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The D7000 has 19 different "scene modes" (IM page 40), which try to second-guess what you want to do.The one thing to keep an eye on is occasional overexposure (quite pronou[n]ced in some cases) in subjects of a uniformly even light tone, bathed in direct bright sunlight (using Matrix metering).
Hi Dave,...I've primarily encountered the overexposure issue I described "above", using apature priority (A) mode.
Hi Leigh,Hi Dave,
I'm not talking about exposure modes.
I'm talking about "scene" modes as described on page 40 of the manual. These are things like beach, portrait, child, sports, closeup, sunset, etc.
This setting controls the post-processing that's done in the camera.
- Leigh
Hi Dave,[I don't] shoot with any of the scene modes....so I haven't tried.
Hi Leigh,Hi Dave,
I'm amazed that the metering system maxes out at EV 16.3, which is only one stop above normal exposure @ ASA 100. For a sensor with a 13.9 EV dynamic range that seems awfully odd.
Thanks very much.
- Leigh
Hi Terry,Leigh - I thought when you go into A,S or M (and perhaps P) the scene modes are no longer active - even though there is not a way for you to turn them off. That's how it's been on every camera I've owned. I read Thom's article a couple of days ago and saw a thread on another forum that were going through the 16.3 EV issue (apparently it is actually in the user manual).
That's very disappointing. :shocked:The D3s/x which I shoot with most certainly reacts differently, even when I shot the D7000 side by side with those cameras (in my testing) and the D7000 metered the scene quite differently.
Hi Dave,I too thought when you go into at least "A", "S" and "M" mode, that scene modes were no longer active. Thats why my initial response to Leigh was that I don't shoot with these modes, so I assumed they were off or inactive and thus played no role in the metering (matrix) response I was seeing with the D7000 and subjects bathed in "even" bright direct sunlight.
It's really disappointing that we're being forced into using HDR processing even when we don't want to.The original idea of exposing for shadow detail and letting highlights fall where they may is not the way to do it, especially with this camera.