timblodgett

<p>I am trying to shoot someone at the beach.<br>

I shoot in manual only and the way I expose for my scene is I use spot metering, I put my AF point on my subjects face and half press the shutter button to get a meter reading and dial in my exposure till it is at the centre of the meter. This usually works for me. But they are darker than my background. Is there an exposure button I should be pressing or something to help me expose for my foreground/subject?</p>

 

<p>I use a velbon that I have no idea of the model number. Its thick, chunky and heavy, but will allow me to put just about any lens imaginable on it. <br />I picked it up at a garage sale for 40$ CDN.</p>

<p>I have the exact same nuisance shooting weddings with my sb-800. My boss has the same problem with her 580EX though as well. It seems to be really bad with rechargeable NiMh batteries. </p>

<p>I think the colors are great. Plus your shooting a D700. Boost your ISO and shoot wide open and capture exactly as you see it.</p>

<p>Wouldnt a G10 suffer worse from diffraction because its a smaller sensor than the D700.<br /> I'm just thinking that on FX diffraction sets in at f16 there abouts.<br /> On DX you can experience diffraction at f8.<br /> Maybe on an even smaller sensor you would experience diffraction at even lower stops.<br>

Just an idea I had. Someone correct me.</p>

<p>Personally I would take it to be cleaned by a professional at this point. They can tell you if you may have damaged your sensor with your previous cleaning attempts.</p>

<p>I call mine my plastic fantastic. At f2.8 mine sharpens up quite nicely and at f4 its scary sharp. On my D90 its one of my favorite lenses.</p>

<p>The easiest fix I can think of is try stopping down your aperture.</p>

<p>I keep my strap wrapped around my arm and my camera in hand. The straps only there if in case I drop my camera. Otherwise I wouldn't use one. <br /> If I cant hold it and there is nothing going on for me to take photos of, the camera goes back in the bag.<br /> I cant say I have ever heard of anyone carrying the camera around lens pointed towards their body. I think it would just be awkward and weird to carry like that. But if it works for you than so be it, who am I to judge.</p>

<p>Yah you should never play with power components of a camera while its on. You may accidentally cause damage to your camera.</p>

<p>It could just be that you need to turn up in camera sharpening to your taste. I had to with my D90.</p>

<p>Its a little late but how did it go?</p>

<p>It kind of looks like the death of a sensor. I'm sorry :(</p>