Exposure & Metering
4 terms
Handheld Light Meter
Exposure & Metering
EV, f-stops
A separate instrument for measuring incident, reflected or flash light independently of the camera.
Highlight Alert
Exposure & Metering
A playback warning, often called blinkies, that flashes any area of the image where the brightest tones have clipped.
Highlight-weighted Metering
Exposure & Metering
A metering pattern that biases exposure toward protecting the brightest area of the frame from clipping.
Histogram
Exposure & Metering
A graph of how many pixels in an image fall at each brightness level, from black on the left to white on the right.