I recently got the Tamron 150-600 G2 and I'm starting to get used to it. So far I'm getting some decent results, (at least to me) but for some reason the majority of my pictures are coming out quite dark.
I'm using manual mode, and my settings are 1/1250 F/6.3 ISO 125. I have gone as high as 400 on my ISO setting and don't see much of a change. My camera is a 7D MKII.
The first 2 pictures are the way they are coming out. The 3rd picture has been enhanced. The last picture came out brighter, and I didn't enhanced it, but for some reason I went from F/6.3 to an F/5 how did it change? Sometimes even if I set it at F/5 the picture will come out dark
The weather was clear and semi bright. I had no filter, and used a lens hood and bipod.
Thanks for any suggestions.
1/1250 is really fast at ISO=125. Did you try slowing down or upping the ISO above 400? BTW, I like to shoot in Aperture priority and see what in-camera metering suggests. Then switch to Manual and dink with those settings which are usually pretty close. But, if you spot metered off the white uniforms, the pix would come out underexposed. Try metering off the grass. Since the last pic came out pretty close when you opened up a stop, that seems like a good explanation as to why the others are too dark.
Try the ISO on automatic. If it goes too high then try lowering the SS a bit. 1/1250 is pretty fast for most human movement.
And the suggestion about not metering off the uniforms is also good, the meter reading tries to make them a middle gray so everything else gets even darker.
Check the setting for exposure compensation or whatever Canon calls it. I went to Australia last year and blew some really good opportunities until I figured out that my exposure compensation was set at -3
When I am doing birds I use 2000 ISO and about 1500/sec. and the pictures are perfect. The dark images are not because of your lens and have nothing to do with ISO..
dat2ra wrote:
1/1250 is really fast at ISO=125. Did you try slowing down or upping the ISO above 400? BTW, I like to shoot in Aperture priority and see what in-camera metering suggests.
I have gone as high as 400 ISO. I have also tried auto ISO. 1/1250 has helped capture the ball in flight which in my opinion adds to the action. I’ll play around with the metering and see what it does.
Thanks very much.
Cookie
sb
Loc: Florida's East Coast
sergio wrote:
When I am doing birds I use 2000 ISO and about 1500/sec. and the pictures are perfect. The dark images are not because of your lens and have nothing to do with ISO..
The darkness of the images has everything to do with the ISO...and/or the shutter speed...and/or the aperture. The suggestion of seeing what the automatic settings suggests in terms of metering and then using manual and tweaking the settings is a good one. But the auto setting should work OK as long as spot metering is not used.
Retired CPO wrote:
Check the setting for exposure compensation or whatever Canon calls it. I went to Australia last year and blew some really good opportunities until I figured out that my exposure compensation was set at -3
Thanks CPO, I’ll take a look at that setting too.
Does your camera have a setting for increased/decreased exposure compensation? I had a friend who once called me saying she cannot take an image on her new camera because everything she does is dark or black. The camera's EC was set to -5, so everything was dark or black.
Wanda Krack wrote:
Does your camera have a setting for increased/decreased exposure compensation? I had a friend who once called me saying she cannot take an image on her new camera because everything she does is dark or black. The camera's EC was set to -5, so everything was dark or black.
Thanks Wanda, I’ll check the EC. Should I set it higher or lower?
I totally agree with sb.... I was going to post the same thing. ISO is being set at its lowest and shutter speed far too high. Can't believe the earlier post that said it has nothing to do with ISO. If you want more brightness, increase the ISO and/or let the shutter remain open longer.
sb wrote:
The darkness of the images has everything to do with the ISO...and/or the shutter speed...and/or the aperture. The suggestion of seeing what the automatic settings suggests in terms of metering and then using manual and tweaking the settings is a good one. But the auto setting should work OK as long as spot metering is not used.
What does your camera's meter show at your settings? I would think it must show that you are underexposimg. If not, you probably have Exposure Compensation set to underexpose.
Thanks Rabeye,
There’s no doubt it’s all in my settings.
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