Canon 400D Over exposure

[Boddie]

Does anyone else feel that the 400D over exposes?

I luckily shot RAW at the weekend but the JPEGS were over exposed, almost to the point of being unusable. Is there anything I can change in the menus to compensate for this that will stay permanent?

Thanks

Andrew

[DaiTheDragon]

This proberly won't help as I only shoot raw, but I think all Canon dslr's are set up to under expose. There is quite a lot of info if you search google for canon+expose to the right.

Dai

[Words]

I've not noticed over exposure (but I mainly shoot RAW), but it may be worth checking your picture style settings if you're shooting jpegs.

[Andy Warne]

You can set some Exposure Compensation, set it to a minus value like -0.7 and see if that helps, that way all your photos will be given -0.7 of a stop less exposure than the meter is suggesting.

[matt_xyz]

I've never heard of a 400D overexposing before, most complaints seem to be that it underexposes. Mine has a tendency to underexpose unless I compensate.

I can only suggest that you apply some negative exposure compensation. But I do wonder if there is a fault - your JPEGs shouldn't be unusable. Has the camera always done this?

Matt

[Boddie]

Originally Posted by matt_xyz

I've never heard of a 400D overexposing before, most complaints seem to be that it underexposes. Mine has a tendency to underexpose unless I compensate.

I can only suggest that you apply some negative exposure compensation. But I do wonder if there is a fault - your JPEGs shouldn't be unusable. Has the camera always done this?

Matt

Yep.

I would say that I always preferred to RAW images to the JPEGS. The JPEGS seem to have blown highlights. Could it be the super fast 1.4 lens?

[Fourwings]

It could have been a combination of bright sunlight, white wedding dress, and an ultra-fast lens that caused the problem.
I find that in similar situations usually with white birds/butterflies it is quite easy to fool the EOS 20D into over-exposing, must be a Canon thing I guess

[DaiTheDragon]

I usually check the histogram every now and then just to check, better to have a few shots wrong than a whole shoot.

Dai

[glsammy]

It could also have something to do with which metering system you've selected. If for instance you've selected centre weighted, and your main subject is white, then this will happen. As soon as I see something white in the viewfinder, I always apply at least a 1 stop exposure compensation.

[matt_xyz]

Originally Posted by glsammy

It could also have something to do with which metering system you've selected. If for instance you've selected centre weighted, and your main subject is white, then this will happen. As soon as I see something white in the viewfinder, I always apply at least a 1 stop exposure compensation.

but a white subject matter and centre or spot metering would cause the camera to underexpose wouldn't it? Andrew's camera seems to be suffering from overexposure.

I guess the highlights would be blown if you had a predominantly dark(ish) scene, which the camera would meter for, but if it also included a white dress in sunshine. The dynamic range would be too great for the camera to handle.

Matt