{"id":73556,"date":"2016-02-17T14:18:05","date_gmt":"2016-02-17T19:18:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=73556"},"modified":"2016-02-17T14:18:05","modified_gmt":"2016-02-17T19:18:05","slug":"public-has-questions-club-has-answers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2016\/02\/17\/public-has-questions-club-has-answers\/","title":{"rendered":"Public has questions, club has answers"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Rex Dolby<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Part of the group at the club’s most recent Q & A meeting. (Photo submitted.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Both previous visitors and new people attended the Van Wert Area Photography Club’s Q & A session on Thursday, Feb. 11.\u00a0 Justin Eckardt and Shawna Mergy, both of Van Wert, were new participants to the club’s free and open session on photography and related equipment.\u00a0 The pair were particularly interested in camera bodies and lenses best suited to capture the action at soccer matches and received several suggestions\u00a0on some\u00a0good possibilities.\u00a0 They were advised when\u00a0considering camera bodies, that a used body in good condition may be as good a choice as paying full price for a new body.\u00a0 Another\u00a0tip is to select a body that is supported by a large number and variety of lenses.\u00a0 Again, a used lens in good condition will be cheaper and function as well as a new one.\u00a0 In terms of soccer action, a 70-300 mm with an f 5.6 or less (the smaller the f number of a lens, the greater its light-gathering capability) opening\u00a0should be considered.<\/p>\n

Andrea Schlueter asked for advice on selecting the best metering system for\u00a0a situation. It was pointed out\u00a0that most cameras have a light averaging system that considers all the lights and darks in the scene. Taken at face value, a bright scene such as snow or sand will be under exposed\u00a0while one with a lot of shadows and little light will produce an over exposure of\u00a0the light areas.\u00a0 To compensate for these extremes,\u00a0more expensive camera bodies provide for settings for matrix, center weight,\u00a0and\/or spot metering systems.<\/p>\n

In the matrix system, the meter divides the scene up into zones, then analyzes each zone for highlights and shadows. It then takes an average for all the zones and determines the exposure based on that figure.\u00a0 Distance to the subject and color are also taken into account it calculating the exposure. Select this system when the scene is pretty evenly lit.<\/p>\n

Center-weighted metering gives the most importance \u2013 usually between 60 and 80 percent \u2013 to the light that is concentrated in a circular area in the center of the frame. The corners are given much less importance, because in most cases, the subject is placed nearer the center rather than at the edges or corners.\u00a0 Often point-and-shoot cameras are\u00a0equipped with this system. Choose this system for portraits where the subject is important and\u00a0the\u00a0background\u00a0is secondary.<\/p>\n

In spot metering, the area\u00a0sampled is small compared to the center weight area, but you can actually select which part of the frame you want it to read, therefore you get a very accurate exposure for that area. Use spot metering for scenes\u00a0where your subject is significantly darker or lighter than its surroundings.\u00a0Examples would be\u00a0a\u00a0bird in flight\u00a0or the moon at night.<\/p>\n

Take note that the club is considering photo trips to: the Niedecken Photography Museum in Ottoville, the Wright Patterson AFB Museum in Dayton, the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum in Auburn, Ind., and the Fort Wayne Botanical Gardens.\u00a0 Details will be given as they develop.<\/p>\n

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By Rex Dolby Both previous visitors and new people attended the Van Wert Area Photography Club’s Q & A session on Thursday, Feb. 11.\u00a0 Justin Eckardt and Shawna Mergy, both of Van Wert, were new participants to the club’s free and open session on photography and related equipment.\u00a0 The pair were particularly interested in camera […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[92],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cameraclub"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-18 12:01:52","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73556\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}