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That's because when I walked you through my settings, I told you to turn Active D lighting to Low :ROTFL:My D800 tends to underexpose about 1/3 to 1/2 stop which is actually not a bad thing.
Okay, so it's a control issue then?It's not a matter of not trusting technology...it's often when ones style and subject matter determines that auto capability in some camera function becomes more of a disadvanatge than a advantage, then more user control is initiated.
Dave (D&A)
I haven't noticed this, but then I've only used the D7000 for subjects in pretty flat light.This occured on all D7000 bodies I tested, and no such similar metering algorithm seemed to exist for any previous Nikon DSLR body.
Hi Jan,I haven't noticed this, but then I've only used the D7000 for subjects in pretty flat light.
Did you try ADL? For JPEG this is intended to reduce exposure to protect the highlights, then apply a slightly higher gamma to lift the midtones. The actual amount applied is dependent on scene. Of course it has no effect on RAW, except for protecting the highlights. The previews do reflect the gamma increase though. There's also a tone curve to keep the shadows from flaring up. But for RAW all that matters is that it protects the highlights and the previews look reasonable (not underexposed).
Edit: I see Jack already got to ADL...
Hi Jan,Dave, I'm not suggesting you shoot JPEG - I don't either. But you HAVE TO understand how the JPEG engine in the camera works to use the camera effectively.
The in-camera preview you see is created by the JPEG engine, even if you shoot RAW. (It's debayered, white balanced, given a gamma, etc etc)
The histogram you see is based on what the JPEG engine creates - a linear histogram would have everything bunched up at the extreme left in a single bar a few pixels wide. It would be worthless.
The exposure system takes into account what makes a good JPEG.
All the JPEG settings are stored in tags in the RAW file. If you load it up in NX2 (that's an IF, I don't use NX2 either - I don't even have it installed) it will look just like the preview did in the camera.
Other raw processors use some tags (like WB) and have no clue about others (like ADL adjustments). Regardless of this, it's still a good idea to use whatever camera JPEG settings produce a ballpark preview, because these settings are consulted by the exposure system. There is no such thing as "RAW only no JPEG" - because you can't preview raw undebayered, native-WB, linear gamma, completely unprocessed image data. It's not an image. It needs to be processed by the JPEG engine to become one. Therefore, set up the JPEG processing parameters to resemble your own intent for the images in post. If it's to protect the highlights and raise the midtones a bit to avoid appearing underexposed, then ADL does exactly this. You just get to raise the midtones yourself because C1 et al have no idea this was the intent you set in the camera.