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<blockquote data-quote="Claire Cortese" data-source="post: 502785" data-attributes="member: 40969">So I just recently upgraded from a D5100 to a D610. I bought the D610 on&nbsp; Ebay from a licensed Nikon reseller, and the camera has barely been&nbsp; used (has around 1,000 shutter clicks). I'm just starting off with the&nbsp; kit lens, 24-85. When I started shooting, I noticed that the photos were&nbsp; coming out abnormally dark, with some serious vignetting. I tried it at&nbsp; a number of different settings, but for the most part, I was shooting&nbsp; inside with moderate light at 24mm f3.5, ISO 640 and 1/60 shutter speed.&nbsp; After I noticed that the photos were coming out dark, I tried the same&nbsp; settings on my D5100 and took the exact same photos. They came out much&nbsp; lighter, with little to no vignetting. I'm still a photo student in&nbsp; college, very much in the learning stages. I've read about how with FX&nbsp; cameras, with wide angle lenses and a wide open F stop, you can tend to&nbsp; get some vignetting. But the effects are just so extreme, (and having&nbsp; bought the camera used on ebay) I'm concerned that there may actually be&nbsp; something wrong with the camera. I can always return it if there is&nbsp; something wrong, but I don't want to return it if I'm simply not used to&nbsp; the quirks of shooting with an FX because I have only ever shot DX. What do you think? Might there actually be something wrong with the camera, or do I just need to adjust to shooting FX?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Claire Cortese, post: 502785, member: 40969"] So I just recently upgraded from a D5100 to a D610. I bought the D610 on Ebay from a licensed Nikon reseller, and the camera has barely been used (has around 1,000 shutter clicks). I'm just starting off with the kit lens, 24-85. When I started shooting, I noticed that the photos were coming out abnormally dark, with some serious vignetting. I tried it at a number of different settings, but for the most part, I was shooting inside with moderate light at 24mm f3.5, ISO 640 and 1/60 shutter speed. After I noticed that the photos were coming out dark, I tried the same settings on my D5100 and took the exact same photos. They came out much lighter, with little to no vignetting. I'm still a photo student in college, very much in the learning stages. I've read about how with FX cameras, with wide angle lenses and a wide open F stop, you can tend to get some vignetting. But the effects are just so extreme, (and having bought the camera used on ebay) I'm concerned that there may actually be something wrong with the camera. I can always return it if there is something wrong, but I don't want to return it if I'm simply not used to the quirks of shooting with an FX because I have only ever shot DX. What do you think? Might there actually be something wrong with the camera, or do I just need to adjust to shooting FX? [/QUOTE]

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