Oops... rookie mistake - lifetime lesson

[dschwartz69]

Well, I have an old Canon 135 F2.4 that was given to me a long time ago when I got my A2e. I decided to dust it off and give it a go with my new 10D at my 2-year olds swim lessons yesterday.

The first 20 or so shots were no problem. then, it seemed as though the results in the LCD (as well as the histogram and flashing overexposed highlights) were much brighter than they were before and somewhat washed out.

I checked my settings and didn't notice anything out of the ordinary. took a few shots in Sport mode and they came out okay. Went back to P and overexposed. Tried the "greeen square" auto setting and they came out fine.

Didn't figure out the problem until I came home and dumped the card onto the laptop. Saw where the change happened in the thumbnails timeframe and then started examining the before and after EXIF.

Moral of the story, when shooting in any of the 'manual type modes (P, Av,Tv, M, etc.) be VERY careful that you do not accidently rotate the rear thumb wheel and increase your expose compensation by +2 !!!

In the 100+ shots I took I have about 20 that are not over exposed. Rookie mistake but lifetime lesson.

[JABACo]

In one way or another, we are all rookies. Photography, that I have found, is like a doctor. They PRACTICE medicine.

BA

[cmM]

no QCD on my rebel. I won't be making that mistake.

See?, this mistake can happen on the 10D, 1D, 1Ds, 1DMKII, but NOT ON THE DIGITAL REBEL !!!

Go 300D !!! :P

[Yeager]

I still cant take a good picture of some damn clouds. Make me so sad...

[CyberDyneSystems]

I can top that brain fart...

Two weeks ago Sunday morning I was up early photographing some Egrets.. (Scotts made me get up.. I hadn't had enough coffee)

To try and DECREASE the blow out that was occuring on the all white Egret... I was tweeking the shutter speed in manual mode.... DOWN... DECREASING shutter to LOWER exposure! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:


DUH!

[PhotosGuy]

brain fart...

Every once in a while I catch myself looking at the top of the cam to check the frame counter! :lol:

[ahmadof]

doesn't the switch bside the thumbwheel turn it off? I don't think i ever tried... i kept wondering why i would ever use that, now i can see when it would be helpful.

[rowdy]

I'm glad to hear somebody else has had the same brain fart! :lol: I'm one that only reads "instructions" AFTER I've screwed something up, and I did that same thing the very first day with my 10d. :roll: I have since spent a lot of time "reading" the "User's Guide". :lol:

[roanjohn]

One good thing about brain farts........

...........they don't STINK!!!

So you can have as many as you like without anybody noticing.

:twisted:

Ro1

[JABACo]

One good thing about brain farts........

...........they don't STINK!!!

So you can have as many as you like without anybody noticing.

:twisted:

Ro1

You haven't been around my wife. She so intuitive, she tells me when I'm thinking stupid thoughts and says she saves me from doing stupid things. Before I married, I told everyone I'd marry Ms. Right. I just didn't know her first name would be Always.

BA

[Andy_T]

Same possibility with Flash Exposure compensation.

I once turned it on on my G2 and forgot about it for about 2 months.

When my wife asked me why the flash pictures were so dark, I replied that the in-camera flash is just crappy and doesn't have enough power.

When she showed me a picture that she had taken in green box mode (FEC doesn't work there) that was ok, I started investigating the matter ... quite embarassing, actually :roll:

Best regards,
Andy

[cmM]

Before I married, I told everyone I'd marry Ms. Right. I just didn't know her first name would be Always.
ROFLMAO !!!!!!!
That is a quote to remember !

[IndyJeff]

Not such a rookie mistake. During the Brickyard weekend on Saturday night I shot the Busch Grand National race at IRP. Got home about 10:30 cleared the cards and started loading everything up for Sunday. Charged camera batteries, charged scanner batteries, cleaned lenses and camera. Loaded cooler and everything went into the van except the camera.

Now on to Sunday afternoon. The race is beginning and I take a few shots of the pace lap. First green flag lap comes around BAMM, BAMM, BAMM I take 3 quick shots. Then I look at the display, WOW is that light or what? I chimp it to see what the deal is. Yes it is way over exposed. Then I remembered the night before I should been over exposing by 2 stops under the lights and shooting at 800 ISO.
Made the adjustments I needed to, turned the wheel off and all was good.

If I have any complaints about digital it is there are way too many things to set up from day to day. White balance is the one I usually miss resetting. Altho now I have a ritual, check the ISO, check the WB, check the shooting mode (multi or single frames) now check the exposure compensator too, and make sure the wheel is turned off.

[JABACo]

Before I married, I told everyone I'd marry Ms. Right. I just didn't know her first name would be Always.
ROFLMAO !!!!!!!
That is a quote to remember !

Good words to remeber for the single man.

It's good to have fairly intelligent mate, but hell, I never knew how ignorant I was until I got married. But she says I'm coming around nicely.

BA

[rowdy]

Yeah, I too was a fairly smart fellow when I got married...25yrs ago, but now she let's me know, I'm getting dumber by the day :lol: :roll:

[Adam Hicks]

Hey Cyberdyne I was shooting the same basic birds at the zoo the other day, and ended up shooting RAW and metering off an 18% grey card I had in my bag. It's a real life saver in tough contrast situations (like bride and groom shots where the camera's metering just can't quite figure it out) and where spot metering isn't possible.

That's what I did for some egret shooting anyways!

I will say that the dumbest thing I've done is pre-hack... before you could turn on the 'don't-let-the-moron-take-pictures-without-a-CF-card' option. Missed half of my daughter's birthday. :roll:

[mbruner_earj]

I think I am having this problem also. How do I check the Flash Compensation settings on the Digital Rebel? It takes perfect pictures in the auto modes, but the pictures taken with flash are all overexposed in the manual modes. I notice that it shows +2 in the white balance window. When I look at white balance under menu, it is set to the middel bar. I've screwed something up, but can't find it. Thanks.

[Andy_T]

I think I am having this problem also. How do I check the Flash Compensation settings on the Digital Rebel? It takes perfect pictures in the auto modes, but the pictures taken with flash are all overexposed in the manual modes. I notice that it shows +2 in the white balance window. When I look at white balance under menu, it is set to the middel bar. I've screwed something up, but can't find it. Thanks.

I think to have flash exposure compensation on the DRebel, you must have the hack activated ... so if you have the hack installed, refer to the corresponding thread or info which button does what.

From DPReview ... to change exposure compenstion, you should press this button http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/CanonEOS300D/Images/Icons/icon_expcomp.gif and turn the dial.

Hope that helps.

Best regards,
Andy

[dphoto]

I don't know about anyone else, but it took me a long time to learn to CHECK THE ISO before shooting. How many times had the camera been left at ISO 400 or 800 and then I use that the next day. Ugh! Now I put it back to ISO 100 when I'm done, and I check it before I start. I don't make that mistake any more, but I still think they should have put an ISO display on the camera. I mean, that's of vital importance, right? :D

-Deva

[samdring]

Moral of the story, when shooting in any of the 'manual type modes (P, Av,Tv, M, etc.) be VERY careful that you do not accidently rotate the rear thumb wheel and increase your expose compensation by +2 !!!.

Function 13-3 changes exposure compensation to 'assist button' plus 'half-wheel' - I set this everytime I re-set