Thanks Mark, I'll remember that. I should have checked the histogram but I've had the D long enough to become comfortable with letting it "do it's thing" most times. Ah well, live and loin'. ;-)
Don > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Cassino [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2005 1:09 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Speaking of exposure.... > > > 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 > > > > > > >
