Re: Photo help - last night @ PLP

[Greg Triplett <triplett@hotkey.net.au>]

Hi Erk,

1/250 @ 5.6 sounds a bit fast to me.

Best to run the camera on auto in such tricky lighting
conditions. use the aperture priority with the camera wide
open to keep the speed as high as poss.

The other thing with auto stuff at night is the inclusion of
lights directly in the pic. These can throw the meter system
way off. If the camera has exposure compensation then try +
1, 2 & 3 stops in a bracket. Often +2 stops will fix the
problem.

Regards

Greg Triplett



Erk wrote:
> 
> Help!
> 
> Venue - Paralympic Park Special Event Gunzel Spot, last night
> Time - Darkness outside, usual high lighting level inside station
> Film - Kodak 800ASA
> Camera - newish Pentax MZ50 with Sigma lens 70-300mm
> Shutter speed - 1/250th of a second
> F stop 5.6
> Result - Severe underexposure on various lens lengths and pics at night.
> 
> What did I do wrong? Most of my day shots with 400 were ok. I had no
> problems with the same film, same conditions with my compact camera
> before.......
> 
> TIA
> 
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