Hollie, I think I found your problem. More....

Hollie said:

Exact address for new photos:

http://www.pbase.com/hollie/uzi_compare_tripod_default_settings

Hollie

Click to expand...

I can't see much difference in those pics Hollie. And I'm glad because I'm still waiting for my UZIs to come from Compusa-one for me and one for my sister. I loved my c-700 until I dropped and broke it, but occasionally I accidentally set the exposure compensation wrong on it too.

M. Cross

These photos were taken to prove a point which is made in my other photos on the PBASE site. Camera one was overexposing everything from skin tones to the ability to photograph wildlife. These photos are for the photographers on this site that do see a difference.

See the thread on

http://www.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1008&message=2910108

for the full story.

Thanks,
Hollie

m. cross said:

Hollie said:

Exact address for new photos:

http://www.pbase.com/hollie/uzi_compare_tripod_default_settings

Hollie

Click to expand...

I can't see much difference in those pics Hollie. And I'm glad
because I'm still waiting for my UZIs to come from Compusa-one for
me and one for my sister. I loved my c-700 until I dropped and
broke it, but occasionally I accidentally set the exposure
compensation wrong on it too.

M. Cross

Click to expand...

Hollie said:

These photos were taken to prove a point which is made in my other
photos on the PBASE site. Camera one was overexposing everything
from skin tones to the ability to photograph wildlife. These
photos are for the photographers on this site that do see a
difference.

Click to expand...

I think he means that he can't see much difference between the images you put up after resetting camera one back to the factory defauts. I think someone would have to have really bad eyesight not to see the difference between your first series of pics with camera one vs. camera two.

Camera one was overexposing everything because for some reason it was set that way each time the camera was turned on. The exposure compensation was set to plus 1.3. The default is 0.0

You can setup a custom reset that will set the exposure compensation at whatever you want. I have mine set to always be minus 0.3

Hollie said:

See the thread on

http://www.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1008&message=2910108

for the full story.

Thanks,
Hollie

m. cross said:

Hollie said:

Exact address for new photos:

http://www.pbase.com/hollie/uzi_compare_tripod_default_settings

Hollie

Click to expand...

I can't see much difference in those pics Hollie. And I'm glad
because I'm still waiting for my UZIs to come from Compusa-one for
me and one for my sister. I loved my c-700 until I dropped and
broke it, but occasionally I accidentally set the exposure
compensation wrong on it too.

M. Cross

Click to expand...

Click to expand...

--
John M

On the histograms for each exposure on the default setting and tripod pix, UZI one was way overexposed compared to UZI two. It seems like this effects the color (magenta skin tones and on indoor flash). I take a lot of indoor flash portraits at night, do you think I should keep this camera, that by just adjusting the exposure compensation it will be equal to camera two?

I have to decide to return or not this camera tomorrow and I just don't have time for more test shots.

John M, do you have an UZI that has any problems, like UZI two?

I just don't know what to do, if it can be compensated for or not. I guess my question is: is exposure compensation the only problem we are seeing here? Or does that cause other problems like poor autofocus and poor color balance, etc.? Would you keep this camera if you could get your money back?

Thanks,
Hollie

John M said:

Hollie said:

These photos were taken to prove a point which is made in my other
photos on the PBASE site. Camera one was overexposing everything
from skin tones to the ability to photograph wildlife. These
photos are for the photographers on this site that do see a
difference.

Click to expand...

I think he means that he can't see much difference between the
images you put up after resetting camera one back to the factory
defauts. I think someone would have to have really bad eyesight not
to see the difference between your first series of pics with camera
one vs. camera two.

Camera one was overexposing everything because for some reason it
was set that way each time the camera was turned on. The exposure
compensation was set to plus 1.3. The default is 0.0

You can setup a custom reset that will set the exposure
compensation at whatever you want. I have mine set to always be
minus 0.3

John McElwee said:

See the thread on

http://www.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1008&message=2910108

for the full story.

Thanks,
Hollie

m. cross said:

Hollie said:

Exact address for new photos:

http://www.pbase.com/hollie/uzi_compare_tripod_default_settings

Hollie

Click to expand...

I can't see much difference in those pics Hollie. And I'm glad
because I'm still waiting for my UZIs to come from Compusa-one for
me and one for my sister. I loved my c-700 until I dropped and
broke it, but occasionally I accidentally set the exposure
compensation wrong on it too.

M. Cross

Click to expand...

Click to expand...

--
John M

Click to expand...

John McElwee said:

I think he means that he can't see much difference between the
images you put up after resetting camera one back to the factory
defauts. I think someone would have to have really bad eyesight not
to see the difference between your first series of pics with camera
one vs. camera two.

Click to expand...

Thanks for clarifying John! (You're right, I sure can see that the overexposed shots are overexposed because of the EC.)

I take a lot of photos of snow and ice and after bracketing for several months just set my EC to +.3 on my 700.

M. Cross

John McElwee said:

You can setup a custom reset that will set the exposure
compensation at whatever you want. I have mine set to always be
minus 0.3

Click to expand...

I sent back camera one since I could still get my money back and I don't think I would ever feel entirely happy with it knowing its problems.

The histograms for each shot showed camera one to consistently overexpose even on shots my eye could not discern. Across the board they were significantly overexposed compared to camera two.

So, do you think a person can get by with only one UZI?
Hollie

m. cross said:

m. cross said:

I think he means that he can't see much difference between the
images you put up after resetting camera one back to the factory
defauts. I think someone would have to have really bad eyesight not
to see the difference between your first series of pics with camera
one vs. camera two.

Click to expand...

Thanks for clarifying John! (You're right, I sure can see that the
overexposed shots are overexposed because of the EC.)

I take a lot of photos of snow and ice and after bracketing for
several months just set my EC to +.3 on my 700.

M. Cross

m. cross said:

You can setup a custom reset that will set the exposure
compensation at whatever you want. I have mine set to always be
minus 0.3

Click to expand...

Click to expand...