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Exposure Compensation Tests

Occasionally, I found that the F10 would slightly overexpose outdoor shots. I got into the habit of taking two shots of the same scene - one at normal exposure, and a second with -1/3 EV exposure compensation. These photos were taken by the F30 using that technique. I didn't always prefer the "underexposed" image, but it's nice to have it available just in case.

Sorry about the crookedness of some of the photos.

Deep Cove, normal exposure
Deep Cove, normal exposure		 Deep Cove, -1/3 EV
Deep Cove, -1/3 EV		 Deep Cove, -2/3 EV
Deep Cove, -2/3 EV		 Charleson Park 1, normal exposure
Charleson Park 1, normal exposure
Charleson Park 1, -1/3 EV
Charleson Park 1, -1/3 EV		 Charleson Park 2, normal exposure
Charleson Park 2, normal exposure		 Charleson Park 2, -1/3 EV
Charleson Park 2, -1/3 EV		 False Creek 1, normal exposure
False Creek 1, normal exposure
False Creek 1, -1/3 EV
False Creek 1, -1/3 EV		 False Creek 2 , normal exposure
False Creek 2 , normal exposure		 False Creek 2, -1/3 EV
False Creek 2, -1/3 EV		 False Creek 3, normal exposure
False Creek 3, normal exposure
False Creek 3, -1/3 EV
False Creek 3, -1/3 EV		 False Creek 4. normal exposure
False Creek 4. normal exposure		 False Creek 4, -1/3 EV
False Creek 4, -1/3 EV		 Granville Street Bridge, normal exposure
Granville Street Bridge, normal exposure
Granville Street Bridge, -1/3 EV
Granville Street Bridge, -1/3 EV		 Seagull at Granville Island, normal exposure
Seagull at Granville Island, normal exposure		 Seagull at Granville Island, -1/3 EV
Seagull at Granville Island, -1/3 EV

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Stephanie Seto02-Jul-2006 03:32
Interesting, because I find that on my monitor (a Dell UltraSharp LCD), the -1/3 EV looks pretty dead on most of the time. However on some other LCD monitors (especially my parents' Compaq brand notebook), I've noticed that the photos do seem noticeably brighter. I'd like to think that my monitor is more accurate, but who knows? If I get the chance I will try some bright sunny shots at -2/3 to -1 EV to see what people think. Thanks for the comment.
John Phelps 02-Jul-2006 00:24
I like the shots but it looks like -1/3 wasn't enough. I have found that up to -1 is necessary to get a really rich shot while safe guarding the highlights. It's not such a big deal to lighten it a little afterwards (well, sometimes it is)...Thanks for the posting.
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