Overexposure in Program Mode during Night photo.

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Hi,

Recently i bought a Elan 7E kit along with a 420 EX lens. I shot almost 12 rolls. The film roll used was a consumer level Kodak Gold 200 ASA. I had set the metering mode to Partial metering. The mode was set to P mode. And i chose the center focus element. Most of the day photos were taken with the Fill flash ON. i.e i had switched on the 420 EX. The results were excellent.

But i was not satisfied with the photos taken in the night. The subject was getting over exposed at 28 mm when there was a dark background. The same settings mentioned above were maintained even during night photography. The exposure used to be balanced if the zoom was increased from 28 mm(above 35mm). Is there anything wrong in my settingd or Is it a bug with ELAN 7 or do i have to change the metering mode Or is it anything to do with the 420 EX falsh.

I could even notice that couple of photos were grainy during dim light.

Please let me know.

-Venkat

-- venkat (venkumc@yahoo.com), June 07, 2001

Answers

DEAR VENKAT, YOU CAN TRY NIGHT PHOTOS WITH FLASH BY USING -VE FLASH EXP COMPENSASION.(-1/-1.5).YOU CAN USE EVALUATIVE METERING.

-- SHRIDHAR MADHAV KUNTE (mircjvc@vsnl.com), July 03, 2001.

Hi Venkat,

You should be able to activate FEL on the subject. That should properly expose the subject while your background is dark or do a long exposure to get background too.

good luck, nilantha

-- Nilantha Sirisoma (nilantha@sdccu.net), October 03, 2001.


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