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David Busch’s Sony Alpha a6700/ILCE-6700 Guide to Digital Photography
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David Busch’s Sony Alpha a6700/ILCE-6700 Guide to Digital Photography

by David D. Busch
April 2024
Intermediate to advanced
440 pages
15h 54m
English
Rocky Nook
Content preview from David Busch’s Sony Alpha a6700/ILCE-6700 Guide to Digital Photography

3 Nailing the Optimum Exposure

Left to its own devices, your a6700 can do an excellent job of providing the proper exposure for most scenes. But even a camera as smart as the a6700 frequently can benefit from intelligent input. For example, when you shoot with the main light source behind the subject, you end up with backlighting, which can result in an overexposed background and/or an underexposed subject. The Sony a6700 recognizes backlit situations nicely, and, in most cases, can properly base exposure on the main subject using the default Multi metering mode, producing a decent photo.

But, as a creative photographer, there will be many instances where you would rather not have automatic correction for backlighting. What if you want to ...

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