Hi, My Nikon D80 is now taking over exposed photos, when you view through the lens the ISO reading keeps fluctuating. The pictures are very white. I have tried all the settings, same problem, if I keep trying to get a decent shot I get the odd reasonable one.
How can I fix it please?
This can happen if you have ISO control set to Auto and have spot metering selected, especially if it's set to spot shadow or spot highlight. Over exposure probably means it's set to spot shadow metering.
With spot metering the camera measures exposure from just a very small point in the scene, and so slight camera movements will cause the metering spot to wander onto different exposure settings very easily. If the camera is either set to use restricted apertures or shutter speeds due to program or lens limitations then it will compensate by adjusting the ISO settings instead
Never use auto ISO, just choose what you need for the conditions rather than using the camera's best (& usually poor) guess. Alsonever use spot metering unless you know why you're using it. The default multi-pattern metering is extremely accurate for most situations.
Please check the camera settings based on what I've said, if it fixes your problem then please rate my answer. If not then please add further details of which lenses and camera settings you're using and I'll try to help you further.
Testimonial: "Hi, I have reset the camera and this seems to have fixed it, however what you are sayng may have been the problem and reseting it has put it back. Thx"
What u have to do to you reset the camera settings and expouse on auto ok
Testimonial: "Yes, I've reset the camera and it seems to have sorted it,thanks."
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