Why so dark?

joshhuntnm

Just got a new Canon 60d. the pics seem very dark. this is shot at +1 on the camera

reyvee61

Can you provide the rest of the stats...
There could be several reasons why this is happening
I assume you shot this in Auto mode?

joshhuntnm

reyvee61 wrote: »

Can you provide the rest of the stats...
There could be several reasons why this is happening
I assume you shot this in Auto mode?

AV mode

Sam

What was the metering mode?? If it was spot metering it's possible especially if metering off the dark shirt.

Sam

joshhuntnm

Sam wrote: »

What was the metering mode?? If it was spot metering it's possible especially if metering off the dark shirt.

Sam

Evaluative.

I have a work around setting the camera to about plus 1 and 1/3. I just seems a little odd

what is really odd is my last camera 50d was the same way, although not as bad. I routinely set the exposure to plus 2/3s. I thought it was just that camera. Now I am really curious. what are the odds of getting two cameras in a row that are set wrong. Or maybe my eye is wrong--maybe I just like pictures that are too bright.

joshhuntnm

This looks about right to my eye. this is plus 1 in the camera and plus 1.1 in lightroom (plus a few other fixes in lightroom and photoshop making it to warm for many, I know).

D'Buggs

The image starts to clip (red chanel) at ~215.... There, it looks not bad.

D'Buggs

I'm wondering if that is just how the scene presented itself????

reyvee61

Are you using the same lens that you used on the 50D?
I had an issue with the aperture sticking once before

joshhuntnm

reyvee61 wrote: »

Are you using the same lens that you used on the 50D?
I had an issue with the aperture sticking once before

yeah, 24 - 105 f /4L

divamum

Sam, wouldn't spot metering on the dark give you OVERexposure rather than under?

That does look underexposed to me. What were your actual shooting settings? Do you have some kind of "highlight clipping" option set (I never use it - to the point I can't even remember what it's called - but isn't there that "highlight priority" setting that prevents you from blowing out highlights?)

Hackbone

Josh, in your photo it seems that you have alot of vignetting in your processing. If so the bkg and silver horizontal could have affected the metering as too bright and that would have darkened the exposure.