Exposing with an XSi

[24Freak]

I've been reading Bryan Petersen's Understanding Exposure book, and am loving it. However I do have one question.

In the beginning of the book, he explains how to get a "correct" exposure in manual mode by adjusting shutter speed/aperture until the viewfinder blinks a correct exposure. I have an XSi, and just want to clarify that a correct exposure in my viewfinder would be when the EC bar is directly in the middle of the -2 and +2. Is this what he means by the viewfinder blinking a correct exposure?

Sorry if this is a dumb question, but thanks for any replies!

[dcclark]

Yes, the exposure bar should be at "0" (the center between -2 and 2). That means that your chosen exposure agrees with your camera's automatically-chosen exposure.

Of course, that may not really be "correct" -- it just means that you agree with the camera. You might want to change it to be higher or lower, depending on what you intend to do, the lighting situation, etc.

[Gaurav Prabhu]

The needle in the meter should be at 0, which stands for perfect exposure as per camera's meter readings.

[24Freak]

Thank you, that's exactly what I was thinking. Thanks for the clarification!

[Gaurav Prabhu]

Though remember sometimes camera gets fooled to set correct exposure especially when shooting night landscapes. The camera will overexpose at times, be careful about that.