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We are even more lucky as most of today's high-tech auto cameras have all these pre programmed, which will automatically adjust the shutter and aperture for the correct exposure for us. These cameras perform very well under "average" scene conditions.
Auto cameras do not always produce the beet results. often too balanced. Usually you want either the natural or artificial light to be dominant.
An auto camera may simply select a shutter speed to match a pre-set aperture value or it may perform a complex decision making task involving information regarding the type of subject , lens attached and other data you may input.
that using all those expensive toys($2000.00)cameras auto focus auto exposure etc etc,first is not art at all,the technique is done for you,second you are not the one doing it,the camera is,can you imaging Henry Cartier Bresson,using an auto camera, ...
An exposure compensation button [+/-] is now found on most modern auto cameras. Positive compensation may be needed when the main subject is darker than the background and negative compensation may be needed for a subject lighter than the background.
In most cases the basic metering with an auto camera is fine, especially if you have the sun behind you or it is overcast.
Automation is good: the camera is not thinking for you, it's just setting the rudiments of focus and exposure which rarely require creative thought. The auto cameras free your creative juices to concentrate on what is important, which is heat, ...
a flowing- light patterns following a moving subject with subject movement frozen at the end of the light flow. (See "Front-Curtain Sync".) Most mid range and top flight auto camera models have this feature.
 See also: Camera, Auto, Photograph, Exposure, Light
  
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