HELP!!! Do I have a camera problem or not????

[alphagary]

The 2 photos below were taken one right after the other
Both using Spot metering, appateur priority,

f14. beercan lens at 75mm Light did not change abut for somereason the camera picked 1/10 sec shutter speed for one and then picked 1/30sec for the other one.Both pics are about same as you can see.
This has happened before with different lens and always overexposing pic
especially on a bright sunny day

Any help??????I thought I understood Appateur priority mode
even if I cant spell it.





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[redsim74]

Is the likely cause, you've metered the exposure off two different points.

Do you normally use spot? Matrix metering will give better results in most circumstances.

 

[OscarW]

Is the likely cause, you've metered the exposure off two different
points.

Do you normally use spot? Matrix metering will give better results in
most circumstances.

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Agreed.

If you use spot metering, be very careful. In most cases, Matrix metering and + - EV will do the job right.
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[GVaughn]

It appears that the metering in the first shot was on the bright whit object t the center of the picture. In the second it appears to have moved up and to the right of the center point in the first picture - into the trees.

 

[alphagary]

Thanks all for your help
I can now see the different areas
the center of the pics is on So spot metering doesnt have to be
too big an area at all to influence overall picture exposure.
I will have to see what the default metering is when in auto mode
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[csheldon]

I will have to see what the default metering is when in auto mode

For the love of God and all that is Holy! Don't use auto mode! Keep your camera in A mode and set your metering to multi-segment or even center weighted would have helped this problem.

 

[alphagary]

Csheldon
30 years ago I had a pentax slr and wanted to learn every thing
I could about it it was alot harder then as a forum like this didnt exist
and help wasnt a mouse click away.
Now with my first DSLR I still want to do the same thing. Well 7600 pics
later I am still learning and I do try to stay away from "auto" all I can.
I didnt spend all this time and money to use it as a P&S camera.
So with help from here I will get better.
thanks

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[csheldon]

I hear you there, I'm still learning every day. My problem is that while I'm very quick to pick up the technical aspects I have a very hard time learning the artistic aspects. Unfortunately that combination leads to very well exposed but poorly composed pictures

Looks to me like you have the "hard part" licked.

 

[efikim]

I will have to see what the default metering is when in auto mode

... Keep
your camera in A mode and set your metering to multi-segment or even
center weighted would have helped this problem.

Not necessarily. I've had similar problems in woodland using matrix metering, where the backdrop can be very contrasty (dark branches, bright sky peeking through) and wondered if undue attention was taken to dark areas at the focus point. I may try centre weighted if it arises again. (It never caused under exposure)