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07/22/2009 05:30:45 PM · #1 |
All,
Thank you for your time reading and answering my post. I'm just starting out in amateur photography. Last summer I purchased the Nikon D60 Kit. Since then I have taken hundreds of photos.
I have been having some problems recently and need a quick solution and was hoping if I described the situation someone could help.
I will turn on my camera and take a photo in the automatic no flash mode. The photo usually turns out fine.
I then take another photo and the photo is significantly darker in color. Sometimes the photo is so dark features of the subject and background are complete unremarkable. The photo
What is causing the problem? Do I perhaps need to have my camera serviced? Please let me know if you need additional information
Thanks,
Patrick
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07/22/2009 05:47:24 PM · #2 |
I don't know the answer to your problem, but I would try placing the camera on manual, find a setting that gives you a good exposure, cover your view finder to be sure no light is coming in that way which could affect the metering and shoot the same image and same lighting over and over to see if what you describe happens.
It may be that you are getting stray ambient light into the scene or light coming in your view finder causing this. |
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07/22/2009 06:11:03 PM · #3 |
| That sounds extreme, but one possibility is that you have the camera set to spot metering, and a minor change in where you have aimed the camera then results in a huge change in the exposure that it determines. |
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07/22/2009 06:13:35 PM · #4 |
Perhaps you accidentally put it into Auto-Bracketing mode.
Well, that was my first guess but apparently the d60 doesn't have that...
Also, maybe you put it into spot metered exposure? pg. 62 of your manual.
D60 manual
Message edited by author 2009-07-22 22:13:40. |
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07/22/2009 06:20:42 PM · #5 |
You can check the exif data to see what changed between the two shots. On the D60 just press the up and down buttons to scroll through the different information.
My first suspicion is that you have the camera in spot meter mode. Pointing the spot meter at a white spot in the scene would render the photo extremely under exposed while pointing it at something dark would cause an overexposed image.
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07/22/2009 06:24:26 PM · #6 |
| How about trying resetting the camera to the default settings. Pg 70, see if that does anything for you. |
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