Pics dark

I took some shots using various apeture settings and they all came out dark. I was able to edit them ok in PhotoPlus but it seems I didn't have enough white balance.Is there any way in View NX2 I can fins what settings I used?

Hi Viscount,
In ViewNX you can review your settings using the right-hand panel, where you should see a section containing metadata. You might need to open the pane out to see all the information, but it does include apperture, shutter speed, flash, ISO and mode settings. Also if you had exposure compensation set, it will be in there too.

Steve

Thanks

Hi,Steve
Sorry to come back. When I go to metadata it gives me editing options and file size but no other information.

If using windows you can also right click on the pic, view properties and select the details tab.

Sounds like your shutter speed was off and/or you needed more light.

Are you shooting in RAW, or JPEG? I use ViewNX and the right hand pane is split vertically, the top being editing options, and the lower being meta data including the camera info, lens, location and all the setup info for the shot.
I haven't looked to see if the info is recorded with jpeg shots or not since I only use it for raw.

Steve

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Thanks.The properties gave me the info I wanted but raises another point. The light was quite good that day. I understood by using apeture the camera looked after the speed. It came out at a very high speed. Should I set both?

Are you shooting in manual mode...

Aperture Priority is the mode you need A...---You choose the aperture and the camera will set the shutter for the light conditions...Don't be afraid to use your flash...

Put your white balance in auto...Check out your manual,there's lots of good information in it...

I was shooting in apeture mode and with different apeture settings for experiment.

viscountdriver said:

I was shooting in apeture mode and with different apeture settings for experiment.

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Maybe your exposure compensation has been moved making your images dark....Can you post an image

Could be. I checked exposure comp and it was negative. I've changed it and will try again. Thanks

I set apeture F8 it came out 4000 ISO 100

viscountdriver said:

I set apeture F8 it came out 4000 ISO 100

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Your exposure compensation still shows -2.7. Make it zero and sometimes you have to make it + for subjects that are black in front of a pale background like this plane.

viscountdriver said:

Could be. I checked exposure comp and it was negative. I've changed it and will try again. Thanks

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Negative E/C will speed up your shutter making darker images

Thanks to all. I realised I was in negative and changed it.