Pic Taken By D70s Seem Dark....
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those who complained abt D70 (or for dat matter any DSLR) underexposing, pls go and pick up this book from ur nearest library - Understanding Exposure by Bryan Peterson.
adding/subtracting EV or watever won't help u a bit, if u dunno how the camera 'sees'.
those who complained abt D70 (or for dat matter any DSLR) underexposing, pls go and pick up this book from ur nearest library - Understanding Exposure by Bryan Peterson.
adding/subtracting EV or watever won't help u a bit, if u dunno how the camera 'sees'.
snowspeeder
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helfizad said:
As we are always shooting different scenes all the time, there is no fixed formula for the setting of EV, or whatever. Knowing how the camera reacts (and the laws of photography) with all the little adjustments will enable you tackle the challenge of difficult scenes.
nightwolf75 said:sigh...
those who complained abt D70 (or for dat matter any DSLR) underexposing, pls go and pick up this book from ur nearest library - Understanding Exposure by Bryan Peterson.
adding/subtracting EV or watever won't help u a bit, if u dunno how the camera 'sees'.
Just nice I am going library later, will check it out..
vincenthau
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Go to edit your curve, and enhance your camera setting using Nikon Capture. After I have done this way, I am very pleased with the Picture output (Jpeg) from the D70..... trust me!
For digital images, it is always a better option to underexpose than overexpose. Nikon's metering has always been conservative, always a little too afraid to blow anything.
Looking at the images, quite a far bit of the image is white, or fairly white. As a result, it gets "fooled" into thinking it is a bright scene.
However, I thought Nikon's RGB metering, which claims to be a world's first, can recognise colour and compensate for that. Apparently not.
Looking at the images, quite a far bit of the image is white, or fairly white. As a result, it gets "fooled" into thinking it is a bright scene.
However, I thought Nikon's RGB metering, which claims to be a world's first, can recognise colour and compensate for that. Apparently not.
nightwolf75 said:sigh...
those who complained abt D70 (or for dat matter any DSLR) underexposing, pls go and pick up this book from ur nearest library - Understanding Exposure by Bryan Peterson.
adding/subtracting EV or watever won't help u a bit, if u dunno how the camera 'sees'.
18% grey. That's what the meter sees. Check the white paint on the bridge, its under. Spot meter on your subject should help to get the right exposure reading.
vincenthau
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helfizad said:
raed one of the links from clubsnap too
http://forum.clubsnap.com/showthread.php?t=83441
under camera control - tone
cheers
vincenthau
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helfizad said:
have you forgotten to link your camera to the PC with USB cable??
you have to do that... the software needs to detect for the camera
Eh, white is composed of all three colors. Even then, the camera will recommend a metering to prevent blowing out. Too conservative at times? May be. That is when the photographer should know when to use the other metering mode. I guess it is possible that Nikon expects too much from the photographer and makes the cameras too pro...marcwang said:For digital images, it is always a better option to underexpose than overexpose. Nikon's metering has always been conservative, always a little too afraid to blow anything.
Looking at the images, quite a far bit of the image is white, or fairly white. As a result, it gets "fooled" into thinking it is a bright scene.
However, I thought Nikon's RGB metering, which claims to be a world's first, can recognise colour and compensate for that. Apparently not.
The article explains why it might appear darker:
http://fotogenetic.dearingfilm.com/custom_tone_curves.html
http://fotogenetic.dearingfilm.com/custom_tone_curves.html
Eh.. that really depends on the metering mode you're in, if I used spot meter for the shot, I can easily expose it correctly.marcwang said:However, I thought Nikon's RGB metering, which claims to be a world's first, can recognise colour and compensate for that. Apparently not.
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