Advise/help pls

poseidonlee · 10th May 2005

Happily brought my new D70 to Huangshan last week, soon realise that quite a few shots has the "shadow" effect at the edges of the shots. Also notice that these happens to shots with higher shutter speeds only eg ... 1/400 - 1/1600 ++.

Is there anything wrong with my camera or izzit a property of poor exposure? Pls advise me. And sorry if these questions seems stupid ... me very newbie ah.

Also note these happens at different focal length, and usually at smaller aperture F stops ... e.g. 3.5 - 5.6.

Jer · 10th May 2005

Are you using any filters?? That could be the problem when it is wide open?

showtime · 10th May 2005

light fall off. stop down a couple of stops and this should disappear. Nothing wrong as far as i can see. filter vignetting will look more pronounced than this.

poseidonlee · 10th May 2005

eh, ya, dun think is the filter prob. Cos as mentioned, it does not only happens when wide open, it happens across a range of focal length ... varying 18 - 70mm with my kit lens.

Somehow it happens at high shutter speed and big aperture. The rest of the shots are ok ... think abt 30-40 of my 600++ shots got this prob ...

Showtime -> what's "light fall off"?

Thks very much anyway!!

espn · 10th May 2005

Checked your EXIF you were shooting at wide open apertures f/3.5-4.5 throughout the 18-70mm.

Step down a bit and you will not hit this issue.

zmwang · 10th May 2005

From your shutter speed, I think most shot are taken at wide open. So try to use 2 step down from the 3.5-4.5, you can avoid this.

poseidonlee · 10th May 2005

ESPN and Zmwang, thk you very much for the advise. Great that I learn something again!!!

10th May 2005	#1
poseidonlee Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Jurong Posts: 105	Advise/help pls Happily brought my new D70 to Huangshan last week, soon realise that quite a few shots has the "shadow" effect at the edges of the shots. Also notice that these happens to shots with higher shutter speeds only eg ... 1/400 - 1/1600 ++. Is there anything wrong with my camera or izzit a property of poor exposure? Pls advise me. And sorry if these questions seems stupid ... me very newbie ah. Also note these happens at different focal length, and usually at smaller aperture F stops ... e.g. 3.5 - 5.6.

10th May 2005	#2
Jer Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: West Posts: 587	Are you using any filters?? That could be the problem when it is wide open? __________________ Jerfotography Nikon D300 Power by iMac

10th May 2005	#3
showtime Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Singapore Posts: 996	light fall off. stop down a couple of stops and this should disappear. Nothing wrong as far as i can see. filter vignetting will look more pronounced than this.

10th May 2005	#5
espn Deregistered Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Planet Nikon Posts: 22,045	Checked your EXIF you were shooting at wide open apertures f/3.5-4.5 throughout the 18-70mm. Step down a bit and you will not hit this issue.

10th May 2005	#6
zmwang Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Air-Con country Posts: 2,459	From your shutter speed, I think most shot are taken at wide open. So try to use 2 step down from the 3.5-4.5, you can avoid this.