Photo's are too dark.

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Hey.

I was out taking some photo's this morning and they continuously came out really dark. :|
I'm using a shutter speed of 1/80 and aperture(?) F5.6.
Could it just be that the weather was overcast and cloudy?
Or something else? All opinions welcome.

(Unable to post photos from this morning for whatever reason.)
 
There could be a number of reasons.
What was the meter telling you to set? were you shooting into the light? etc.
Show us the images and we can be of more assistance.
 
As said there could be a number of reasons, since you specify the same shutter and aperture I assume you are shooting manual. So the other part of the equation is the ISO speed. When looking through the viewfinder where was the needle on the guage at the bottom as this shows whether you are under or over exposed.

Another point to consider in this is what metering method you are using. If spot for instance then if the meter was pointed at something light and the rest of the scene was relatively dark then that is going to cause an error. The camera tries to get to 18% grey so if the metering system isn't getting that figure it will indicate that. If using Evaluative it is reading the whole viewfinder so takes an average of the scene, but for instance if a snow scene then the camera will try to get it back to 18% grey so will underexpose, conversley a shot of a pile of coal would result in overexposure. So you need to just think about what the meter is seeing and take that into consideration.

Green grass and tarmac give roughly 18% grey values so taking a reading from those can be a useful yardstick for setting exposures manually, and check your histogram after taking the shot to check you got it correct.
 
artyman said:
When looking through the viewfinder where was the needle on the guage at the bottom as this shows whether you are under or over exposed..
Click to expand...

Actually thats more than likely the problem.. It does not tell you if you are over/under exposed.. it tells you if the camera thinks you are over/under exposed and I am guessing on this occasion as the OP is in talk basics that auto or semi auto was being used..

As always its best to actually post a picture with all settings and we can usualy tells whats wrong :)
 
Sounds to me like he's using manual controls without knowing how to meter, a critical error methinks...
 
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