NX5 Exposure Meter? at DVinfo.net

Kyle Root · January 30th, 2011, 08:20 AM

I've had my NX5 for a couple days now, and I can't seem to find an exposure meter. (looked through the manual and watched the training DVD that came with it)

My old Canons had a meter on the LCD which visually aided in dialing in the exposure.

I can't seem to find anything like that on the Sony.

Am I missing something?

Thanks!

Lou Bruno · January 30th, 2011, 10:12 AM

Are you referring to a HISTOGRAM?

Adam Gold · January 30th, 2011, 11:39 AM

...or ZEBRAS?

Jay West · January 30th, 2011, 11:53 AM

Maybe you are asking about the kind of light meter display seen on SLRs and DSLRs?

There isn't one on an NX5. You use the zebra stripes and histograms that Lou and Adam point out. It is a different way of working.

Kyle Root · January 30th, 2011, 12:26 PM

Thanks Jay. I googled it and found an earlier thread on here and an article by Adam Wilt where it said there is no histogram function on the NX5U.

Zebras it is.

Noa Put · February 17th, 2011, 05:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kyle Root

My old Canons had a meter on the LCD which visually aided in dialing in the exposure.

Think this a a quite unique feature only canon has, I relied on this all the time for judging exposure and used zebra's for fine tuning. My canon is on sale now and I'm sure I will miss this feature a lot.

Tom Hardwick · February 18th, 2011, 03:20 AM

It's odd that there's no histogram on the NX when Panasonic's much cheaper 150/1 has it. Not that I miss it much as there's so much info up there on screen, and Sony's tiny 1.5 mm font means you really have to concentrate.

January 30th, 2011, 08:20 AM	#1
Kyle Root Major Player Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Decatur, AL Posts: 881	NX5 Exposure Meter? I've had my NX5 for a couple days now, and I can't seem to find an exposure meter. (looked through the manual and watched the training DVD that came with it) My old Canons had a meter on the LCD which visually aided in dialing in the exposure. I can't seem to find anything like that on the Sony. Am I missing something? Thanks! __________________ Kyle KR Productions; www.kyleroot.com

January 30th, 2011, 10:12 AM	#2
Lou Bruno Go Cycle Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Huntington, NY Posts: 815	Are you referring to a HISTOGRAM? __________________ Lou Bruno

January 30th, 2011, 11:39 AM	#3
Adam Gold Inner Circle Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Woodinville, WA USA Posts: 3,467	...or ZEBRAS? __________________ "It can only be attributable to human error... This sort of thing has cropped up before, and it has always been due to human error."

January 30th, 2011, 12:26 PM	#5
Kyle Root Major Player Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Decatur, AL Posts: 881	Thanks Jay. I googled it and found an earlier thread on here and an article by Adam Wilt where it said there is no histogram function on the NX5U. Zebras it is. __________________ Kyle KR Productions; www.kyleroot.com

January 30th, 2011, 11:53 AM	#4
Jay West Major Player Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Red Lodge, Montana Posts: 889	Maybe you are asking about the kind of light meter display seen on SLRs and DSLRs? There isn't one on an NX5. You use the zebra stripes and histograms that Lou and Adam point out. It is a different way of working.

February 18th, 2011, 03:20 AM	#7
Tom Hardwick Inner Circle Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Billericay, England UK Posts: 4,711	It's odd that there's no histogram on the NX when Panasonic's much cheaper 150/1 has it. Not that I miss it much as there's so much info up there on screen, and Sony's tiny 1.5 mm font means you really have to concentrate.