Problem with Dark Photos/Vignetting on a D600

[sorrel1704]

I am having a similar problem. I shoot with the D600 and the 70-200mm f2.8. I mostly shoot in manual.
I find I am having to put my ISO up way too high, for example I was shooting yesterday, it was a slightly cloudy/overcast day but still plenty of light and I had to get my ISO up to about 1000 with a shutter speed of around 1/1250 and aperture of +/- f3.2.
The photos I was taking were for a pheasant shooting day so a lot of action shots which is difficult when I have to shoot with such a low shutter speed. I am also ending up with photos that have quite a lot of noise due to the high ISO.
The vignette control is off.
I have tried with and without lens hood.
The exposure compensation is always set to +5 (Highest)
Could there be a setting that I have missed/need to change?
If anyone has any help/suggestions they would be greatly appreciated!

 

[mikew_RIP]

Re: Problem with Dark Photos/Vignetting on a secondhand D610?

Welcome to the forum,there doesn't seem to be a lot of sense in your quoted settings,1/1250 is not a slow speed,ISO 1000 is not that fast for a D600 and why have you got you exposure compensation set at +5.

 

[Horoscope Fish]

Re: Problem with Dark Photos/Vignetting on a secondhand D610?

I am having a similar problem. I shoot with the D600 and the 70-200mm f2.8. I mostly shoot in manual.
I find I am having to put my ISO up way too high, for example I was shooting yesterday, it was a slightly cloudy/overcast day but still plenty of light and I had to get my ISO up to about 1000 with a shutter speed of around 1/1250 and aperture of +/- f3.2.
The photos I was taking were for a pheasant shooting day so a lot of action shots which is difficult when I have to shoot with such a low shutter speed. I am also ending up with photos that have quite a lot of noise due to the high ISO.
The vignette control is off.
I have tried with and without lens hood.
The exposure compensation is always set to +5 (Highest)
Could there be a setting that I have missed/need to change?
If anyone has any help/suggestions they would be greatly appreciated!

I'm confused by your settings... Why is Exposure Compensation "always set to +5"?

Secondly, shooting at ISO 1000 shouldn't be much of an issue for a D600, are you shooting in JPG or RAW and are you doing any post processing/noise reduction?

It sounds to me like you're simply running into a situation that's difficult to handle, not a problem with your camera. Remember too that focal length has an impact on the exposure triangle because as focal length increases, the amount of available light to take the shot decreases; meaning something has to "give" in order for your camera to maintain proper exposure. We can't always have it all and if you want a fast shutter speed, and you're already shooting with about as wide an aperture as you can to maintain the depth of field you want, that means increasing ISO. Noise reduction software can help a LOT if you think your shots are too noisy, so this is correctable to a great degree. Blowing a shot due to unintentional motion blur, or because you shot with too wide an aperture and didn't have sufficient depth of field, are not correctable in post which is why I'm almost always willing to let the ISO go as high as it needs to get the shot using the aperture and shutter speed I want.

 

[pforsell]

I am having a similar problem. I shoot with the D600 and the 70-200mm f2.8. I mostly shoot in manual.
I find I am having to put my ISO up way too high, for example I was shooting yesterday, it was a slightly cloudy/overcast day but still plenty of light and I had to get my ISO up to about 1000 with a shutter speed of around 1/1250 and aperture of +/- f3.2.
The photos I was taking were for a pheasant shooting day so a lot of action shots which is difficult when I have to shoot with such a low shutter speed. I am also ending up with photos that have quite a lot of noise due to the high ISO.
The vignette control is off.
I have tried with and without lens hood.
The exposure compensation is always set to +5 (Highest)
Could there be a setting that I have missed/need to change?
If anyone has any help/suggestions they would be greatly appreciated!

Can you post a few samples with the EXIF intact. These settings sound a bit strange to me.

What metering mode are you using? Spot? Matrix? And what exposure mode are you using? Shutter priority? Manual?

 

[Blade Canyon]

Do you have filters on your lens? For example, a polarizing filter is 1.5 stops of light. Some people put them on when they first buy the lens, then just leave them on forever.

Also, are you sure your aperture blades are properly open? Does the scene look normal through the viewfinder, or is it dark there, too?

Even though you set the ISO to 1000, could it also be set to "Auto-ISO"? That is the easiest mistake to make, and it would compensate for those cloudy skies by making everything else dark.

 

[Scott Murray]

I am having a similar problem. I shoot with the D600 and the 70-200mm f2.8. I mostly shoot in manual.
I find I am having to put my ISO up way too high, for example I was shooting yesterday, it was a slightly cloudy/overcast day but still plenty of light and I had to get my ISO up to about 1000 with a shutter speed of around 1/1250 and aperture of +/- f3.2.
The photos I was taking were for a pheasant shooting day so a lot of action shots which is difficult when I have to shoot with such a low shutter speed. I am also ending up with photos that have quite a lot of noise due to the high ISO.
The vignette control is off.
I have tried with and without lens hood.
The exposure compensation is always set to +5 (Highest)
Could there be a setting that I have missed/need to change?
If anyone has any help/suggestions they would be greatly appreciated!

Here is what I get with those settings on the exact camera and lens combo. This is in a shaded area. No editing.

Also shooting manual with exposure compensation at +5 does nothing only makes the light meter lie to you.

 

[RocketCowboy]

Howdy and welcome to Nikonites!

Please share an image with the EXIF intact and we can help more.

 

[Blade Canyon]

Another hit and run...