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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Marcel" data-source="post: 197456" data-attributes="member: 3903">Re: HelpViktor, welcome to Nikonites.There is a widely spread tendency for beginner photographers to think that the camera does all the work. But the camera and it's lightmeter is just a tool that will do what you decide it should. In your 2 photos example, the second photo is clearly underexposed because there is a lot of white in the picture. The light meter will want to reproduce 18% grey. So, when there is a lot of white, you have to bypass the meter and tell it to over expose a bit depending on the scene.The most important thing to learn with any camera is exposure. Correct exposure is determined by: the amount of light hitting the subject, the amount of time the shutter is open, the opening of the lens and, finally, the film (sensor) sensitivity (iso setting). If you want to create good photographs, you'll have to learn the basics first. There are NO magic camera that can do this for you. Yes, sometimes when there is enough light and the subject represents a neutral scene you could be lucky with the "auto" setting, but you'll have to practice and learn what happens with the camera's settings in different situations.I'm not writing this to discourage you, quite the contrary, but to encourage you to go the learning road and keep experimenting until you can control the camera so it gives you the results you are trying to achieve. Good luck.</blockquote>