 Amanda |
All my photos turn out dark and grainy When I take a picture in a rather well lit area it still develops all dark and grainy. Is it a meter problem with my camera or is it something else?
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Jennifer S |
Well, it could be a number of things! I'm not an expert, but here are some questions to consider: Are you using film? If so, what kind? Low film quality can make a photo grainy. What ISO are you shooting at? Higher ISO can make a photo grainy. If you are using digital, whats the MP? The lower the mp, the lower the quality. If you're using low quality film, or a low mp, the size of the photo is important. The more its blown up, the more grainy it will be. Also, are you cropping the pictures before printing? That also makes the picture lose quality. Hope that helps!
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Jon Close |
"dark and grainy" is the typical result of underexposing. What camera and lens (make & model) are you using? What exposure mode are you using? ISO set automatically, or have you set it?
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Amanda |
My camera is a Minolta 5000. So it's already about 10 years old. And I've been playing with the shutter speeds depending on the picture and the meter as well. Although I did take a roll of pictures without messing with anything and they still turned out dark and grainy. But last week I had a roll of film turn out perfect (sunset pictures). What gives?
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Irene Troy |
Amanda - could you load a couple of your images? It might help to see the image in order to help you figure out the problem. Accurately exposing for the often extreme contrasts in sunrise/sunset scenes can be hard, so if you had good results with these images it is unlikely that your ttl meter is off. When you say that you "play around with your shutter speed and meter as well" I am not sure what you mean. Setting a proper exposure requires you to use either the auto mode, the shutter priority or aperture priority or, of-course, doing all of this manually. If your images come out dark and grainy and you are using auto mode then you may be attempting to meter the wrong area of your image -i.e. you are attempting to photograph a flower that is in direct light while you are standing in deep shade. Again, if you can post some of your images, the good and bad, we may be better able to help.
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