There are lots of problems in the process. The screen on the back of the camera is not calibrated so only the histogram is actually useful for checking exposure. The rest is fine for checking the composition..
Your home screen needs to be calibrated and so does the printer to get good results..
Always learn to use and check the histogram as it gives valuable information..
Regards,Tyr.
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Yes, certainly is a lot to learn... dont know where to start, but I will get there in the end.
Krusty Chris..
Chris,.
What software are you using to process your images and print? Do you have the same problem with daylight photos?.
The default screen brightness on the D80 screen is too bright. Try setting it on "-2"..
Are you using a CRT or an LCD panel on your PC? It may be that you have your PC screen set far too bright but if that were so it should equally affect daylight exterior photos. Does it?.
I do not know your printer but what software settings are you using to print?.
-Chris Elliott.
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I agree, learn how to use the histogram, I think it is about the greatest thing about DSlr's. I shoot a Canon with one of their external flashes but have run into similar problems. I usually shoot in manual setting the camera to somewhere in the neighborhood of 1/100 and F8 depending, to stop some ambient light motion effect and DOF and let the FLASH TTL system determine the required light for exposure. I'm not familiar with Nikon but I have heard that Nikon flash systems are better then Canon so I'm sure you will be able to do this. Even then I have to adjust the FLASH exposure compensation up +2 stops using the histogram depending on the lens and flash angle. Your right, it's a learning process.
Doug.
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Cured the Problem !!.
Slung the old printer out the window and bought a new one.......everything perfect now..
Krusty..
LOL.......................... I needed a good laugh...Glad you found the problem..
BTW....Push the display button a few times to show the histogram after you take a picture...THe Right Side lines should be CLOSE to Right Edge BUT not on the EDGE for most exposures....There should be a Guide Line near the right edge too...Try to keep the Histogram Lines On or close to "Just" outside that Guide Line..Then your editing should be easier later..It is a good starting point for now..
Krustyjag wrote:.
Cured the Problem !!.
Slung the old printer out the window and bought a new one.......everything perfect now..
Krusty.
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Sounds like you solved it! Remember Nikon always underexpose slightly too, so best to shoot in RAW..
Dryad..
Dryad wrote:.
Sounds like you solved it! Remember Nikon always underexpose slightlytoo, so best to shoot in RAW..
I think you mean overexposes. To oversimplify massively the D80 and D40 are reputed to do so (In fact they expose for the shadows at the expense of highlights and pays particular attention to the light at the chosen focus point). The D70 does underexpose..
Chris Elliott.
*Nikon* D Eighty + Fifty - Other equipment in Profile.
Http://PlacidoD.Zenfolio.com/..