My pics come out dark.

13 years 3 months ago #18679 by Perry041
Most of my pictures come out dark. Either completely black or very dark. If I switch the dial to Auto, the pictures are fine. But if I put it on M, S, A, P I get dark pictures. Why is that? Is the camera broken?


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13 years 3 months ago #18684 by Baydream
Probably not. When in one of the non-auto modes, you have to make adjustments for the exposure. Usually in the viewfinder there is a "bar" with marks on it. If you are using Aperture priority, you have to adjust the shutter speed, and possible ISO.
A quick read through the manual will tell you how to do this on your camera. If you don't have the manual, it is usually available to download on the manufacturers sit.

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13 years 3 months ago #18686 by Perry041
Thank you. Now that makes sense. I have to adjust the shutter speed, iso and aperture to get the correct exposure right? Wow that sounds like alot of work.


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13 years 3 months ago #18691 by photobod
Auto is fine but if you want to move on the A is for aperture priority, in other words you choose the aperture and the camera takes care of the speed.
S is for shutter priority, which is the opposite of A, you choose the speed.
M is for manual, this is where you choose the speed and the aperture.
you could download a manual for your camera, just go online and google for the D40 manual.
as to the problem with the dark photos its difficult to say what the problem is as without the details of what you are setting on your camera, if you are worried about the camera being broken the only option is to take it somewhere to be checked out.

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13 years 3 months ago #18693 by Perry041

photobod wrote: Auto is fine but if you want to move on the A is for aperture priority, in other words you choose the aperture and the camera takes care of the speed.
S is for shutter priority, which is the opposite of A, you choose the speed.
M is for manual, this is where you choose the speed and the aperture.
you could download a manual for your camera, just go online and google for the D40 manual.
as to the problem with the dark photos its difficult to say what the problem is as without the details of what you are setting on your camera, if you are worried about the camera being broken the only option is to take it somewhere to be checked out.


Thank you so much. I just made a thread asking what all the letters stood for. Now I know.


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13 years 3 months ago #18713 by Rob pix4u2

Perry041 wrote:

photobod wrote: Auto is fine but if you want to move on the A is for aperture priority, in other words you choose the aperture and the camera takes care of the speed.
S is for shutter priority, which is the opposite of A, you choose the speed.
M is for manual, this is where you choose the speed and the aperture.
you could download a manual for your camera, just go online and google for the D40 manual.
as to the problem with the dark photos its difficult to say what the problem is as without the details of what you are setting on your camera, if you are worried about the camera being broken the only option is to take it somewhere to be checked out.


Thank you so much. I just made a thread asking what all the letters stood for. Now I know.

Three things to remember if you are set on M-first your in camera meter bar in the lower right of the viewfinder should be at 0 for proper exposure.turn the thumbwheel/aperture to set this OR the shutter speed thumbwheel till reading is at 0. either of these will result in correct exposures

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