klasvaakie
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So yesterday I finally managed to save up to upgrade my D3100 to a D7100. I was so excited I instantly went to a game reserve close by. (I live in South Africa). After about an hour just trying to sort out the AF controls, I finally got to shooting with factory default setting. I usually shoot in manual, but I found this impossible yesterday. For some reason every photo came in too dark. It was a very sunny day, but I just couldnt push my shutterspeed up above 600 with my apperture a f6. At times I had to shoot at shutterspeed of 60 just to be able to get a photo taken. I used different lenses, so its not a lens issue. My main lens is the Sigma 150-500mm for wildlife, but I did try my nikkor 55-300 mm and my 18-55mm nikkor as well. Same issue. I know this is not normal with the camera as some people take perfectly fine photos at 1/8000 shutterspeed on this camera. I missed an amazing shot of a springbuck flying through the air yesterday because it came out blurry due to shutterspeed being so low.
So when I got home, I popped out the manual and tried a variety of settings. Nothing seemed to alleviate the problem. Is this an id10t error, or was I one of the unluckey few who got a factory defect that wasnt picked up? Any help would be appreciated.
So when I got home, I popped out the manual and tried a variety of settings. Nothing seemed to alleviate the problem. Is this an id10t error, or was I one of the unluckey few who got a factory defect that wasnt picked up? Any help would be appreciated.