Nikon D7100 Question & Help: I have a D7100 and now all of a sudden when I take a picture and then a second one I get dark one and a ok one. Now I remember some place there is a place...

photoman64 Loc: Commack, NY

I have a D7100 and now all of a sudden when I take a picture and then a second one I get dark one and a ok one. Now I remember some place there is a place to change that if I recall. I am hoping that some one knows where that is in the camera,
Thanks for any help

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

photoman64 wrote:

I have a D7100 and now all of a sudden when I take a picture and then a second one I get dark one and a ok one. Now I remember some place there is a place to change that if I recall. I am hoping that some one knows where that is in the camera,
Thanks for any help

Try resetting my pressing the buttons by the green dots. That will reset to factory default.

Just Fred Loc: Darwin's Waiting Room

photoman64 wrote:

I have a D7100 and now all of a sudden when I take a picture and then a second one I get dark one and a ok one. Now I remember some place there is a place to change that if I recall. I am hoping that some one knows where that is in the camera,
Thanks for any help

I'm not sure I understand your description. There are a couple of settings that might be the cause here. The first is HDR (Menu: Shooting Menu:HDR High Dynamic Range), the others might be auto-bracketing (Menu:Custom Settings:Auto Bracketing Set). You can also check the BKT button on the side, next to the lens, if one of the above has been set).

photoman64 Loc: Commack, NY

jerryc41 wrote:

Try resetting my pressing the buttons by the green dots. That will reset to factory default.

Sorry but I only see a green dot on the top right side of the camera by the +/- button.

photoman64 Loc: Commack, NY

Just Fred wrote:

I'm not sure I understand your description. There are a couple of settings that might be the cause here. The first is HDR (Menu: Shooting Menu:HDR High Dynamic Range), the others might be auto-bracketing (Menu:Custom Settings:Auto Bracketing Set). You can also check the BKT button on the side, next to the lens, if one of the above has been set).

Thanks, auto-bracketing is what I was trying to remember. I will try those. Thanks. I am on my way off to the Mohegan Sun for a little fun. Thanks Will give those a try on Wed when I get back.
Thanks again

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

photoman64 wrote:

Sorry but I only see a green dot on the top right side of the camera by the +/- button.

Look on the back - lower left corner.

CO

Hold in the BKT button on the side. You should see what its current setting are on the LCD screen on top. While holding in the button rotate the main command dial until the number of shots in zero.

Macrude Loc: Scotland

I have been getting a few dark/black photos as well on my D7100 and just put it down to camera not being focused properly and deleted them. All other photos are good. Will have a look at suggestions above. Thanks.

imageal Loc: Ocala, FL

Are the dark image and the "OK" image both the exact same shot? I know this may sound too obvious but perhaps you are not used to shooting Raw format and what you are seeing is the raw image (which most probably needs some post processing) and its companion .jpg image (the .jpg is an auto-corrected image). Just a possibility.

photoman64 Loc: Commack, NY

Just Fred wrote:

I'm not sure I understand your description. There are a couple of settings that might be the cause here. The first is HDR (Menu: Shooting Menu:HDR High Dynamic Range), the others might be auto-bracketing (Menu:Custom Settings:Auto Bracketing Set). You can also check the BKT button on the side, next to the lens, if one of the above has been set).

Fred, The HDR is off The Auto Bracketing Set is AE only and the BKT is on of 0.3
Bob

photoman64 Loc: Commack, NY

jerryc41 wrote:

Look on the back - lower left corner.

Sorry but I do not see any Green dot on the Lower left corner of the camera

CO

photoman64 wrote:

Fred, The HDR is off The Auto Bracketing Set is AE only and the BKT is on of 0.3
Bob

If it's still bracketing shots hold in the BKT button and rotate the rear command dial until the number of shots is zero. It should show it on the top LCD screen. Rotating the front command dial sets the exposure increments.

photoman64 Loc: Commack, NY

CO wrote:

If it's still bracketing shots hold in the BKT button and rotate the rear command dial until the number of shots is zero. It should show it on the top LCD screen. Rotating the front command dial sets the exposure increments.

Thanks for all the help folks. Seems to be ok now but I know that I did this all once before so I will watch a bit better that I do not hit any thing to change settings. Again thanks all everyone's help.