topic Re: Pictures very dark - Sony A300 in Alpha & NEX interchangeable lens cameras

Pictures very dark - Sony A300

AndyHayward — Mon, 26 Dec 2022 14:03:23 GMT

I have an old DSLR-A300 which doesn't get much use these days.

However, I got it out for Christmas and charged it up.

Unfortunately, the pictures I have taken in auto mode are all very dark. The LCD display image looks fine but the final picture is very dark. The pictures are all indoors with reasonable light.

I have checked all the settings and they all look OK but I am happy to try changing something or is it more or a camera issue.

PS i have tried changing the lens which, maybe not surprisingly, made no difference.

Welcome any advice.

Andy

Re: Pictures very dark - Sony A300

MarlonUk1 — Thu, 29 Dec 2022 23:05:04 GMT

hello @AndyHayward

can you describe the settings you have? ie apperture . shutter speed and iso?

does it happen if you are on AUTO mode?

Re: Pictures very dark - Sony A300

AndyHayward — Fri, 30 Dec 2022 16:30:10 GMT

Hi,

I had everything on auto for this.

Have been into the menu and cant see anything obvious (to the untrained eye)!

Andy

Re: Pictures very dark - Sony A300

Elodin — Mon, 02 Jan 2023 14:43:12 GMT

Hey @AndyHayward. If a picture is taken while using the flash, bear in mind that if the subject is beyond the flash range, the picture will be dark because the flash light doesn't reach the subject as well as if the ISO settings on the camera were changed, this will also affect the luminosity of the picture as specified here in page 80. I hope this helps

Re: Pictures very dark - Sony A300

danardeng — Mon, 02 Jan 2023 16:49:08 GMT

Hi Andy, nice to meet you.

Can you upload a pic where we can see the issue?

The best should be if you upload a JPG as out of the camera

Re: Pictures very dark - Sony A300

Anonymous — Fri, 06 Jan 2023 16:24:43 GMT

Yea a high quality pic would help up to check this one better. Anyway, hopefully it's already resolved by now!

Re: Pictures very dark - Sony A300

danardeng — Fri, 06 Jan 2023 17:16:33 GMT

🤔?