dark pictures with wide angle lens

jenny · Feb 1, 2000

I have had my coolpix950 for a while now and everything was working just great. However, last week I purchased a wide angle lens and now all of my photos are coming out VERY dark. I have tried to play with the lighting available (natural and other) but the results are quite disappointing. Any suggestions. I use the camera on A rec because I am an extreme novice with photography and don't really have a desire to become a great photographer I am just using this for work. But so far the new pictures are unusable, I need some good suggestions, preferrably without having to purchase more equipment (if possible) such as a n additional flash etc. Please help, any advice will be greatly appreciated.

To see what I mean you can check out a photo at: http://www.welcomehomesavannah.com/A-1house.htm

J. Smith · Feb 1, 2000

The picture you link to , doesn't seem to have much of a dark problem?

jenny said:
I have had my coolpix950 for a while now and everything was working just
great. However, last week I purchased a wide angle lens and now all of
my photos are coming out VERY dark. I have tried to play with the
lighting available (natural and other) but the results are quite
disappointing. Any suggestions. I use the camera on A rec because I am
an extreme novice with photography and don't really have a desire to
become a great photographer I am just using this for work. But so far
the new pictures are unusable, I need some good suggestions, preferrably
without having to purchase more equipment (if possible) such as a n
additional flash etc. Please help, any advice will be greatly
appreciated.
To see what I mean you can check out a photo at:
http://www.welcomehomesavannah.com/A-1house.htm

Peter iNova · Feb 1, 2000

Try this. Manual mode only.

Change the metering to center weight and/or spot. Any difference? Sometimes the matrix meter can read things at the side of the shot that cause a lowering of exposure.

Still no go? Check to make sure you haven't set the AE Lock and left it on.

Not happy yet? Make sure the exposure compensation didn't get stuck on -2.0 EV or something like that.

That wasn't it, eh? How about the IMG Adjust? Is it set on Darken?

Oh, drat. Shooting flash? That Wide angle adapter (You DID spring for the Nikon WC-E24 didn't you? Other ones aren't as sharp.) is blocking the flash.

No joy?

Can't help you.

-iNova

J. Smith said:
jenny said:

I have had my coolpix950 for a while now and everything was working just
great. However, last week I purchased a wide angle lens and now all of
my photos are coming out VERY dark. I have tried to play with the
lighting available (natural and other) but the results are quite
disappointing. Any suggestions. I use the camera on A rec because I am
an extreme novice with photography and don't really have a desire to
become a great photographer I am just using this for work. But so far
the new pictures are unusable, I need some good suggestions, preferrably
without having to purchase more equipment (if possible) such as a n
additional flash etc. Please help, any advice will be greatly
appreciated.
To see what I mean you can check out a photo at:
http://www.welcomehomesavannah.com/A-1house.htm

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Pete Biro · Feb 1, 2000

So what's the asking price?

It seem only the 360 degree pix are too dark. Maybe the exposure is being fooled by the lamps? Try turning them off?

iNova's suggestions make most sense.

good luck

joe arena · Feb 1, 2000

Hello Hello:

I'm a 950 newbie as well, and I had the same dark luck, using my Tiffen wide angle lens on the camera. My problem went away when I (In M-rec mode), went into the menu options, scrolled thru the first page, got into the second page, and hit the LENS button. In there, is an option to set for telephoto or wide angle. Use the wide angle setting and your pictures should come out much brighter, although they may have a yellow tint on them. You can fix the tint in Adobe or any other photo editor.

Hope this helps.

Peter iNova said:
Change the metering to center weight and/or spot. Any difference?
Sometimes the matrix meter can read things at the side of the shot that
cause a lowering of exposure.

Still no go? Check to make sure you haven't set the AE Lock and left it on.

Not happy yet? Make sure the exposure compensation didn't get stuck on
-2.0 EV or something like that.

That wasn't it, eh? How about the IMG Adjust? Is it set on Darken?

Oh, drat. Shooting flash? That Wide angle adapter (You DID spring for
the Nikon WC-E24 didn't you? Other ones aren't as sharp.) is blocking
the flash.

No joy?

Can't help you.

-iNova

J. Smith said:

jenny said:

I have had my coolpix950 for a while now and everything was working just
great. However, last week I purchased a wide angle lens and now all of
my photos are coming out VERY dark. I have tried to play with the
lighting available (natural and other) but the results are quite
disappointing. Any suggestions. I use the camera on A rec because I am
an extreme novice with photography and don't really have a desire to
become a great photographer I am just using this for work. But so far
the new pictures are unusable, I need some good suggestions, preferrably
without having to purchase more equipment (if possible) such as a n
additional flash etc. Please help, any advice will be greatly
appreciated.
To see what I mean you can check out a photo at:
http://www.welcomehomesavannah.com/A-1house.htm

Click to expand...

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gene · Feb 2, 2000

Another reason you might be having a proble:

When you attach the wide angle lense, view the front of the camera. If it is anything like my wide angle, the flash is being blocked by the lense(same with my telephoto attachment. The only way I found around it is a bracket and an eternal flash.

Unfortunately I couldn't take the pic with the camera on it(had to use to take the pic, but will when I have the film developed.

joe arena said:
I'm a 950 newbie as well, and I had the same dark luck, using my Tiffen
wide angle lens on the camera. My problem went away when I (In M-rec
mode), went into the menu options, scrolled thru the first page, got into
the second page, and hit the LENS button. In there, is an option to set
for telephoto or wide angle. Use the wide angle setting and your
pictures should come out much brighter, although they may have a yellow
tint on them. You can fix the tint in Adobe or any other photo editor.

Hope this helps.

Peter iNova said:

Change the metering to center weight and/or spot. Any difference?
Sometimes the matrix meter can read things at the side of the shot that
cause a lowering of exposure.

Still no go? Check to make sure you haven't set the AE Lock and left it on.

Not happy yet? Make sure the exposure compensation didn't get stuck on
-2.0 EV or something like that.

That wasn't it, eh? How about the IMG Adjust? Is it set on Darken?

Oh, drat. Shooting flash? That Wide angle adapter (You DID spring for
the Nikon WC-E24 didn't you? Other ones aren't as sharp.) is blocking
the flash.

No joy?

Can't help you.

-iNova

J. Smith said:

jenny said:

I have had my coolpix950 for a while now and everything was working just
great. However, last week I purchased a wide angle lens and now all of
my photos are coming out VERY dark. I have tried to play with the
lighting available (natural and other) but the results are quite
disappointing. Any suggestions. I use the camera on A rec because I am
an extreme novice with photography and don't really have a desire to
become a great photographer I am just using this for work. But so far
the new pictures are unusable, I need some good suggestions, preferrably
without having to purchase more equipment (if possible) such as a n
additional flash etc. Please help, any advice will be greatly
appreciated.
To see what I mean you can check out a photo at:
http://www.welcomehomesavannah.com/A-1house.htm

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Francis C.F.P. · Feb 3, 2000

jenny said:
I have had my coolpix950 for a while now and everything was working just
great. However, last week I purchased a wide angle lens and now all of
my photos are coming out VERY dark. I have tried to play with the
lighting available (natural and other) but the results are quite
disappointing. Any suggestions. I use the camera on A rec because I am
an extreme novice with photography and don't really have a desire to
become a great photographer I am just using this for work. But so far
the new pictures are unusable, I need some good suggestions, preferrably
without having to purchase more equipment (if possible) such as a n
additional flash etc. Please help, any advice will be greatly
appreciated.
To see what I mean you can check out a photo at:
http://www.welcomehomesavannah.com/A-1house.htm

Use M-mode, then select wide-angle lens in the lens item of the menu. This enable the 950 program to set appropriate exposure with the effect of wide angle lens counted.
Francis C.F.P.

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