(not quite so) Fat Sam wrote:
> I'm probably missing somethnig really obvious here, so bear with me
please,
> I'm something of a novice.
> I was shooting today outdoors in bright sunny conditions.
Is there a lot of sky in your pictures? Your camera is probably trying
to expose for that.
But you have some control over the exposure. Look at the image after you
take it, look at the histogram. If it isn't right, make an adjustment.
You can:
a) Set your exposure compensation. Even relatively cheap cameras have
that.
b) Point the camera more directly at what you want to be more properly
exposed, hold down the shutter part way to lock that in, and recompose.
c) Choose a different metering option. Most decent cameras have multiple
options.
But what you really need to learn is that a good picture is as
dependent on the quality of light as it is the subject. Wait for better
light. There are very few good landscapes that are taken in the middle
of the day on bright sunny days.
Oh, and its "aperature" priority.
Jeff
> I was on Apperture Priority mode with ISO set to 100, the apperture
locked
> at F8 and no filters in use.
> The camera is a high-end Fuji bridge camera with more or less the same
specs
> as a low-end DLSR.
>
> All the images I took were excessively dark and required quite a bit of
> photoshoppery to bring them back up again.
> Is this common with apperture priority mode?
> Or have I missed something glaringly obvious?
>
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