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Exposure and discount digital cameras: Exposure is the amount of light that you allow into your camera when you take a picture. Too much light makes a photograph overexposed. Too little makes it underexposed. These are among the most lighting issues people face.
In an overexposed photo way too much light comes through the aperture, completely blowing out the highlights, washing out the colors, and flattening the surfaces. What few shadows are left are harsh. You’ve essentially burned the image away, leaving only a few light and color values behind.
In an underexposed image, not enough light has made it through the lens, which means that there just isn’t enough information coming into the camera. Everything is flat and dull, and only the strongest colors are able to make any sort of impression. Shadowed areas become completely lost.
A properly exposed image has the right mix of shadows, highlights, and middle ranges. It is sharp and in-focus up close, the colors are rich and accurate, and we haven’t lost detail in the shadows or highlights.
compact Olympus Stylus 840 8 MP
