Snow shots with the 10D (or any other DSLR)

Now that winter (here in Minnesota) is almost upon us and everything
will be white, shooting may get tricky (exposure-wise). I'm using a
10D on auto white balance (which renders me great exposures
everytime). If I continue to use the auto white balance, do I need to
compensate for the brightness (+1.5-2) or will the awb take care of
it. Just wondering what you have experienced. TIA.

 

TigerMoon wrote ...

We've had snow only once here so far. On a grey day and a snowy scene some
compensation is certainly needed (+1-1.5) just as with film. The histogram
view is a superbly handy tool to dial in the right amount of compensation.
Set the review function to On(Info) to see the histogram immediately after
each shot. When the sky starts clearing, be ready to reduce the exposure
compensation.

To my knowledge AWB does not affect exposure in any way.

When shooting raw, there is always the additional possibility to compensate
afterwards in the raw converter. This further reduces the number of unusable
shots, compared to film.
/N

 

You are mixing up white balance and exposure. The white balance (color
temperature) should work fine. Depending upon the metering mode you use, you
will have to increase the exposure by between 1-2 stops.