BetterPhoto Q&A: Photo Exposure Troubleshooting

Check out this Q&A for some photo exposure troubleshooting. Here's an article that may help as well: Exposure Problems: Digital Darkroom Can Save the Day. For further instruction, check out Bryan F. Peterson's Undesrstanding Exposure online photography course.

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  Exposure with Studio Flash
I shoot on 6"x 6" Medium Format, with Prime Lenses. When I take a Studio shot using the normal 8Omm lens,at exposure indicated on my Flashmeter, everything is fine. When I use the 15Omm Lens, I fin...
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May 07, 2002
 
  Subject Dark in Shadows
Hi,I have the Olympus ZLR. The photos are great indoors. But outdoors, when there is good sunshine and I stand in the shade to take pictures, then the items/persons in the shade are too dark and th...
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April 22, 2002
 
  Exposure
If I shot 400 ISO at 6400 ISO would this cause the film to be over exposed? I recently shot 13 rolls of Fuji Superia 400 ISO and 2 rolls of Velvia 50 ISO and during the course of shooting noticed t...
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April 03, 2002
 
  Thin negatives
My negatives are always thin. I have tried different film Tmax 100/400, Ilford Delta 400, HP5 etc. I have also tried the C41 B&W film. I did a test self developing Rodinol and have previously de...
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November 16, 2003
 
  how to use white balance indoors
I took some pictures of my daughter's basketball game. the pictures turned out to be greenish.or yellowish.I have a sony dsc-s75 dit.camera,I just bought it.the pictures were taking in a gym wi...
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April 03, 2002
 
  Grey Skin Tones
I often take pictures of my kids indoors using a flash. I use the white balance to adjust the camera to the light in the room, and I get skin tones that are slightly grey rather than pinkish in col...
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March 19, 2002
 
  image problems
When I take pictures of the sun at sunset or of the moon at night, I get a ghost of the object in the image offset to the side or above or below. Is it a reflection in the lens system? How can I g...
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February 28, 2002
 
  Black & White Filters
I enjoy shooting black and white nature photos. I have yellow, orange and red filters and I understand that they are supposed to increase contrast. Unfortunately, when I try to use them I don'...
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February 23, 2002
 
  New Zoom Lens (Help!)
Hi... I've been learning how to use my Canon AE-1 program for the past year. I recently decided it was time to try a zoom lens. This len...
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August 25, 2001