mill4023
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- Feb 16, 2005
Ok I'm missing something people keep saying the settings are off for such a bright day, was it a really bright day or do the pics just appear that way because of a stuck wide open aperture...
I bought a 50mm 1.7 minolta lens off of craigslist 2 years ago, I actually got 2 7000 maxxums plus the lens for 50 bucks, so I took the stuff and left, got back to my office, popped the lens on one of my A700s and started taking pics, the pics were all over exposed, I switched to full manual and the pics were still overexposed no matter what aperture setting I used..
so at least in my case a lens error did not occur
what if the aperture is sticking and the exif is actually captured at the moment of exposure so it's showing the lens open more than the meter would have chosen
It was a sunny day, probably around noon or 1pm.
I also was wondering if the EXIF data was based on what the camera told the lens to do or what the lens actually did. There is obviously some data that the camera reads from the lens, like the focal length, so maybe the camera is reading the aperture data from the lens also.
I will have to do some more thorough testing to be sure, but I don't think I was having the same problem with my 70-300 VR.
This picture is the most severe example of the corner darkness that made me think it was a lens issue.
http://s-miller.smugmug.com/Photography/Overexposed/14665060_Xadoi#1092492077_cTCSK-A-LB