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01/10/2007 09:21:42 AM · #1 |
Unless I set it to manual mode where i bring the exposure way down, my new Canon 30D is constantly taking pictures that are 2 or 3 steps darker than they should be, on every automatic mode.
Another thing i noticed is that they look "alright", still pretty dark on the LCD screen but turn out really dark on every computer I upload them to. I initially thought it was just my computer screen.
Any suggestions? Am i missing something here?
I'll try to post an example later.
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01/10/2007 09:28:15 AM · #2 |
Sounds like your exposure compensation could be set to underexpose since it doesn't happen in manual mode. When you autofocus/meter your shots, where is the meter showing in the viewfinder? Hold the shutter button halfway down and rotate the rear dial to the right and see if the meter changes and then bring it to the middle.
Edit: cant tipe tuday
Message edited by author 2007-01-10 09:29:12. |
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01/10/2007 09:29:20 AM · #3 |
Is it the case that you have set the exposure compensation down? Perhaps you could try turning the main dial on the back of the camera clockwise after initially setting the exposure and seeing if that makes a difference. Half-press of the shutter button, release, turn wheel and shoot. It might help.
Good luck.
Edit: Oops, too late.
Message edited by author 2007-01-10 09:29:58.
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01/10/2007 09:44:42 AM · #4 |
| Just thought I'd add: if that's the problem, to avoid further inadvertant compensation changes, you can disable the rear dial by turning the camera on to the first position (1 click), not the "on" position (2 clicks). |
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01/10/2007 10:17:26 AM · #5 |
Just curious if you know how your metering is set up. Are you using a setting for averaging or spot metering? (20D folks help me out on the specific setup).
If you are somehow set to use spot metering, things can be really different than we're used to seeing from point and shoot cameras depending on where the center of the viewfinder is pointed when the exposure is set.
Averaging shouldn't have such a problem, but focus/recompose methods are still famous for resulting in undesirable exposures.
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01/10/2007 10:34:33 AM · #6 |
I've been having to use the compensation dial just to get my images to turn out right. I think you may be right about the spot metering, I've been using that alot more than average metering.
Could that be the problem? I use spot metering alot so my subject would have the right light but i guess when I do perspective shots or shots with different composition the meter may be set to the background instead of the subject. |
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01/10/2007 10:58:44 AM · #7 |
Reset your camera to factory defaults and take some shots. There is a menu option to reset to factory defaults. And then take some frames in P mode or AV or TV mode and see how it goes.
MattO
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01/10/2007 11:06:24 AM · #8 |
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01/10/2007 11:07:22 AM · #9 |
Originally posted by Mrbiz123:
Could that be the problem? I use spot metering alot so my subject would have the right light but i guess when I do perspective shots or shots with different composition the meter may be set to the background instead of the subject. |
If you spot meter on a "white subject", it will be treated as an 18% gray, which usually results in the subject itself being underexposed, and thus, since the white would be the brightest part of the photo, the rest of the photo is terribly underexposed. It's okay to do this, but spotmetering on the brightest part of the photo actually means that exposure compensation should be set to be a stop or so above normal. A little trial and error is required.
That may not be the problem at all, but it sounds like it could be. |
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01/10/2007 12:22:02 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by nards656:
Originally posted by Mrbiz123:
Could that be the problem? I use spot metering alot so my subject would have the right light but i guess when I do perspective shots or shots with different composition the meter may be set to the background instead of the subject. |
If you spot meter on a "white subject", it will be treated as an 18% gray, which usually results in the subject itself being underexposed, and thus, since the white would be the brightest part of the photo, the rest of the photo is terribly underexposed. It's okay to do this, but spotmetering on the brightest part of the photo actually means that exposure compensation should be set to be a stop or so above normal. A little trial and error is required.
That may not be the problem at all, but it sounds like it could be. |
That may be the problem because when have spot metering on and my subject is in 1/3 of the frame the rest is taken up by the sky or background which (in yesterdays case) is bright |
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