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Hi guys!

Yesterday was my 1st real photo shoot with my new 350d+sigma18-200mm (I also got a b+W Haze UV filter mostly for protection).

I was in Amersfoort (A city in the Netherlands) to try out settings, basically how to use the camera.

The sun was fully shining and I started at about 2:30pm (Sun sets at around 5pm now :( It was just a tad on the dark side but when I wanted to use auto the flash always poped up. Why is this?

I tried the manual modes P and TV and some of those shots are pretty good but the auto selected shutter speeds of 1/80 and slower.

What am I doing wrong? Some photos are pretty good IMO but they are darker then I wanted.

Btw. How can I upload pics to show you what I mean?

Thanks for all your help in advance!!

Gabor
 
The flash pops up because the camera does all the thinking in auto mode and it thinks that flash is required for good exposure.

The creative modes leave more to the photographer so it's up to you to use the flash or not. No wonder you get 1/80 or smaller without flash as it's still too dark. It's up to you to decide what effect you want get in your photo.

Please read the manual. Everything is explained in there.
 
Thanks, I read the manual but I am still learning. In such darker situatins should I ten use 1-500 in manula mode or what do you suggest? Do you know how I can upload my pics?

THANKS!
 
...requires that you have them posted on a photo hosting site first. You can then simply insert the URL of the picture/pictures you want to post. I use http://www.photobucket.com ,which is free, but several other excellent sites are available and quite popular.
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Nope it didn't work. The site you linked to requires a log in. That is why you should use something like photobucket (as someone already said). Good luck~
 
I registered at photobucket.com so here goes. I thin kthis will actually work!
Comments are appreciated. Thanks Gabor







Originally they werk darker than at the photbucket site....
 
The links worked. Did you know that if you add ".jpg" to the end of the URL that your pics will show up in your posting?

Nice pics by the way. They bring back memories.

I used to spend a lot of time in Amersfoort and loved it. Too bad I did not have a decent camera in those days.

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I think most any camera would have done the same thing. It looks like a high-contrast, back-lit scene. Turn-on the "info" on the camera so you can see the histogram after each shot. The camera meter is trying to keep the bright highlights in the sky from being blown-out, but when it does, it makes the rest of the scene too dark. This is a classic exposure problem that is very common when shooting in bright sunlight. This is one of the reasons why some of the best shots come early in the morning or on somewhat cloudy days. What most people would do in this situation is dial in some exposure compensation to brighten the foreground, and just let the sky blow-out. Or, if you post-process in Photoshop, there are several methods for fixing the image.
 
Thanks very much for the help and the usefull info. It is much harder to make really nice pics with the 350D as with my old Fuji 5500. As auto mode isin't good for all situations there are a lot of settings make in manual modes.

I see fantastic pics on this forum with the same camera/same lens. It will take a long time for me to make such pics.
Thanks again
Gabor
 
That will allow for a faster shutter speed. Also remember that you can get beautiful pics at sunset/dawn without using the flash when some artificial lighting is already on but the sun not entirely gone.
Have fun!!
 
Thanks for the advise. Pumping up Iso is so obvious. I don't know why I didn't try it when I made the pics. I will try in the future. Thanks again.
Gabor
 
You old Fuji would have had the same problem with these pictures. It is a classic case of too much dynamic range for the camera to handle on it's own. Expose for the sky, get too dark subject. Expose for the subject, get a blown out sky.

A fill flash can help in these situations, however, in this case, probably not as it's doubtful you can find a flash that would be powerful enought to light up the buildings.
 
Thanks for the post! I think will experiment with higher ISO the next time in the same situation. STill have a lot to learn :)
 
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