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Hi,
I have just bought a digital camera all other cameras ive bought have been automatic, i have a Pentax ds with a 300 zoom.
I use the camera on TV because i like taking photograohs of moving objects and the manual recomends it.
My Photographs look slightly over exposed a bit washy please help. :shake:


Diamond
 
can you show some and provide settings?

many situations can fool a camera's meter. the camera (depending on metering mode) may be trying to set the average of a scene as 18% grey. So when shooting snow it will underexpose as it tries to make the white snow look grey and will overexpose an image with lots of dark tones as it tries to lighten it so that the scene averages to grey.

You need to learn and use when the camera is doing this and compensate by using Exposure Compensation to adjust the shutter speed.

Buy a book called "Understanding Exposure".

It could be other things but I've a feeling that this could be it.Shooting moving subjects in changing light is actually pretty difficult to do right.
 
Do have an example we can look at Diamond?

It would help to give you a more accurate explanation.

It may be down to your metering. Are you using spot metering?
 
I havnt a example at the moment weather not so good in England,
Most of my photography is moving i love taking photographs of birds flaping wing or going into a flight, my best one is with another camera fuji 4900.
As soon as i get a photograph for a example i will post it.




Bird111.jpg
 
I havnt a example at the moment weather not so good in England,
Most of my photography is moving i love taking photographs of birds flaping wing or going into a flight, my best one is with another camera fuji 4900 taken with my fathers camera.
As soon as i get a photograph for a example i will post it.




Bird111.jpg
 
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