When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Learning to read a histogram will help remove some of the guesswork when dialing in your exposure ...

I mentioned last month how the proper exposure isn’t as critical as it used to be. It’s true and not quite true, because whenever you take a photo you want it to be the best you can and not think that ...

If you’re a relatively experienced photographer you probably have a basic understanding of your camera’s histogram, the graph that acts as a visualization of the light in a scene. But it’s commonly ...

Welcome to another edition of Let’s Talk Photography! One of the greatest things about digital photography is the fact that the cameras are extremely smart when it comes to taking pictures. Especially ...

Thanks to modern digital cameras, even casual snapshots are sharper, better exposed, and more vividly colorful than photos of old. But digital cameras can’t work magic. They aren’t good at figuring ...

Reader Question: Which exposure mode should I use with my camera? What’s the difference between “Auto” and “A”? The Auto setting is essentially the same as Program mode, but with one important ...

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Set separate focus and exposure points, and get more visual feedback Set separate focus and exposure points, and get more visual feedback is a reporter with five years of experience covering consumer ...

Getting the right exposure for your pictures used to be the single trickiest part of taking photographs with a film camera. Camera makers have built all kinds of automatic systems to get the right ...