Exposure compensation
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Exposure compensation is a technique for adjusting the exposure indicated by a photographic exposure meter, in consideration of factors that may cause the indicated exposure to result in a less-than-o
Snowy Mountains without exposure compensation
Same place with +2EV exposure compensation
Exposure (photography)
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In photography, exposure is the amount of light per unit area reaching a frame of photographic film or the surface of an electronic image sensor. It is determined by exposure time, lens f-number, and
Exposure compensation
…Exposure compensation is a technique for adjusting the exposure indicated by a photographic exposure meter, in consideration of factors that may cause the indicated exposure to result in a less-than-optimal image…
White chair: Deliberate use of overexposure for aesthetic purposes
Two similar images, one taken in auto mode (underexposed), the other with manual settings
Buildings and trees photographed with an autoexposure time of 1⁄200 s
A street view of Taka-Töölö, Helsinki, Finland, during a very sunny winter day. The image has been deliberately overexposed by +1 EV to compensate for the bright sunlight and the exposure time calculated by the camera's program automatic metering is still 1⁄320 s.