D300 or Lens? (Swiss Alps Pictures)

[seknsak]

I was touring the Swiss Alps last weekend and twice had the below happen.

Has anyone experienced this problem? Do you think it is the d300 or 18-135 lens?

I was shooting in cold temperature (20 F) and the first four shots were so underexposed, they were black! On the pic below, I had to +4 expose compensate in Lightroom just to see the outline of the mountain. Three sequential shots were like this.



This appears to happen only on power up of the D300 because 1 minute later, the camera and lens worked fine.



The problem also occurred 1 1/2 hours earlier but I deleted those 4 shots. Below are some shots of the Aletsch Glacier in the Jungfrau region (highest elevation in Europe @ 4100m or 13500 ft). At this elevation, the tempature was around 10 F.





By the way, a good reason for shooting raw is to correct for operator error. I accidentally set the WB to Tungsten instead of Daylight for the shots at Jungfrau but this was easily corrected in LR.

On the way down from JungFrau via train (an amazing ride up and down).





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[rfc151260]

Perhaps its just gremlins. Very nice series. #3 is magical !

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[Mach Schnell]

Nice shots. I, too, like #3 the best.

Below are some shots of the Aletsch Glacier in the Jungfrau
region (highest elevation in Europe @ 4100m or 13500 ft). At this
elevation, the tempature was around 10 F.

Actually, Mont Blanc at 4808m, is the highest in Europe. It is a bit west, and slightly south of the Jungfrau region.

Your last shot is the village of Mürren. I spent a day there in Autumn a couple of years back. Lovely area with great hiking. Here are some pics:

http://www.pbase.com/fotofanatik/murren

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Steve

 

[seknsak]

Hey Steve

Nice shots. I, too, like #3 the best.

Thanks - I was really sick but Sunday was clear and cold that I just had to take the 2 1/2 hour journey up from Interlaken.

Actually, Mont Blanc at 4808m, is the highest in Europe. It is a bit
west, and slightly south of the Jungfrau region.

This is what happens when you listen to my Swiss colleagues ;-) You can see below they make the claim "Top of Europe".

Your last shot is the village of Mürren. I spent a day there in
Autumn a couple of years back. Lovely area with great hiking. Here
are some pics:

Great shots of the region. It looks totally different without being covered in snow.

Steve
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[seknsak]

Perhaps its just gremlins. Very nice series. #3 is magical !

Thanks RFC - I like magic1 Looking at the exif data some more, I can see that none of the lens info has been stored. So not sure whether it is gremlins or the lens contacts to the d300.

Steve

 

[noirdesir]

Actually, Mont Blanc at 4808m, is the highest in Europe. It is a bit
west, and slightly south of the Jungfrau region.

This is what happens when you listen to my Swiss colleagues ;-) You
can see below they make the claim "Top of Europe"

The train station at the Jungfraujoch is the highest in Europe, I think that is what they base their claim on.

The highest cable-car station is, I believe, the Aiguille du Midi at 3842 m just next to the Mont Blanc.

 

[genece]

As you said, the lens data is missing in my exif reader............seems as though that could be a lens contact, a cleaning could not hurt.
Perhaps a call to Nikon could help
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[George2]

I had a 'black frame' image this morning. I was in a rush to take a few pics and had changed from 'P' setting to 'A' (aperture).

The setting at f8 was OK but I failed to turn the control wheel to get out of the 'LO' (speed) setting on the topmost LCD! Result? - Black frame!.
As the camera is new, I've fallen into this trap twice!
Just my 'twopennyworth'