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Capture One Auto Exposure

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Hello Forum,
As a new user of C1 would anyone online answer my question please.

Not sure how to put this question. Here goes...

I take a light meter reading and set my camera system up with the correct exposure and white balance setting. This would normally give me a decent print. But if I use C1 and then apply the auto exposure, sometimes the image appears way over exposed, and sometimes it may appear under exposed. If I go to great lengths to shoot manual with the correct settings in place, is there any real benefit of using C1 auto exposure?
Does C1 look at the whoe image and then applies an average exposure?

Should I just leave auto exposure out of the work flow?

Regards

Fred
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  • Anonymous
    Fred,


    Great for You to be working in this manner. 😄
    Good Images and Efficient Workflow start at the moment of capture.
    Now days, some start shooting with I'll fix it later thoughts in their mind.
    I've seen some photographers who have always had their light meter dangling from their neck, leave it behind since moving to DSLRs.
    They tend to spend more time working on image adjustments afterwards, and can't see the connection.

    I think the best message used during the Phase One Road Show last year was:
    Photoshop Is Not Photography.


    Yes, you can certainly forget about the Auto Exposure icon.
    My experience is that sometimes it does a great job and other times miserable, ( same with WB Auto ).
    If I am at a loss for how to adjust an image, I'll click it to see what it 'thinks' and then reset back.
    For Exposure, I mostly use the Exposure Compensation slider to adjust , which to me equates bracketing in film.
    For very tricky images captured without contolled lighting/setting, I'll try the other methods described in the Exposure Knowledge Base article:
    http://www.phaseone.com/HOME/Content/Su ... 20-%20Main

    Good White Balance Tips& Tricks:
    http://www.phaseone.com/HOME/Content/Su ... 20-%20Main

    Hope this helps.
    Cheers,
    K C
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  • shareindex
    Hello Keith,

    Thanks for an easy to understand answer. I suppose I thought my images would look even better once the auto exposure was applied.

    I'll give the auto exposure a miss and rely on my in camera settings with perhaps a little tweek from the exposure compensation.

    I find that by using the exposure meter on my shoots (weddings and events) it does help in preventing me from taking off and running around like a headless chicken, shooting from the hip etc.

    Moving from medium format to DSLR is a major challenge. Shooting 12 frames to a roll of 120 (making every frame count) is a million miles away from shooting CF with 100+ RAW images to play with.

    Thanks once again.

    Fred
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