My 5DIII is now underexposing by about 1 ev. Ok, I have ramped up the settings to compensate by adding 1 ev of overexposure. Is this something I can correct elsewhere in the menu or should I send the camera in for a check and repair?
Thank you for the answer.AlanF said:All exposures, all the time. Dark on camera screen and on computer. I use RAW and DxO, but I also download in iPhoto and the jpeg there is dark.
Dick said:5D3 underexposes. It's no secret. So do other Canon bodies too.
I always have compensation in place. It's somewhat annoying that it is not possible to compensate in M mode. And since lifting shadows in pp is a no go with a 5D3, it's always good to expose to the right. This somewhat makes to M mode useless, unless one likes to keep on changing the ISO manually for each and every shot.
wyldeguy said:Dick said:5D3 underexposes. It's no secret. So do other Canon bodies too.
I always have compensation in place. It's somewhat annoying that it is not possible to compensate in M mode. And since lifting shadows in pp is a no go with a 5D3, it's always good to expose to the right. This somewhat makes to M mode useless, unless one likes to keep on changing the ISO manually for each and every shot.
Not sure if you are using M mode correctly. If it were a film camera you wouldn't really have the option of changing ISO. And that really shouldn't be your go to fix. If it's too dark in M mode that means you need to lengthen the shutter speed or open the aperture and those changes can be made way faster and easier than the ISO. Even if you have ISO set to a custom button.
agierke said:wyldeguy said:Dick said:5D3 underexposes. It's no secret. So do other Canon bodies too.
I always have compensation in place. It's somewhat annoying that it is not possible to compensate in M mode. And since lifting shadows in pp is a no go with a 5D3, it's always good to expose to the right. This somewhat makes to M mode useless, unless one likes to keep on changing the ISO manually for each and every shot.
Not sure if you are using M mode correctly. If it were a film camera you wouldn't really have the option of changing ISO. And that really shouldn't be your go to fix. If it's too dark in M mode that means you need to lengthen the shutter speed or open the aperture and those changes can be made way faster and easier than the ISO. Even if you have ISO set to a custom button.
i'm pretty sure everyone knows that. what is being talked about is that the meter will read a normal exposure with the settings chosen and the files will still be underexposed. what would be great is a way to manually calibrate the meter so that a normal exposure reading would yield a preferably exposed image.