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coleus · Nov 24, 2003, 5:28 AM

I have bought dx6490 from a few days, but I have immediately noticed a tendency to overexpose in automatic way. All the photos result overexpose... I would like to know if the only solution is that to play with exposure compensation.
Thanks a lot of.

coleus · Nov 24, 2003, 8:55 AM

Here are some photos of example:
http://album.foto.virgilio.it/Coleus

coleus · Nov 25, 2003, 5:52 AM

An answer would be pleasant...

koruvs · Nov 25, 2003, 9:42 AM

I don't have the greatest monitor at work but the photos do not look over-exposed. I have never had to adjust the exposure setting yet on my DX6490. Can you post bigger files so we can see more detail and determine what the issue might be?

sjms · Nov 25, 2003, 9:56 AM

the group shot.

dark clothing light to white table clothes. group exposure good.

now in this shot the camera had a choice to expose for the group in the center wih colors that are muted and mid tone to dark which is the central portion of the image where the metering takes place. it did it well. now the light colored table tops will have to pay for that exposure and obvious use of flash. you have just so much dynamic range in a imager. usually about 5 stops in that level of camera. something has to give to get. if you shot for the table light color everything elsi will be underexposed.

the same with the woofer shot. the to extremes of light and dark. dog dark. cloth light.

in my opinion the metering did a good job exposing the subject. you as the photographer must be aware of the limits of the camera. even my 1Ds would not really expos much better.

the flash is a direct light source. the light colors will reflect that light right back.

to be direct its not the camera its technique.

a histogram would show the distribution of the luminance levels in your image with a peaks at both the low mid and high ends.

http://luminous-landscape.com/tutori...stograms.shtml

coleus · Nov 26, 2003, 5:07 AM

I would like to try to do photo the outside but unfortunately continuous to rain.
I have the impression however that in automatic curtain to overexpose...
I try to do some other photos and then we speak some together.

Thanks.
hi

discprint · Dec 8, 2003, 1:39 AM

they look fine to me, better than my DX4330. if you want better... hire a professional photographer.

Hub · Dec 12, 2003, 1:10 AM

I am a novice at digital but almost advanced at SLR 35 mm and I don't see any over exposure. The camera did its job.

Hub

luisr · Dec 12, 2003, 9:00 AM

Could it be your monitor? They don't look overexposed to me.

coleus · Dec 17, 2003, 9:04 AM

Hi, I have made some proof in more. The tendency in automatic and always that of overexposed. It is been revealed above all when a good person part of the framed image is constituted by sky. I think that this phenomenon is due to the measurement of the exposure. In automatic you/he/she is mailed on Mod.Mult (search the optimal exposure on the whole photo), I have tried to put spot (search the exposure in the central point) and in effects the things change in positive.

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coleus Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 6	Kodak dx6490 overexpose I have bought dx6490 from a few days, but I have immediately noticed a tendency to overexpose in automatic way. All the photos result overexpose... I would like to know if the only solution is that to play with exposure compensation. Thanks a lot of.

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Nov 24, 2003, 8:55 AM	#2
coleus Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 6	Here are some photos of example: http://album.foto.virgilio.it/Coleus

Nov 25, 2003, 5:52 AM	#3
coleus Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 6	An answer would be pleasant...

Nov 25, 2003, 9:42 AM	#4
koruvs Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 439	I don't have the greatest monitor at work but the photos do not look over-exposed. I have never had to adjust the exposure setting yet on my DX6490. Can you post bigger files so we can see more detail and determine what the issue might be?

Nov 25, 2003, 9:56 AM	#5
sjms Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 2,735	the group shot. dark clothing light to white table clothes. group exposure good. now in this shot the camera had a choice to expose for the group in the center wih colors that are muted and mid tone to dark which is the central portion of the image where the metering takes place. it did it well. now the light colored table tops will have to pay for that exposure and obvious use of flash. you have just so much dynamic range in a imager. usually about 5 stops in that level of camera. something has to give to get. if you shot for the table light color everything elsi will be underexposed. the same with the woofer shot. the to extremes of light and dark. dog dark. cloth light. in my opinion the metering did a good job exposing the subject. you as the photographer must be aware of the limits of the camera. even my 1Ds would not really expos much better. the flash is a direct light source. the light colors will reflect that light right back. to be direct its not the camera its technique. a histogram would show the distribution of the luminance levels in your image with a peaks at both the low mid and high ends. http://luminous-landscape.com/tutori...stograms.shtml

Nov 26, 2003, 5:07 AM	#6
coleus Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 6	I would like to try to do photo the outside but unfortunately continuous to rain. I have the impression however that in automatic curtain to overexpose... I try to do some other photos and then we speak some together. Thanks. hi

Dec 8, 2003, 1:39 AM	#7
discprint Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 8	they look fine to me, better than my DX4330. if you want better... hire a professional photographer.

Dec 12, 2003, 1:10 AM	#8
Hub Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 7	I am a novice at digital but almost advanced at SLR 35 mm and I don't see any over exposure. The camera did its job. Hub

Dec 12, 2003, 9:00 AM	#9
luisr Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 438	Could it be your monitor? They don't look overexposed to me.

Dec 17, 2003, 9:04 AM	#10
coleus Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 6	Hi, I have made some proof in more. The tendency in automatic and always that of overexposed. It is been revealed above all when a good person part of the framed image is constituted by sky. I think that this phenomenon is due to the measurement of the exposure. In automatic you/he/she is mailed on Mod.Mult (search the optimal exposure on the whole photo), I have tried to put spot (search the exposure in the central point) and in effects the things change in positive.