2. Exposure Tools

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How Your Camera Determines Exposure...and More

Knowing about the different components of exposure is a good start—as covered in the previous chapter—but knowing how to control them is where the money is. This chapter explores some of the different tools for determining and then controlling your exposure so that you get the results you want, right out of the camera.

Poring Over the Picture

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Sometimes you can find the best subjects by taking the ...

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