D750 JPEGSs showing as over exposed

scamartist · 5 Jan 2017 at 13:05

I bought a D750 just before Christmas to replace my GX7 which got damaged.

When I take an image using the matrix metering and then review the image on the LCD you can see that the highlights are blown. I have noticed this with other metering types as well.

Is this purely down to the fact the previews shown on camera are JPEG and don't contain all the information available in the RAW file?

If that is the case is there a way to set up the JPEG's so that they do not show the over exposure?

scamartist · 5 Jan 2017 at 14:29

It is the RGB highlights which flash when the preview JPEG is shown.

scamartist · 5 Jan 2017 at 14:54

Will try and post some examples when I get home after work.

scamartist · 5 Jan 2017 at 18:18

I've checked the settings and there is no exposure compensation set.

If matrix metering would I be best to select a focus point in the brightest section, lock exposure and then recompose?

scamartist · 5 Jan 2017 at 19:48

So is the best option to check the histogram after taking the image then using exposure compensation?

Any suggestions are welcome.

scamartist · 6 Jan 2017 at 08:46

Will just need to get out as much as possible and use the camera to better understand the results I can expect.

Too used to my old camera's EVF which removes the need to ever review anything like this as the exposure is known at the time the image was taken.