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07/27/2004 09:20:28 AM · #1 |
| After years of using Canon film SLRs I finally picked up the D70 a couple of days ago and I was reading the manual and messing around with it last night. My problem is that when I have it set on P and try to take a picture it wants to WAY over expose it. There was not a lot of light in the room but it was by no means dark and it wanted to take the picture for 15 seconds with no flash. So I took it, and as I expected the photo came out almost all white. And if I turn the flash on, the exposure is always at 1/60, even when I was trying to photograph something bright. I tried to find out what was going on by looking in the manual, but I couldnt find it. Any help would be appreciated. |
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07/27/2004 09:24:14 AM · #2 |
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07/27/2004 09:25:45 AM · #3 |
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07/27/2004 09:35:20 AM · #4 |
Well I'm not sure then... I don't have that problem with mine. Sounds like a problem with the metering. Check to see what type of metering you are using.. either spot, centre weighted or matrix... but to tell you the truth, none of those metering methods would overexpose it that badly in that situation. Sounds like a fault.
I found the metering through the kit lens to be spot on nearly all the time.
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07/27/2004 09:36:17 AM · #5 |
You might want to turn up the iso
Message edited by author 2004-07-27 09:37:49. |
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07/27/2004 09:44:18 AM · #6 |
Turning up the ISO will just allow more light into the camera. I would try to spot meter, or center weight meter you subject. I haven't used the P mode, I usually shoot in A mode and let the camera adjust the shutter speed for the Aperture I'm wanting to shoot. I shoot mostly center weighted and do a metering on my subject do an AE lock and recomposed.
-danny
Originally posted by ConcreteDonkey:
You might want to turn up the iso |
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07/27/2004 09:44:51 AM · #7 |
Might not be a defect. With my F707 I also experience that the metering gets really inaccurate when the light gets extremely low, resulting in overexposure.
I guess the meter measures just a very short time period in order to set the exposure and you get inaccuracy because it is difficult to determine the difference between very dark and very very dark in such a short measuring period.
Just guessing.
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07/27/2004 10:00:39 AM · #8 |
| Also , have you checked your exposure compensation button after you've set your program settings to make sure your correct ? I'm with crabappl3 on this one , I use the same method 99% percent of the time with "S" for action & effect. |
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07/27/2004 10:11:59 AM · #9 |
| with mine set on P I can change the exposure by turning the dial in the front of the camera. If you have tried that and it does not change the exposure I think you might have a problem. |
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07/27/2004 10:48:21 AM · #10 |
| Well, it looks like I have a lot of different things to try out. Thanks for the help. |
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07/27/2004 10:49:34 AM · #11 |
You might want to change your camera in you profile too ;)
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07/27/2004 10:49:36 AM · #12 |
I would also just double-check that you haven't accidentally changed the exposure compensation thing. The LCD is crowded with lots of icons and I know I had gone for a week or more with underexposure because I forgot I had set it - a little +/- icon.
Thinking of the thing as a computer, I'd suggest also to reset everything to factory defaults (I can't remember how to do that, but it's in the manual), and there is also a firmware update you might apply. (The URL is really long and screws up the formatting of this forum - you can find it by digging through www.nikon.com, or private message me and I'll send you the link.)
If none of that worked, maybe your unit is a lemon. I have been 100% satisfied with my D70. |
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