 and AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4-5.6G lens
The advantage of manual exposure is that the settings do not keep changing as your scene changes. Let's suppose that you are taking close up photos of cars passing by. Some of the cars will be black or dark colours and some will be light colours or white. If you are filling the frame with almost nothing but car, the meter will be trying to render each car as mid grey. Although it will probably not succeed, what you will notice is that the background is a different shade in each photo.I often have to take portraits of people, some are wearing very dark clothes and some are wearing white. If I am not careful with my light readings the skin tones will be affected by the clothes.
Although it is by no means always necessary to use manual exposure, an understanding of how it all works will save a lot of disappointment.
Labels: AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4-5.6G, Nikon D50, Photography
