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Light objects in foreground washed out!
I am new with digital photography, just got a Kodak C530 5mp digital
camera. I am just shooting in auto mode. Took portraits ouside on a sunny day in the shade. When I took full body shots, the exposures were fine. When I got up close--- just chest-level and above, the faces were totally washed out/white. My son was also wearing a very light blue shirt, and it was also totally washed out/white. the washed-out effect also loses all detail and looks blurry. Grossly overexposed...but areas behind, like the garden behind are normal and clear. This would not happen with my old 35 mm Minolta! Why isn't the auto exposure function able to meter the subjects and stop the camera down? because its a cheap camera? |
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Light objects in foreground washed out!
In article , geronimo
wrote: I am new with digital photography, just got a Kodak C530 5mp digital camera. I am just shooting in auto mode. Took portraits ouside on a sunny day in the shade. When I took full body shots, the exposures were fine. When I got up close--- just chest-level and above, the faces were totally washed out/white. My son was also wearing a very light blue shirt, and it was also totally washed out/white. the washed-out effect also loses all detail and looks blurry. Grossly overexposed...but areas behind, like the garden behind are normal and clear. This would not happen with my old 35 mm Minolta! Why isn't the auto exposure function able to meter the subjects and stop the camera down? because its a cheap camera? It may be that the flash control is not very good, and the flash is lighting near objects too well. Try the same picture with the flash forced off, and see if it isn't better. Some cameras offer a "slow sync" flash mode which can be a nice compromise. -- Jim |
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Light objects in foreground washed out!
No, that WAS with the flash off. Regards, geronimo On Sun, 20 May 2007 14:59:16 -0400, Jim Nagy wrote: In article , geronimo wrote: I am new with digital photography, just got a Kodak C530 5mp digital camera. I am just shooting in auto mode. Took portraits ouside on a sunny day in the shade. When I took full body shots, the exposures were fine. When I got up close--- just chest-level and above, the faces were totally washed out/white. My son was also wearing a very light blue shirt, and it was also totally washed out/white. the washed-out effect also loses all detail and looks blurry. Grossly overexposed...but areas behind, like the garden behind are normal and clear. This would not happen with my old 35 mm Minolta! Why isn't the auto exposure function able to meter the subjects and stop the camera down? because its a cheap camera? It may be that the flash control is not very good, and the flash is lighting near objects too well. Try the same picture with the flash forced off, and see if it isn't better. Some cameras offer a "slow sync" flash mode which can be a nice compromise. |
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