You’re forgetting the third knob you can tweak - the exposure compensation dial. That’s arguably the most important control for the metering system! If you und

You’re forgetting the third knob you can tweak - the exposure compensation dial. That’s arguably the most important control for the metering system! If you understand how your camera’s metering system works (area selected, 18 percent gray etc) you can often work with the Metering system and compensate for when you know it’s likely to get it wrong - for example it’s not uncommon to dial a +1 if shooting a bright snowy scene, as most metering systems will be overly aggressive in trying to preserve highlight detail in the snow. Similarly, if shooting in darker conditions dial in negative compensation. Metering is pretty sophisticated in modern cameras, the exposure comp dial let’s you work with the tool and augment it’s measurements with your own human input. Exposure comp plus histogram reviews with metering on is a pretty effective way to work a lot of the time.