Something is wrong with my D7100

cucara

New member
Hello,

I recently upgraded from a D5100 to a D7100 and I feel something is wrong with my D7100 as all my pictures are heavily underexposed. I know all bodies are different but the difference is way too big to be normal. So I don't know if I'm missing something in terms of settings (I reset the camera, so…) or if something is broken. I'm attaching you an unedited picture I took in my kitchen at f/6.3, 1/100s, ISO 320 with my 18-105 at 18.

Any suggestions?

EDIT : https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4Dp1lN6wM7wckdvckNuSmdxTjQ/view?usp=sharing
 
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RocketCowboy

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It doesn't look like your image attached, but my first thought (and what has bit me in the past) is to check exposure compensation on your camera body.
 
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RocketCowboy

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It looks like the EXIF has been stripped from the jpg, so there's no useful camera setting information for me to see (at least, not using my EXIF viewer on mac).

I was shooting in my friends' house yesterday, in late afternoon, and has to run my ISO up to 3200 with the aperture at f/2.2 (shooting the 50mm f/1.4 prime) and shutter speeds around 1/80th to achieve proper exposure. With your lens stopped down to f/6.3, and 1/100th shutter speed, are you sure ISO320 was enough? Was the camera reporting this to be a proper exposure and it turned out under exposed, or did the camera's meter also indicate it would be under exposed?
 

nickt

Senior Member
A two button reset does not do everything. You should also reset the shooting menu and custom menu. Its at the top of each of those screens.
The settings you mention would probably give a dark indoor picture in average lighting. You are not shooting in manual and just guessing at settings, right? If so, try a more automatic mode. Bodies are not all that different in this regard, exposure should be pretty much the same between the two. The mode you are shooting in might be different though.
 
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