D750 Help: Below are 2 photos taken at the same time of day. Why are they coming out so dark. In manual mode, I have zeroed out the light scale for the given f stop and ISO. In...

deayala1 Loc: Pleasanton, CA

Below are 2 photos taken at the same time of day. Why are they coming out so dark. In manual mode, I have zeroed out the light scale for the given f stop and ISO. In aperture mode, the camera should have done it for me. I didn't have this problem with my D5100.

What am I doing wrong?

1st photo metadata: 1/500, f11, -4 EV?, ISO 100, manual mode, sahrpnes +3, patter metering, clarity +1, picture control - standard

2nd photo metadata: the same except -1 EV, aperture mode

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deayala1 Loc: Pleasanton, CA

Typo. Should be pattern metering

MMC Loc: Brooklyn NY

Why did you use -4 or -1 EV?

deayala1 wrote:

Below are 2 photos taken at the same time of day. Why are they coming out so dark. In manual mode, I have zeroed out the light scale for the given f stop and ISO. In aperture mode, the camera should have done it for me. I didn't have this problem with my D5100.

What am I doing wrong?

1st photo metadata: 1/500, f11, -4 EV?, ISO 100, manual mode, sahrpnes +3, patter metering, clarity +1, picture control - standard

2nd photo metadata: the same except -1 EV, aperture mode

rook2c4 Loc: Philadelphia, PA USA

Read pages 142-144 in your camera's manual for information on how to adjust exposure compensation. The manual is your friend - take the time study it thoroughly!

tradio Loc: Oxford, Ohio

Exposure compensation? why use that in manual...it may/should not even work in manual.

troutbum Loc: north central pennsylvania

You have the ability to preview ur pictures on ur screen before u ever push the shutter release, it is a very nice feature. Allows u to adjust many settings to create the picture that wud please ur eye. Ur negative values in EV are why ur pictures are dark.

deayala1 Loc: Pleasanton, CA

I did not adjust EV. The camera somehow did it. As I said, I adjusted the light meter to zero. After taking the picture, the metadata showed -4 & -1 EV.

deayala1 Loc: Pleasanton, CA

rook2c4 wrote:

Read pages 142-144 in your camera's manual for information on how to adjust exposure compensation. The manual is your friend - take the time study it thoroughly!

Thanks

troutbum Loc: north central pennsylvania

re-check all ur settings, hi tech cameras seem to have a mind of their own even when in manual hi hi.

MMC Loc: Brooklyn NY

I do not see any other way for this except bracketing. Check your setting for bracketing /Page 202 in manual/.

deayala1 wrote:

I did not adjust EV. The camera somehow did it. As I said, I adjusted the light meter to zero. After taking the picture, the metadata showed -4 & -1 EV.

MMC Loc: Brooklyn NY

Can you post your 2-nd picture with checked store original box?

deayala1 wrote:

Below are 2 photos taken at the same time of day. Why are they coming out so dark. In manual mode, I have zeroed out the light scale for the given f stop and ISO. In aperture mode, the camera should have done it for me. I didn't have this problem with my D5100.

What am I doing wrong?

1st photo metadata: 1/500, f11, -4 EV?, ISO 100, manual mode, sahrpnes +3, patter metering, clarity +1, picture control - standard

2nd photo metadata: the same except -1 EV, aperture mode

Apaflo Loc: Anchorage, Alaska

deayala1 wrote:

I did not adjust EV. The camera somehow did it. As I said, I adjusted the light meter to zero. After taking the picture, the metadata showed -4 & -1 EV.

There are several ways to "zero" the light meter reading when in Manual mode
You can, for example, change the aperture which adjusts the light until the meter is zeroed. Same with shutter speed. If ISO is changed the exposure stays the same but the image data is made brighter. Each of those methods does change the picture in some way, but they all result in the image being the same brightness.

There is another way too. You simply change the EV reading produced by the light meter. The meter is zeroed, but the exposure and brightness don't change. That is what you did to get the result you have. When that is done the Exif data will show, as it does with your images, the Exposure Compensation as a non-zero EV value.

The adjustment you made to zero the light meter reading is called Exposure Compensation. That is the little button next to the shutter release with a plus and minus sign on it. It does exactly what you described and the effect is exactly what your images show!

MMC Loc: Brooklyn NY

OP said that he did not changed EV and camera somehow did it.

Apaflo wrote:

There are several ways to "zero" the lig... (show quote)

Apaflo Loc: Anchorage, Alaska

MMC wrote:

OP said that he did not changed EV and camera somehow did it.

OP zeroed the light meter. That changes the EV. The camera doesn't just somehow do things...

The images, the Exif data, and the OP's description all match using the Exposure Compensation button to zero the light meter.

MMC Loc: Brooklyn NY

Camera can not change settings after every shot except if it was programed to do this in setting bracketing.

Apaflo wrote:

OP zeroed the light meter. That changes the EV. The camera doesn't just somehow do things...

The images, the Exif data, and the OP's description all match using the Exposure Compensation button to zero the light meter.