canon rebel xt

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I bought a canon rebel xt and i think it has a problem i need your help
guys. in all the basic modes all the photos i took indoor and outdoor are
dark. and in the creative modes all the photos are eather over or under
exposed. am thinking that the camera is defective. has anyone has this
problem before. i would think right out of the box in the basic modes it
would take great and lovely photos but not dark phots. there is a link with
two samples photos
note that tne camera is in default settings.

http://www3.sympatico.ca/vlawrence/

Vinnie

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"Vince" <Vince@nospamoptonline.net> wrote in message
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>I bought a canon rebel xt and i think it has a problem i need your help
> guys. in all the basic modes all the photos i took indoor and outdoor are
> dark. and in the creative modes all the photos are eather over or under
> exposed. am thinking that the camera is defective. has anyone has this
> problem before. i would think right out of the box in the basic modes it
> would take great and lovely photos but not dark phots.
>
> Vinnie

Yes Vinnie, thats what I wouild think too, I know mine does and did! Make
sure that all the settings are set at default, with most cameras like this
there is a menu setting to reset to the default settings.

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Vince wrote:
> I bought a canon rebel xt and i think it has a problem i need your
> help guys. in all the basic modes all the photos i took indoor and
> outdoor are dark. and in the creative modes all the photos are eather
> over or under exposed. am thinking that the camera is defective. has
> anyone has this problem before. i would think right out of the box in
> the basic modes it would take great and lovely photos but not dark
> phots.
>
> Vinnie

Impossible to asnwer without seing some examples and - preferably - EXIF
information.

/Claus

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OK Guys. I have posted two more photos the first one is from my HP
PhotoSmart 720 3.3MP P&S and second one is from my Canon Digital Rebel XT
8.0MP the two photos were shot in full auto mode with default settings and
with flash. is that how the photos from all the canon's look.

first photo hp photosmart 720 3.3mp
second photo canon digital rebel xt 8.0mp dslr

Vinnie



"Vince" <Vince@nospamoptonline.net> wrote in message
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I bought a canon rebel xt and i think it has a problem i need your help
guys. in all the basic modes all the photos i took indoor and outdoor are
dark. and in the creative modes all the photos are eather over or under
exposed. am thinking that the camera is defective. has anyone has this
problem before. i would think right out of the box in the basic modes it
would take great and lovely photos but not dark phots.

Vinnie

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"Vinnie" <Vinnie@nospamoptonline.net> wrote in message
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>
> I bought a canon rebel xt and i think it has a problem i need your help
> guys. in all the basic modes all the photos i took indoor and outdoor are
> dark. and in the creative modes all the photos are eather over or under
> exposed. am thinking that the camera is defective. has anyone has this
> problem before. i would think right out of the box in the basic modes it
> would take great and lovely photos but not dark phots. there is a link
> with
> two samples photos
> note that tne camera is in default settings.
>
> http://www3.sympatico.ca/vlawrence/
>
> Vinnie

This was with the built in flash? Doesn't look too bad.

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Vinnie <Vinnie@nospamoptonline.net> wrote:

> I bought a canon rebel xt and i think it has a problem i need your help
> guys. in all the basic modes all the photos i took indoor and outdoor are
> dark.

Those pictures look well-exposed to me. Perhaps your monitor needs to be
calibrated? If it's set too dark that would explain why the pictures
don't look right to you.

--
Jeremy | jeremy@exit109.com

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Vinnie wrote:
> I bought a canon rebel xt and i think it has a problem i need your
> help guys. in all the basic modes all the photos i took indoor and
> outdoor are dark. and in the creative modes all the photos are eather
> over or under exposed. am thinking that the camera is defective. has
> anyone has this problem before. i would think right out of the box in
> the basic modes it would take great and lovely photos but not dark
> phots. there is a link with two samples photos
> note that tne camera is in default settings.
>
> http://www3.sympatico.ca/vlawrence/
>
> Vinnie

I don't see anything wrong with pictures...
What do you think is not right?

/Claus

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Vinnie <Vinnie@nospamoptonline.net> wrote:

> OK Guys. I have posted two more photos the first one is from my HP
> PhotoSmart 720 3.3MP P&S and second one is from my Canon Digital Rebel XT
> 8.0MP the two photos were shot in full auto mode with default settings and
> with flash. is that how the photos from all the canon's look.
>
> first photo hp photosmart 720 3.3mp
> second photo canon digital rebel xt 8.0mp dslr

The brighter one (from the HP) is overexposed. It has blown highlights.

If you want to make the Canon shot "look" brighter, you can do that in
post-processing with a quick gamma adjustment, or there may be some way
to adjust it in-camera (I don't have that camera to know whether such a
thing exists or how to do it).

--
Jeremy | jeremy@exit109.com

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Jeremy Nixon wrote:
> Vinnie <Vinnie@nospamoptonline.net> wrote:
>
>> I bought a canon rebel xt and i think it has a problem i need your
>> help guys. in all the basic modes all the photos i took indoor and
>> outdoor are dark.
>
> Those pictures look well-exposed to me. Perhaps your monitor needs
> to be calibrated? If it's set too dark that would explain why the
> pictures don't look right to you.

Use the calibration chart at the top of this page:

http://www.jasc.com/support/kb/articles/monitor.asp

Cheers,
David

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Vince,

Below is your message, but I too have the same problem. I purchased
the camera at Best Buy, it was a replacement to Kodak DX6490 (had the
extended warranty) and of course they no longer make that model, so I
tried to upgrade to the DX7590, they were out and could not order one.
So I heard great things about the Canon Rebel XT from my photography
class that I took.

Low and behold, I'm getting the same problem, but in my case, my
pictures are just slightly out of focus.

Get this, I was so annoyed because I didn't know if it was something I
was doing, I went out and re-purchase a Kodak DX7590 (grey market so I
got a pretty good deal) and tested both cameras.

I setup both cameras on their own tripods, lighting the subject and
using flash, and took a picture of the letter I wrote to Canon to
explain the problem. Sure enough, the Kodak pictures were sharper and
the exposure was great.

I mailed the letter to Canon along with the camera to Canon's Factory
Service Department at my expense.

I got it back and the note said they checked everything and adjusted
the focus mechinism.

This did nothing to help the problem. I am now forced to learn how to
do the manual settings and am in the process of comparing the two
camera (Kodak & Canon) using the same settings. It is apparent that
the software engineer programmed different setting between the two
cameras.

Just for to help you, when you download the picture to your computer,
right click (Windows XP) and select advanced and you will see all the
settings that were used for that photo.

I don't know what to do, I guess I have a $1500 door stop. My Kodak
takes better pictures.

Yes, $1500, I thought it might be the lens and a purcase a $500 Tamron
38-300 mm lens. The lens that came with the Canon was only 18-55 mm,
not enough zoom for me. The Kodak is 38-380 mm.

I've gotten in touch with my professor from my class he said he would
look at my pictures to see if he can see what is wrong. I upload some
pictures last night so it will take a day or two.

Please let me know what you've done or found out.

I'm not a happy camper as it seems your not either.

Please don't hesitate to call me via voice if you would like to talk
about thsi over the phone.

Question: How experienced are you with cameras and photography. I'm a
novice, but I think I take pretty good shots and composition.

Robert Lanza
33-68 21st Street Apt. 4B
Long Island City, N.Y. 11106
718-278-5993
917-405-5482

Vince wrote:
> I bought a canon rebel xt and i think it has a problem i need your help
> guys. in all the basic modes all the photos i took indoor and outdoor are
> dark. and in the creative modes all the photos are eather over or under
> exposed. am thinking that the camera is defective. has anyone has this
> problem before. i would think right out of the box in the basic modes it
> would take great and lovely photos but not dark phots.
>
> Vinnie

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>
> I don't know what to do, I guess I have a $1500 door stop. My Kodak
> takes better pictures.
>
> Yes, $1500, I thought it might be the lens and a purcase a $500 Tamron
> 38-300 mm lens. The lens that came with the Canon was only 18-55 mm,
> not enough zoom for me. The Kodak is 38-380 mm.

Therein may lay the problem. Zooms with high ratios, like that ones 10+x,
are rife with compromised optics in order to achieve the zoom range
advertised. The larger the lens, the more compromises needed, thus the
little lens on the Kodak may well outperform the Tamron. Note that Canon
gets more than 4 times the price of the Tamron for their 28-300 f4-5.6 L IS
USM lens, there's a lot to go into it to get it to perform in a way that's
acceptable. Lenses with shorter zoom ranges will involve fewer compromises,
I'd suggest, for the same money, a Canon 28-135 f3.5-5.6 IS USM, and,
later, add a 75-300 f4-5.6 IS USM, or 100-300 f4-5.6 USM. Those all in one
lenses, especially ones without a comma in their prices, rarely cut it.
Also, smaller P&S type digitals do more in camera sharpening than the
Canons, and other DSLRs, do, so learn to use Unsharp Mask in Photoshop, it
is the only way to get what you want.
--
Skip Middleton
http://www.shadowcatcherimagery.com