Oh yeah, some other options that are useful:
1. manual exposure mode. Turn the mode dial to manual, point the camera at something illuminated with the light that is falling on your subject, and set the aperture and exposure manually, then take your picture with those settings. The backlighting won't affect the exposure then.
2. exposure compensation (+/- EC). Hold down the EC button and turn the main dial to force the camera to increase or decrease the exposure from its metered value.
3. ae lock. Point the camera at something about the same brightness as the subject, press and hold AE lock (back of camera, press with right thumb) while recomposing and taking the picture. The exposure won't change from the one you pointed the camera at. |
