Hi everyone. Complete Newbie here.. Where would I post a washed out picture in hopes of getting advice from someone on what settings I need to look at? Dang..it was going to be such a cool pic, too. I posted on here in case this is the right place, if not I apologize. Its basically just a white pic. I borrowed a zoom lens from a friend and had it on at this time. I noticed a toggle button on the lens for AF and MF...could I have had auto set on lens and Manual focus on camera or vice-versa? I feel the need to share how awesome this pic was going to be..I was floating in the cypress tree-lined swamp of Caddo Lake State Park in East Texas, an older couple..married many years..were sitting in an old aluminum canoe under giant cypress trees, dappled evening sun coming through, the husband was leaning back in the canoe just enjoying his wife's conversation, she was in front a bald cypress that had a trunk the size of an Hyundai, Spanish moss hanging everywhere......this scene had so much going for it that I insisted that they meet me later with an email address so I could send to them... I never looked at the camera or I would have seen something was wrong and retaken it, but I was engrossed in their conversation about their six kids and many travels. I guess at least glancing immediately is part of the lesson learned, but in a tipsy kayak I just took and took pics instead of looking at the results onboard. The were on a trip from St. Genevieve, Mo to see family around Galveston. This would have been a fantastic memory for them of their passing through in my neck of the woods. This is like this big fish that got away. I'm sick about this.
AF/MF would have not impacted exposure. It would only impact if things were in focus. The image was extremely over exposed, your EXIF data would also confirm this. Now there could be a number of reasons why the image was over exposed. Few questions here, what was the camera, what was the lens (specific models) , can you provide the exif data in the image which would show the settings it was shot with???
Welcome Jason. As Johnsey said ,it's your settings, may I suggest you look at your exposure compensation , first as it may be set too high. If you are not sure what this is look it up in your manual, don't have a manual, go onto the Canon site and down load one. Next go onto YouTube and have a look there as there is heaps of info, just type in your camera's model and exposure compensation.
Yea a couple things could be happening, maybe the lens is malfunctioning and not sopping down. Maybe the lens is not making the proper electrical connection to the camera (again not stopping down). Maybe the camera is full manual mode and the settings are simply way over exposing (meter should say the image is no where near properly exposed). For me the big thing is that its not just over exposed, it way way overexposed leading me to believe the meter did not impact exposure for reason similar to what i was listing. I would be curious if the user has used the camera and got good results before as well as if they have other lenses that work fine.
