Dark Pictures with the G2

[junglee]

Hi,
I'm new to the world of digital photograhy and just purchased a G2....I find that the pictures I take on the Auto setting come out underexposed.....
I have to brighten them using abode after I upload them..
What am I doing wrong..is there a setting on the G2 that I can tweak?

Thanks in advance..

[iDan]

junglee wrote:
Hi,
I'm new to the world of digital photograhy and just purchased a G2....I find that the pictures I take on the Auto setting come out underexposed.....
I have to brighten them using abode after I upload them..
What am I doing wrong..is there a setting on the G2 that I can tweak?

Thanks in advance..

Hi Junglee,

1) Are you sure that the problem is not your monitor? Is it calibrated?

2) What is the setting of your camera for the Contrast (should be 0)

iDan

[msvadi]

may be you can show us an example?

[chikeang]

hello
when you shot never focus or aim
to the subjet too bright ,if you shot outdoor for landscape d ònt aim center green box on your LCD to the sky ,
good luck

[junglee]

idan wrote:
Hi Junglee,

1) Are you sure that the problem is not your monitor? Is it calibrated?

2) What is the setting of your camera for the Contrast (should be 0)

iDan


Hi Dan,
I believe the monitor is calibrateb...but just for interests sake...how do you recommend calibrating it....maybe I'm missing step here...

The double checked the contrast and it's set to 0

Thanks,

[msvadi]

exposure lock in P mode can also help (see p. 75)

[junglee]

msvadi wrote:
may be you can show us an example?

Here is an example..
http://www.pbase.com/junglee/g2_camera_picture

[msvadi]

It seems like auto mode + built in flash are not very useful in low light.

The picture below was taken, probably, in similar low light conditions. I took this picture in Av mode (f/5.6) with AEB, Flash off:

http://www.pbase.com/image/19837887

The image is not modified. Well, I just made it smaller, and the original image looks much more sharp (it's still large 400kb).