Always check the settings!
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EmmaP said:
The clue is usually you get unexpected small aperture or brief shutter release reading.
This seems to be an issue with 'digital' people. When I first studied photography we used to play guess the exposure and we were invariably right.
Oh well! Won't make that mistake again will you?
Not at all! I made the same mistake on both film and digital, have you ever seen a grown man cry after developing film he thought was shot at 400 but he'd actually left the camera pushed to 1600?This seems to be an issue with 'digital' people. When I first studied photography we used to play guess the exposure and we were invariably right.
Oh well! Won't make that mistake again will you?
Its not a pretty sight
Thankfully I haven't. I hate seeing men cry.
I posted a check list earlier this year. One of first things I do is check ISO setting.
Labs can mess up too. I dropped off some transparency film for processing once. As it was 5x4 I asked for one to be selected and test processed. Luckily I did as the girl was so used to me putting in C41 that she wrote C41 not E6 on the instructions. I only took six shots. Fortunately they didn't cross-process the best shot that I have ever taken that was amongst the remainder of the box.
I posted a check list earlier this year. One of first things I do is check ISO setting.
Labs can mess up too. I dropped off some transparency film for processing once. As it was 5x4 I asked for one to be selected and test processed. Luckily I did as the girl was so used to me putting in C41 that she wrote C41 not E6 on the instructions. I only took six shots. Fortunately they didn't cross-process the best shot that I have ever taken that was amongst the remainder of the box.
EmmaP said:
The clue is usually you get unexpected small aperture or brief shutter release reading.
This seems to be an issue with 'digital' people. When I first studied photography we used to play guess the exposure and we were invariably right.
Oh well! Won't make that mistake again will you?
I do use manual exposure quite a lot, especially when taking pictures of helicopters/prop planes as you always want to see movement. No doubt due to my ISO stupidity, I struggled to get the exposure right, even with the lens at the 'fastest'.This seems to be an issue with 'digital' people. When I first studied photography we used to play guess the exposure and we were invariably right.
Oh well! Won't make that mistake again will you?
I didn't have a problem last airshow - now I know why! I thought it was just because it was so sunny, lol.
won't do it again !
Edited by john_p on Wednesday 16th July 14:59
TonyHetherington said:
I always use "M" but normally I take a few shots and think "blimey, that's quick shutter speeds" and then work out why 
Easily done though
I use manual too. It is easily done as you say Tony. (I probably sounded self-righteous in my first post.) On Sunday I had adjusted ISO to 400 for engine bay then went to take portrait and thought, "That's a funny light reading!" Then realised that I hadn't changed back to 100. I blame the sun and lack of food and drink Easily done though
bramley said:
A friend of mine took all his honeymoon photos at ISO1600 on his (then) new 350d! Not great for a sunny beach holiday. Easily done though.
I'm surprised they weren't all blitzed.One that used to get me but now doesn't is when fill-flash blitzes my outdoor shots. Invariably it's because I was indoors and using f2.8, or high ISO. Always check the histogram and if it's not right, work out what's going on.
VxDuncan said:
Once borrowed a friends D80 at work to take some group shots before half of them left. I have a D80 so was at home using it, but checked ISO, WB, pic size etc. Damn thing was set to -2EV exposure compensation wasn't it!
I did that the other day, took me a while to realise I was at -1.I was shooting Ilford 400 ASA FP4 seems to be the one I recall, (35mm Film that is 
, do you remember that stuff?), half way through the film I changed to AGFA 50 ASA, without changing the setting............... Doh.
I sent it off to AGFA with a note, they processed it as a one off, and advised me not to do it again, prints wern't that bad.
For those interested, this was in my first ever SLR, an Ashai Pentax SPII, £60 in Hong Kong in 1970, still got it, compared to the Canon DSLR, its bloody heavy to say the least. As the black paint has rubbed off the front of the body, looks like Brass just behing the lense holder.
, do you remember that stuff?), half way through the film I changed to AGFA 50 ASA, without changing the setting............... Doh.I sent it off to AGFA with a note, they processed it as a one off, and advised me not to do it again, prints wern't that bad.
For those interested, this was in my first ever SLR, an Ashai Pentax SPII, £60 in Hong Kong in 1970, still got it, compared to the Canon DSLR, its bloody heavy to say the least. As the black paint has rubbed off the front of the body, looks like Brass just behing the lense holder.
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