 Cindy |
How can I get my pictures to not come out so dark? I just took a wedding and the pictures came out so dark as well as the background, I had to lighten all the pictures by at least -2 density. I used my canon rebel with a canon 420ex with a flash bracket. The outdoor pictures came out dark with a dark background on a cloudy day and the inside pictures came out dark, but the background wasn't too dark. I used 160 vc film. I used one roll of 400uc and the pictures came out lighter, but of course more grainier. Suggested would be great. I use autofocus right now.
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Jon Close |
More info, please (sample pics, too if possible). What do you mean, "I had to lighten all the pictures by at least -2 density."? Are you printing them yourself? Is this something you're doing when scanning them? Is this something you're doing to brighten the image displayed on your monitor? How do the negatives themselves look? Perhaps this is not an in-camera exposure problem. Assuming it is an in-camera exposure problem: One possible problem: If you lock focus and recompose flash shots, you have to use FEL (flash exposure lock). E-TTL biases exposure to the area around the active focus sensor. If that sensor is not covering your subject you're going to get bad exposures.
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Cindy |
I am in automatic mode, so the shutter and aperture are set automatically.I was using direct flash with the Cononoff-camera shoe cord 2. For the outdoor shots, the camera was not set to FP high-speed sync. And I am letting the camera set the ISO. I don't understand FEL and how to accomplish that. I work in a photo lab so I develop my own pictures and had to lighten the pictures. I will try to down load a picture
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Cindy |
I am in automatic mode, so the shutter and aperture are set automatically.I was using direct flash with the Cononoff-camera shoe cord 2. For the outdoor shots, the camera was not set to FP high-speed sync. And I am letting the camera set the ISO. I don't understand FEL and how to accomplish that. I work in a photo lab so I develop my own pictures and had to lighten the pictures. I will try to down load a picture
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Cindy |
Hello, I am in automatic mode, so the shutter and aperture are set automatically.I was using direct flash with the Cononoff-camera shoe cord 2. For the outdoor shots, the camera was not set to FP high-speed sync. And I am letting the camera set the ISO. I don't understand FEL and how to accomplish that. I work in a photo lab so I develop my own pictures and had to lighten the pictures. I haven't figured out how to download my pictures, I'll keep trying. Thank you
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Jon Close |
All seems in order (correct shoe cord, etc.). Shooting full auto (PIC/Green Box/P) indoors generally going to choose a high, hand-holdable shutter speed which will leave the background dark but should give good exposure to your near, flash-lit subject. To give more exposure to the background indoors you need set slower shutter speeds by shooting in Av, Tv, or M (may require tripod) and/or use faster film. One thing I forgot to mention earlier, if all of your exposures are too dark, it could be that some negative Exposure Compensation was set inadvertently. The exposure scale indicator would be to the left of "0", but this would only affect exposure if you were shooting in P, Av, or Tv modes. Changing rolls of film or switching the camera off will not cancel Exposure Compensation, it has to be manually set back to "0". FEL works the same as AE Lock, with the "*" thumb button on the upper back of the camera. Funny, though, it is not explained in the user manual for the Rebel Ti. I hope it is explained in the 420EX manual, but if not see http://photonotes.org/articles/eos-flash/.
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Cindy |
Thank you, What about the dark images and background for the outdoor pictures. In using AV or TV mode, what do you generally set it on in a low lit situation light a cloudy day or inside a dark reception hall
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Nancy Grace Chen |
I have a possible suggestion as to what the problem may have been. How far away from the subjects were you? If you were using the flash but were too far away (the flash only has a range of a certain number of feet), the subjects would've been underexposed. Nancy
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Cindy |
Thank you for your responses, The pictures I was taking were close ups or 1-2 feet away. The subjects weren't far away at all. Cindy
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