How to Take Continuous Pictures With Nikon D3200
Hirsti • Contributing Member • Posts: 660
Nikon D3200 - Underexposure and Overexposure in continuous shooting
I received a brand new Nikon D3200 last Thursday and took it with me to the British F1 Grand Prix.
I was shooting in RAW and noticed an usual behaviour of the camera.
When shooting the Formula 1 cars on continuous shooting I noticed I was getting bad overexposure and also bad underexposure and of course some that were fine.
For example 8 shots of the same car same settings were ok, ok, overexposed, overexposed, overexposed, underexposed, underexposed, underexposed. Not always in this order, just randomly occurring.
Initially I reset the shooting settings and kept trying to determine what was wrong and found it was even doing it whilst pointing at the same spot (a wall) on a tripod and also on single shot.
I tried 2 different lenses and had the same problem, I tried different SD cards and also different shooting modes.
I think eventually I tried changing nearly ever setting and couldn't seem to change this behaviour.
I put the camera away and used my Nikon D40 instead.
Later I tried again and found that initially it was working ok, but after taking a lot of continuous photos that it started happening again.
The only thing I can think of is that the camera is getting pretty hot when shooting constantly (minus the breaks to write to card) Could it be an overheating problem, has anyone else seen this problem. I have looked on the web and can find the general overexposure problem with the D3200 which can be corrected with exposure compensation but no mention of this.
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MOD Mako2011 • Forum Pro • Posts: 28,317
Re: Nikon D3200 - Underexposure and Overexposure in continuous shooting
Hirsti wrote:
I received a brand new Nikon D3200 last Thursday and took it with me to the British F1 Grand Prix.
I was shooting in RAW and noticed an usual behaviour of the camera.
When shooting the Formula 1 cars on continuous shooting I noticed I was getting bad overexposure and also bad underexposure and of course some that were fine.
For example 8 shots of the same car same settings were ok, ok, overexposed, overexposed, overexposed, underexposed, underexposed, underexposed. Not always in this order, just randomly occurring.
Initially I reset the shooting settings and kept trying to determine what was wrong and found it was even doing it whilst pointing at the same spot (a wall) on a tripod and also on single shot.
I tried 2 different lenses and had the same problem, I tried different SD cards and also different shooting modes.
I think eventually I tried changing nearly ever setting and couldn't seem to change this behaviour.
I put the camera away and used my Nikon D40 instead.
Later I tried again and found that initially it was working ok, but after taking a lot of continuous photos that it started happening again.
The only thing I can think of is that the camera is getting pretty hot when shooting constantly (minus the breaks to write to card) Could it be an overheating problem, has anyone else seen this problem. I have looked on the web and can find the general overexposure problem with the D3200 which can be corrected with exposure compensation but no mention of this.
Sounds like you have exposure bracketing enabled but I didn't think you could do that with the D3200
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Re: Nikon D3200 - Underexposure and Overexposure in continuous shooting
Are you sure you checked every setting.
Where you sung a semi auto exposure mode like A or S?
What metering mode were you using?
Or were you shooting manual?
If you were using spot metering, for example, in a continuous shooting mode exposure will be inconsistent. Matrix may also prioritise exposure based on the wherever the focus point is situated so that may show differences in exposure.
If it was happening in manual (without Auto ISO) then it is strange. Exposure should not change at all in Manual.
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Re: Nikon D3200 - Underexposure and Overexposure in continuous shooting
I have a D3200 and experience the same situation as you for motorsport. Using continuous focus and shutter priority gave me under exposures, correct exposures and overexposures. On seeing overexposures I dialled in -1 stop compensation but still got the bouncing round exposures. It does not matter which lens I used, same issue. I then went to manual exposure and got some consistent exposures.
I also use a D300S and do not get any of the D3200 exposure variance problems.
I have also found the metering to be unreliable for just normal photography. Mostly, when outside it will overexpose by up to a stop. A comparison of using the D3200 metering to a lightmeter shows the D3200 overexposing by about a stop. I normally dial in -.7 of a stop compensation. It makes good images when it gets the exposure right.
I feel that I can never trust it for correct exposures.
I was just doing some Google searches to see if others have a similar issue with the D3200 because I was going to send mine in under warranty to get fixed. I found your thread here along with an number of other people reporting exposure problems. A number of camera reviewers also report of approx 0.7 stop over exposure.
Now not sure if sending it in for warranty adjustment will fix the problem.
I guess you get what you pay for. But I feel that consistent exposure metering should be a given and the lower cost should be just for the fact that the D3200 has less features.
Good luck in trying to resolve your issue.
BobSC • Veteran Member • Posts: 4,440
Re: Nikon D3200 - Underexposure and Overexposure in continuous shooting
Put it in manual mode and shoot a blank wall. If all your exposures are the same, then you know the shutter and the sensor are working as they should.
If you use matrix mode in metering, then the camera tries to pick the exposure based on who knows what logic -- it's going to be wrong some of the time.
Re: Nikon D3200 - Underexposure and Overexposure in continuous shooting
I am having the exact same overexposure / underexposure issue and am having to increase ISO to 1600 to get decent day time shots.
royrayb • New Member • Posts: 2
Re: Nikon D3200 - Underexposure and Overexposure in continuous shooting
You may need to set the camera to not provide an image preview. In continuous mode, it can cause a problem since the camera is trying to do 2 things at the same time.
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I had the same experience with both D3200 I had. Sometimes my current D3300 will do the same, although not nearly as often. My previous D5200 had still more constant exposure and on the D7100 I previously owned exposure was almost always dead on. I will say that it's a combination of the low pixel count on the metering sensor, the few AF sensor points and each body's particular firmware that combines together to provide a less precise and constant exposure setting than on the higher end bodies which have higher pixel count metering sensors and more AF sensor points. Just Nikon's way to push you up to a more expensive body, I guess... But you shot in RAW, which should help you get the exposure back right in post, and given the wide DR on the D3200 you should not have any problems there, just one more nuisance from using an inexpensive body that was in all fairness never designed for shooting sports.
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