10-02-2014 12:55 AM
10-02-2014 05:46 AM
10-02-2014 10:14 AM
+1 to everything that Scotty said, except that I'll add: I recommend playing around in manual a little bit, even if it's over your head for now. Shoot an inanimate object, indoors in good light. It's not going anywhere, and digital photos are free. It's a good learning experience, one that a lot of people never do because they get so comfortable in auto. Turn your camera back to Av when you shoot something 'serious' until you master manual, but I think it's great to play around with and learn the triangle, depth of field, and shutter speed limits for handholding.
10-02-2014 10:26 AM
Thank you to the both of you. I really like shooting in Av but never felt comfortable enough to venture out to manual. With all of your suggestions, I will give them all a try.
10-02-2014 01:40 PM
On DSLR you have basically 3 modes: fully automatic (you don't have to set anything, the camera will do it for you), semi-automatic (you set a certian vaule, the camera figure out the rest), and fully manual (the camera will use whatever you set it to).
Thus, when you're using Manual mode and set everything so that the photo underexpose, it will come out underexpose and the camera will not do anything to change it.
10-02-2014 10:31 AM
@Smashley wrote:
I recently recieved a 60D and was trying to shoot in manual the other day. However, when I press half way down on the shutter button, my exposure automatically jumps down to -3. When I take the photo it obviously is way under exposed and black. But if I pop up the flash, it will take the photo at the normal exposure. Is there a setting that I need to change somewhere?
Thanks.
It sounds as though you have your exposure compensation set to -3 stops. Flash uses a separate exposure compensation setting, which would explain why your flash exposures are normal.
10-02-2014 10:44 AM
@RobertTheFat wrote:
@Smashley wrote:
I recently recieved a 60D and was trying to shoot in manual the other day. However, when I press half way down on the shutter button, my exposure automatically jumps down to -3. When I take the photo it obviously is way under exposed and black. But if I pop up the flash, it will take the photo at the normal exposure. Is there a setting that I need to change somewhere?
Thanks.It sounds as though you have your exposure compensation set to -3 stops. Flash uses a separate exposure compensation setting, which would explain why your flash exposures are normal.
There isn't an exposure compensation in manual. The meter just tells you where the exposure will be as a visual reference for shooting in manual. If it's anywhere below 3 stops it just blinks at the -3 eV hash mark.
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