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dezbah1911
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 Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 10:20 am Post subject: Why is my Nikon N50 camera not responding well to light? |
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| Im having a problem with my Nikon N50 camera. This is not a digital camera, but rather a camera that i have to use for my photography class in college. it uses film, so the camera doesnt have a screen to preview. The problem is that for some reason, it doesnt seem to detect light that well. For example, when im in a lightbulb lit room, in this case the basement, the light meter on the camera tells me that the only way i can take a perfect picture is by setting the shutterspeed below 1. So for instance, no matter how bright the basement is, I was forced to take pictures with a shutter speed way below 1. But in the digital camera, i was able to take pictures with a shutter speed bigger than 5. I was using the Nikon camera outside in a very bright sunny day, and yet the light meter would tell me that i had to take pictures with shutter speeds below 125, and even 100!! this problem started happening recently. |
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exchpaypalgold
Joined: 20 Apr 2008
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| Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 4:20 pm Post subject: Why is my Nikon N50 camera not responding well to light? |
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| The light meter is obveously broken in your camera, or just needs cleaned. You can have this done, or just get a new camera. Until then, you'll probably just have to set the shutter speed manually, which isnt too difficult anyways. If you get the shutter speed a little off, just adjust it when you're in the darkroom |
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Cindreide68
Joined: 14 Apr 2008
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Location: Uganda
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| Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 10:20 pm Post subject: Why is my Nikon N50 camera not responding well to light? |
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| There is probably nothing wrong with your camera. You just don't have enough lightThere is a way to check this. While you are shooting outdoors, that a shot using the meter setting give to you by your camera and then compare it to the "sunny 16 rule" (if you can check out a hand held meter, get a reading with it and compare its settings to the one your camera gives you)The sunny 16 rule is this ... 1/ISO of the film @ f/16 in bright sun. If your cameras meter is more than about a third stop different than the sunny 16 setting, you may have to have your cameras light meter adjusted.The fact that your exposures at one second in the single light bulb shot you mentioned, tells me that your camera is fine. I situations like you describe, shooting a higher ISO film is the way to get faster shutter speeds. Try setting your N50 to aperture priority and open your lens all the way and notice what the shutter speeds are in various lighting conditions.Show your instructor a few of your contact sheets and discus this exposure problem with them .. it may just be that you need more light indoors ... I use a 750 watt Lowel Tota-light when shooting models ... even table top product shots (with a fill card) |
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Deanri
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| Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2008 4:20 am Post subject: Why is my Nikon N50 camera not responding well to light? |
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| If the camera is functioning properly, there are two things at work here:How fast is your film and how fast is your glass.What sort of film is in the camera? If it's ISO 100 I could see a fairly dim basement requiring 1 sec at f3.5. Throw in a roll of 800 and you could probably shoot around 1/8 sec (still pretty long for handheld). I'm not sure what a shutter speed of "5" means. 1/5 of a second?How fast is your glass on each camera? If the lens on the N50 is only capable of f5.6 and the digital goes to 1.8 you'll be able to shoot much shorter shutter speeds on the digital at equivalent ISOs.Possible problems:The N50 recognizes the film speed right? It isn't something you set? Maybe it isn't recognizing correctly. Try the identical lighting with different film and see if it's recommendations change. Also, I'm pretty sure that camera's light meter is tied in with the lens, so only certain lenses will meter correctly.Alternatively, how do your exposures look? Do the recommendations give you a decent exposure? |
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allbrewunited
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| Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2008 10:20 am Post subject: Why is my Nikon N50 camera not responding well to light? |
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| Put some ISO400 film in your camera (or set the ISO to 400 without film in it if possible).Set the lens aperture to f5.6.Set the metering area to anything but Spot.Adjust the digital camera to the same ISO as the film.Adjust the digital's aperture to f5.6.Same deal with the metering area.Go outside, point both cameras at *exactly* the same scene and note the shutter speeds.They should be identical or very close.If they're not, have the cameras checked out by a service shop.V |
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