Exposure

SPB · 2007-06-09T18:23:23+0100

I have a question which I want to know whether it is a problem or not. I find it puzzling to say the least. Here we go. I take RAW, Auto white balanced photos only with my K10d, in manual mode, using a 40/21 or 70 Limited lens, I adjust the exposure by changing aperture or speed and then check the histograms and most photos are at 100ASA. In camera the images look bright, and I am happy with them. Upload to my computer open with either iPhoto, Silky Pix Studio, Adobe Elements or Extensis Portfolio. All images are dark looking, i.e. seemingly under-exposed. Yet in camera, when I take the meter reading, I am careful to set that at the middle point, i.e. not over or under exposing. Of course, because I am using RAW, white balance etc etc can be fixed. I suppose my question is this. By manually doing the exposure, I expected to have less and nor more work to do on the computer. I am therefore puzzled that I need to adjust the levels and the brightness in particular for virtually every shot. What do you think I am doing wrong? You can see some images on :- , although these have been resized to 60kb and had levels adjusted and brightness levels and other adjustments made. I would really appreciate answers on my "problem", so look forward to hearing from you all.

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SPB SPB

322 posts
20 years
Switzerland

Posted 11/06/2007 - 15:17 Link

No wonder folks get confused with all this, just as I do.

Rodger Fooks Rodger Fooks

357 posts
19 years
Wiltshire

Posted 11/06/2007 - 16:05 Link

I agree with Matt - I don't see much difference between monitor and camera display but which histogram does the camera actually show?

Any idea Matt :

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Tyr Tyr

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19 years
West Midlands

Posted 11/06/2007 - 17:30 Link

The camera should show the RAW histogram, I is easy to test, take a RAW+JPEG and see if they are different, then also look at it on the PC and compare it to what the K10D shows.

Regards,
Dan

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