Dropped my Nikon D60 on concrete and now it is taking dark photos! I reset it to manufacture settings but still taking dark photos even outside in the middle of the day. Any suggestions on what it could be or how much to get it fixed? Thanks!

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came across this after i had just recieved my camera back from Nikon getting fixed. I had the same problem. They replaced my aperature control unit and now my camera works wonderfully again.

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There are so many places where you could be going wrong... 1. Exposure: Snow usually looks grey because cameras tend to under expose it, especially Nikons. Although camera metering has come on a long way since everything was assumed to average out at mid grey, you will generally need to use +ve exposure compensation for snow and -ve compensation for coal heaps to record what your eye sees. - However don't go too far or you will just get huge blocks of clipped whites. 2. Trusting the LCD display: This is not as good as your computer monitor! Use the D70's histogram and Highlights views to get a more objective idea of the exposure. 3. White balance: Auto white balance is easily fooled. Experiment with sun/shadow/overcast. Midday sunlight is a different colour from morning or afternoon. Set up white balance bracketing if you are not sure of the correct setting. 3. Colour space: Are you shooting sRGB or Adobe RGB? What are you using to view/edit on you computer? Does it use the same colour space and is you computer monitor calibrated? 4: Printing: Where are you printing? How reliable are they? Do you know the fault does not lie with your printer?  5: Workflow: To get colour right you need a fully calibrated colour workflow. This is a nightmare for mere mortals. But break it into steps: Does the image on your screen look like it did in the camera? And does the printed image look like it did on screen?  Good luck!

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I have had "dark pictures" from each of my Nikon DSLR (D70, D80, D200, D300) cameras usually when taking pictures from a tripod and/or the self timer. Situations where you take your eye away from the viewfinder which allows stray light to enter thru the viewfinder and throw the auto exposure way off. Not sure if this is what is happening to you.

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You need to press the Disp/Display button to remove the settings on the display.

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The only reason the camera will be taking dark photos is when it is under exposing the image taken. This can be due to the exposure compensation set to under expose the metered exposure. Make sure the expsosure compensation is set to '0' or increase it to compensate for the dark photos.

Also inaccurately metering a scene (such as a high contrast scene) can easily fool the meter into under exposing, especially outdoors.