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[Tony892]

Great weather in Glasgow on Friday and for some reason a lot of my images taken with D7100 were very faint. I tried everything from changing all the settings and even put it on A. I know it is going to be something really stupid, but can anyone assist?

[TBonz]

Tony,

 

Can you post an example?

[Tony892]

Tony,

 

Can you post an example?

The first photo in the most recent album I put in the gallery

Album: Scotland Visit Feb 2014

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Album: Scotland Visit Feb 2014

16 images

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[Long Exposure]

Looks over-exposed to me.  Nikon is notorious for over-exposing.  When shooting in "A", I suggest dialing in a EV = -0.7 or -0.3 depending on how bright the day is.  I hope this helps.

[Tony892]

Looks over-exposed to me.  Nikon is notorious for over-exposing.  When shooting in "A", I suggest dialing in a EV = -0.7 or -0.3 depending on how bright the day is.  I hope this helps.

Thanks for the info, I was actually using P setting for most of the shots. Really helpful, but how frustrating it is when time is limited and you are seeing these type of images coming up after each shot.

[Serge]

Was there any particular reason why you've used P mode? For me the safest is A or S with exposure compensation (if needed) and Auto ISO on and up to for example 3200 while walking around with camera. What was the metering mode? Can you post one image with exif included?

[Russ]

Have you left the exposure compensation dial turned to a + compensation?

[yauman]

Like everyone have pointed out, it's about 2 stops over exposed.  Check your EV compensation - make sure it's not inadvertently set to +2 or something like that.  Use A (aperture priority) and set metering to center-weigh - this combo will work for most situations for travel/vacation pictures.

Here's the image when I lower the exposure by 2 stops: 

 

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[Adamwesleyo]

Yeah overexposed. Switch to manual and run that way for a while to get used to what you need to be looking for with the light meter. I find that I have to underexpose by about 1/3 of a stop to get it closer to where I want it.

[Tony892]

Thanks for all your comments and advice, extremely helpful. Back to the drawing board for me.

[Merco_61]

Tony, I agree with yauman about using center-weighed metering. It is very much more predictable than matrix because with matrix you never know if the meter has identified the scene as back-lit and compensated or not.

 

You have to be more alert yourself when not using matrix because you use the computer situated about 4" behind the camera instead of the one in the body...

 

In this kind of walk-around or street situation I tend to put the camera in full Manual (that is: aperture, shutter and ISO manual) rather than Aperture-priority because you soon get a feeling for how the changing light has to be compensated for. If you can assign instant spot-metering to the Fn-button like on the pro-bodies this can help too in understanding light and become a better photographer.

 

/Peter

[Ron]

Tony,

 

If you changed all the settings in an attempt to rectify the problem you may have inadvertently aggravated it. You may need to do a reset to get back to factory configuration before continuing. If you're unfamiliar with a camera it's best to make changes piecemeal and record either mentally or preferably on paper what changes you made and how they affected your photos. And, of course, keep your manual handy while doing so.

 

That said, yes, your image is grossly overexposed and looks as though some permanent compensation has been applied, either in camera or during post processing.

 

--Ron