By coincidence I shot in a similar school concert setting last Friday night,
and my results look to be exactly like yours. I was using matrix metering,
ISO 1600 (a few 3200) and a Sigma 70-20 f2.8 zoom.
After the first dozen shots or so I switched over to +1 EV compensation and
set the WB it to tungsten, and the results improved dramatically. I don't
recall if I had the camera on AWB or daylight, but I had the same yellowish
hue you have in these.
I don't know why the camera underexposes under these circumstances - but it
pays to check the histogram when starting and making adjustments.
- MCC
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mark Cassino Photography
Kalamazoo, MI
www.markcassino.com
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Sanderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "PDML" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 11:24 AM
Subject: Speaking of exposure....
Here's one of the (rather crappy) shots from the play Wednesday night:
http://www.donsauction.com/pdml/UnderExp.htm with histogram.
Forgive the composition, the girl in the middle is the neighbor.
(Had to shoot from the back, to short FL, yada yada, excuses.)
And the lovely mixed Tungsten/Fluorescent/Sodium lighting. :-(
This was at ISO1600 on the D with Matrix (CW with this lens)
metering. M200/4 at 4.
This is straight from RAW to web, full frame
All of the shots that night with 3 lenses were underexposed
by 1 or more stops. The other 2 lenses were FA's.
Had the LCD off as usual so I never looked at the histogram.
Any ideas what went (or I did) wrong?
Don
