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I will prove to you that Nikon D300 way overexpose / washout

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I am assuming that this is a wind up. There is no way that any sane person would move from a D200 to a D300 without being able to take an in-focus shot.

I'll bet you've had a great laugh at some of the responses.

If not, then send the Nikon techies a copy of the shots used to demonstrate the overexposure complaint. At least someone will get a laugh out of this.
 
I'm with you

"I am so sick and tired of ready overexposure threads, and PROOF of problems, when in 99% of the cases, the problem is the fleshy bit behind the viewfinder."

I get tired of reading thread after thread on different forums of so many people buying the D300 and the asking so many basic questions (and I mean BASIC).

Looks like first time photographers are buying this body thinking it will make them the Pro they so desire to look like and not having a clue how to use a camera. I'm just hoping it will flood the market with some used D300 soon so I can get a 2nd :)

Michael
Shutterbugin said:
I am so sick and tired of ready overexposure threads, and PROOF of
problems, when in 99% of the cases, the problem is the fleshy bit
behind the viewfinder.
Petruska said:
from the exif data. If these were hand held photos then you have way
out of focus conditions masking your exposure issue.
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Michael L. kirk
 
No, I will open it. I want this camera to work for me and I'm confident it will. I know it will because I've read a heap of good reviews and user comments.

There is no doubt the one I had was defective. I even had a pro (Nikon user) look at some of the shots and he felt the same and said he had never owned a camera that was so overexposed as mine when using default settings. Not only were they overexposed, but there appeared to be hot spots.

I'm not bashing the D300 at all, but I do think some people have legitimate claims when they talk about their overexposure problems. I also think the lens being used can exaggerate the problem.
 
Wanderer88 said:
Yup, he never made a meaningful response. He never implemented one
suggestion out of those we made. Btw, you'll notice that his
bookshelf contains "The Fundamentals of English Grammar"! It's
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I think he is a Japanese trying to learn english to sell his Japanese Camera to english men, because english men can not make good camera, and can only make a boollshit comment here.

Unbelievable....
Wanderer88 said:
obviously there for a reason, reading his posts...
And now he's taking the camera back. I pity that D300; it's been very
unjustly condemned. Anyone care to set up a rescue centre for
traumatised cameras?
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Regards,
Richard
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gght said:
I'm not bashing the D300 at all, but I do think some people have
legitimate claims when they talk about their overexposure problems. I
also think the lens being used can exaggerate the problem.
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Quite. I've had the odd overexposed shot. Some people do have legitimate claims - just not this guy. There is nothing wrong with his images. He fails to understand that matrix is by nature a compromise and takes blown highlights in a high dynamic range scene for overexposure. I think the "problem" with the D300 is that the matrix meter is "too intelligent". It sees a scene and tries to expose for shadow detail. In my experience, this happens when a dark area is too small to define the exposure, but big enough to provoke a disproportionate adjustment from the meter.

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Regards,
Richard
 
landmarks4711 said:
I think he is a Japanese trying to learn english to sell his Japanese
Camera to english men, because english men can not make good camera,
and can only make a boollshit comment here.

Unbelievable....
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I think posting-man be rong heah, honest poster origial be vietnamese-american. Da OP no want sell he camera but a) bash Japanese engineer or b) exchange for camera witch he think make bettter picture. What have english camera to do wiht issue you no make cameras too no? Manny people have make helpful sujestion but op choose to ignore and complain about defectiveness of he camera. I think marker of land need go to WalMart and get half-price sense of humuor made in China.

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Regards,
Richard
 
thanhuy said:
Already, here are my latest images just took a second ago one was
shooting at my book-shelf with fine comp set to -1/2 and vivid
saturation to +1. F/5.6, speed 1/13, matrix, white balance 4000k and
the other one under direct sun light.



Thanks everyone for quick response...
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I just looked at your picture. You still have dbaseIV and Clipper manuals? I thought those went out just after the Dinosaurs left the Earth!

By any chance are you still using those products or are you just holding on to the manuals?

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I'm really enjoying this thread. This is just so amazingly entertaining. I see that I have not been able to fully utilize my D300.
 
Actually, it appears the OP came "here" for advice and help. Instead, he has all but been tarred and feathered. That is what's amazing and pathetic.
 
gght said:
Actually, it appears the OP came "here" for advice and help. Instead,
he has all but been tarred and feathered. That is what's amazing and
pathetic.
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Well, with his somewhat arrogant obsinate attitude he has only himself to blame. He didn't come in here looking for advice or help. He just wanted to run down the D 300. He's obviously a Cannon plant trying to make the camera look bad so people will buy Cannons and shouldn't be taken seriously. Nobody could take a picture that bad with those kind of settings and blame the camera. My 7 year old Grandson would know better than that. :)
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Don
 
gght said:
Actually, it appears the OP came "here" for advice and help.
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No, he did not. He came here to proove that the camera so many are using successfully is BS and overexposes.

BG
 
Simply by letting a 4 year old drive it.

Disclaimer: For those who think I would actually let a 4 year old drive a car unattended, I can assure you that this occurs only under completely safe and controlled cirumstances. At no time have, do I, or will I recommend, propose, suggest or in any other way infer that anyone except a legitimate licensed driver be permitted to operate a motor vehicle of any sort, in any environment, in anything but a completelty coherent and functional state.

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Everything I write is a personal opinion. Even when I quote facts, they are the facts I personally choose to accept.
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Well, don't think he proved it. I though they looked underexposed actually except for a few expected highlights. I think you will have a hard time convincing a lot of happy people that the camera is BS. I have to wonder about the motivation of someone who appears so angry and determined to bad mouth a camera that has gotten good reviews.
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Don
 
Mine consistently underexposes. Every pic comes out black. I'm going to send it back to Nikon as I'm fed up. I've tried everything except removing the black plastic bit from the end of the long metal lens-shaped thing that sticks out the front of the camera.

This is a fantastic thread. OP has to be a wind up. Surely?

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I cant believe folks actually reply with ideas.

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Jerry Faircloth
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You are helping spread the overexposure message by denying an obvious issue with some photos and helping the thread show up at the top of the most active list.

The D300 is a very nice camera but not perfect. You can't please everyone no matter how the metering works. Nikon probably did market research and found that most people like bright photos, even with occasional overexposure.
Wanderer88 said:
TBH, I don't see a single instance of real over*exposure in that
series of "images". It's by now a well-known fact that the D300 tends
to expose to the right a bit. This can* cause problems, but your
shots don't have any.
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The first shot has 5% of the pixels clipped. That seems like a lot to me. What percentage qualifies as overexposure?
 
thanhuy,

I urge you to read at least one or two reviews of D300, each one will mention the "new matrix metering with ETTR". Find out what ETTR is before picking up another D300. I know you don't believe me when I said "D300's matrix is DIFFERENT from D200's", but it in fact IS.

Also, be prepared - your second (replacement) D300 will behave EXACTLY the same way. So... while you're waiting for it - start thinking what you're gonna do with it.

Good luck!
 
Taken from a Planet Neil:

I shoot nearly exclusively in Manual Exposure Mode, and for very specific reasons:
  • I want to control the accuracy of exposures,
  • I want to control the consistency of exposures,
  • I want to control the depth of field,
  • I want to control subject / camera movement.
None of the other exposure modes give me this.

I do sometimes switch to Program mode if need to swing my camera continually between heavy shade and bright sunlit areas. But this is rare. Most times I want to be in control of my exposure metering for consistency and accuracy.

There’s a side-effect to using automatic metering that I’ve noticed among newcomers to photography - there is a tendency to blame the camera. It’s a subtle shift in mind-set, but it is there. Instead of assuming responsibility and learning about good technique, it becomes a quest for a camera that will do it all.
 
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