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Question: Why where all my pictures underexsposed!?!?!!?
I was at a party and the lights were dim!. I had my Nikon n80 set to Aperture priority mode!. Attached to it was an Sb-600 in TTLBL Mode!.
I had fuji pro800z loaded aswell!.
However, when I lifted the the viewfinder up to my eye, the camera said I was under exposed by several stops (+ |!.!.!.!. -) regardless of the fact that my 50mm lens was set to 1!.8 or smaller!.
I changed settings!. slow sync, front curtain, compensation!.!.!.All unacceptable!.
There where two other photographers there, one was a mother with a cannon xti and the other was a masterful pro with what I expect to be a 5D or similar!. Both had cannon speedlights!. They were running around like a wolves; attacking at every angle, bouncing off all surfaces!. Without hesitation!. Im almost sure that they where using zooms!. There was no way their lenes were as fast as mine( even the pro with his red ringed L-Glass)!.
How were they still taking pictures!. They should have been underexposed as well!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
You need to learn more about flash and exposure, I cant teach it to you in one answer!.
So to answer you your images are underexposed as you dont have enough knowledge of exposure and flash!. So learn up!.
EDIT: film or digi dont matter photography is photography
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Sometimes you have play around with the manual settings and fool your cameras light meter!. In low light situations over expose in half stop increments until you get proper exposure!. A lot of times underexposed can be fixed in photoshop!. This photo started out way underexposed!.
http://photo!.net/photodb/photo!?photo_id=!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
What did your pictures look like!? Are you sure they were underexposed and not overexposed!? Were they really dark or too light!?
It is possible to take flash pictures with the built in flash of the D70 in a room with the lights out!. I know!. I've tried it!.
If you don't have your pictures yet, how do you know they are underexposed!?Www@QuestionHome@Com
Why did you fiddle with you camera's settings!?
I just leave mine at Program mode (in RAW format!.)
I usually get acceptable exposure on most of my flash photos!.
http://www!.flickr!.com/photos/little_pook!.!.!. go to bottom of page 3!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Firstly,you didn't corrected the white balance by using Expodisc White Balance Filter!.Secondly,didn't matter what shutter speed you have used,try to use Normal Exposure Mode,so that it will give a best qualities of the images!.Thirdly,maybe your camera's sensor faulty will also cause this problem too!.send for a repair servicing centre for help!.Good Luck to you!.Www@QuestionHome@Com