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My camera is a Nikon D 40. I've confused myself ! Could one of you please tell me in simple words, how to take an under
exposed photo? I can lighten a photo on Picasa but not darken. Thanks
 
Yes! I remember now but I have difficulty working the memory! I will try again and Many thanks. I know I must sound a bit simple but that's because I am ! I've had some nice results by pointing the camera at a bright light source, half clicking , pointing it at the dark subject and fully depressing the shutter switch but it's hit and miss.
 
Mick G. said:
Yes! I remember now but I have difficulty working the memory! I will try again and Many thanks. I know I must sound a bit simple but that's because I am ! I've had some nice results by pointing the camera at a bright light source, half clicking , pointing it at the dark subject and fully depressing the shutter switch but it's hit and miss.
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Easiest way is just press the little button at bottom left twice(the one with + sign) then navigate down to exposure compensation at bottom of LCD, Press OK button, and then choose + or -with up or down selector on Multi selector. Hope this helps.
 
or set it to manual, meter , then set it to underexpose .
 
Forbiddenbiker said:
You should also have a focus/aperture lock button (next to the view finder usually)

You'll have to set /fix the purpose of this button in your menu somewhere.

Then... when you point at the sky, you can keep the exposure by holding the button down while your re-compose.

:thumbs:
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Yes we do have an AE/AF lock button which you have to keep held down, but I have never managed to work out what the point of holding this down is, if I can get the same result from holding the shutter button down half way - am I missing something?:thinking:
 
hillwalkinggirl said:
Yes we do have an AE/AF lock button which you have to keep held down, but I have never managed to work out what the point of holding this down is, if I can get the same result from holding the shutter button down half way - am I missing something?:thinking:
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Yep - you are. :)

Holding the shutter button half pressed only locks the focus point - not the exposure, and this is only true in 'One Shot' Mode. In Servo Mode the camera will stiill continuously focus as you pan around with the shutter half pressed.

Pressing the AE/AF Lock Button locks both exposure and focus in Single Shot Mode, but only exposure in Servo Mode (the camera will still focus as you pan around, but the exposure will be locked.)

It's just possible though that one of the custom functions assigns both functions to the AE/AF button. If so you could have that function enabled?

That's for Canon btw. :)
 
CT said:
Yep - you are. :)

Holding the shutter button half pressed only locks the focus point - not the exposure, and this is only true in 'One Shot' Mode. In Servo Mode the camera will stiill continuously focus as you pan around with the shutter half pressed.

Pressing the AE/AF Lock Button locks both exposure and focus in Single Shot Mode, but only exposure in Servo Mode (the camera will still focus as you pan around, but the exposure will be locked.)

It's just possible though that one of the custom functions assigns both functions to the AE/AF button. If so you could have that function enabled?



That's for Canon btw. :)
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Thanks for clearing that up for me, just shows how you can miss the obvious! I've been cheerfully going along thinking I was locking my exposure.:amstupid:
 
It's a very handy feature, especially if you have spot metering - you can meter on any tone you like, press the lock button and recompose without having to mess about setting exposure compensation.

I'm as guilty as the next person though of forgetting to use it. ;)
 
Thankyou all very much. What I do now, (just discovered in the last few minutes) Press info, then hold down the exposure
button next to it and with my thumb, twiddle the wheel thing to under or over expose! You have to remember to reset it afterwards. Will investigate your various methods in a minute.
Isn't it strange what pleasure we get from learning?
Thanks again. Mick.
 
Mick G. said:
Thankyou all very much. What I do now, (just discovered in the last few minutes) Press info, then hold down the exposure
button next to it and with my thumb, twiddle the wheel thing to under or over expose! You have to remember to reset it afterwards. Will investigate your various methods in a minute.
Isn't it strange what pleasure we get from learning?
Thanks again. Mick.
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Yes that works as well! Just shows there's more than one way to skin a rabbit.
 
Good for you Mick :thumbs:

Bear in mind though that there are lots of different settings & options that you can assign to the AE/AF button - I have mine set to autofocus in the same way that I always had for my Canon cameras.
 
I have a long learning journey ahead of me! My brother in law has a Nikon D 80 and he is coming up from Guildford soon to visit. We will have a lot of talking to do about cameras.
 
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