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Feb 14, 2011 09:45 |  #1

Just got a call from a fellow photographer saying her viewfinder meter is metering backwards. When it is overexposing it is reading as underexposing. Any ideas on what is going on here?


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Feb 14, 2011 09:47 |  #2

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Just got a call from a fellow photographer saying her viewfinder meter is metering backwards. When it is overexposing it is reading as underexposing. Any ideas on what is going on here?

What metering mode does she have selected and what camera? And what is she shooting?



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Feb 14, 2011 09:52 |  #3

Is she normally a nikon shooter? Nikon bodies by defualt are backwards assed, but you can change the direction in the menus if needed.\

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Feb 14, 2011 11:56 |  #4

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Is she normally a nikon shooter? Nikon bodies by defualt are backwards assed, but you can change the direction in the menus if needed.\

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You can change the direction the control wheel uses to go up or down in exposure, but you cannot change the way exposure information is displayed in the viewfinder.


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Feb 14, 2011 22:03 |  #5

Problem solved. User error.


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Feb 14, 2011 22:05 |  #6

Was she holding it upside-down? :)




  
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Feb 14, 2011 23:23 |  #7

Man, I thought the pictures were coming out wrong. Now I get OP's question. :)



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Feb 15, 2011 00:21 |  #8

ok...now we HAVE to know...what was the problem? :D


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Feb 15, 2011 04:02 as a reply to  @ LowriderS10's post |  #9

give her a Hello Kitty point and shoot and tell her she needs to use that for a week. :p


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