 Christine Broadhead |
Indoors vs. Outdoors Exposure I have a Pentax A3000 camera with a Pentax 50 mm lens, the question I have seems to lie in the picture I have developed lately. The outdoor pictures I take are great! The indoor, well, not so great. All the pictures seem to be underexposed, as in they cannot be developed by the professionals. The pictures don't seem to come out clearly - very fuzzy, not sharp. I've started looking around the internet to see if the reason is because of the amount of light that I'm letting on each picture (aperture?). All I can figure out about my camera is the lower the number on the lens, the more light that is let in with each shutter movement. Do you have any ideas? Did you understand the questions? Please help. Thanx
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BetterPhotoJim.com - Jim Miotke  Contact Jim Miotke Jim Miotke's Gallery |
Indoor pictures are often more difficult than outdoor; the sun usually makes our lighting situation much easier. If you cannot rely on the sun as you would in normal conditions, you need to either open up the hole (aperture) to let in more light or keep the open up longer (slower shutter speed). Your meter is probably trying to tell the camera to do one or the other but the camera is refusing to cooperate for one reason or anther. Either it has reached its limit on aperture (this is the lens number you referred to) or shutter speed or it is broken in some way. The fact that your meter seems to handle the outdoors okay suggests everything is in good working order. Do you have a flash? Are you talking about indoors at night or during the day? Is there any way you can get more light into the room? What speed film are you using? All these factors will come into play with solving your problem. Hang in there.
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Christine Broadhead |
I do have a flash for indoor pictures when the lighting is bad. But I'm afraid that even those pictures that are sure to turn out because of the good lighting, don't. I'm using a 200 ASA film, which seems moderate for outdoor/indoor pictures. Unfortunately the pictures I take indoors, don't have as high quality as one should (or would want to) expect. Thank you for the feedback, it is useful.
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BetterPhotoJim.com - Jim Miotke Contact Jim Miotke Jim Miotke's Gallery |
Thanks very much. If you continue to have problems, you may want to take your camera to a local camera repair shop to have to fully checked out. If the camera isn't worth much, the cost of repair may not be worth it; be sure to get an estimate first. To find a repair facility, look in your local directory or look for a pro camera shop that might act as a middleman. If the camera and flash are in good shape, just keep trying different things. Note that an on-camera (flip-up or pop-up) flash will often produce unsatisfactory results; an external removable dedicated flash will be much, much better. 200 speed film should be fine, esp. if the flash is giving off enough light. Enjoy the progress!
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