OK, just a report back on what happened today. I took some shots in my garden in light shade. I took a shot on Auto Picture mode (Green on the dial) and the photo was totally under-exposed. These were the settings calculated by the camera (the ISO was set to Auto: 100-400):
Shutter Speed: 1/160
Aperture: F11
Sensitivity: 100
Exposure Compensation: 0
I then took 2 shots in manual mode which both were exposed correctly. For the first shot the ISO was left at Auto: 100-400:
Shutter Speed: 1/25
Aperture: F5.6
Sensitivity: 100
Exposure Compensation: 0
For the second shot I set the ISO to 400:
Shutter Speed: 1/80
Aperture: F5.6
Sensitivity: 400
Exposure Compensation: 0
According to my knowledge and my previous experience the camera should have been able to make these calculations correctly when shooting in Auto mode. I know that I will be shooting much more in manual or program mode than in Auto mode, but there are times when I don't have 5 seconds extra to set the camera manually and when I want to know that Auto mode will work correctly.
Is my assumption correct that in Auto mode these settings should have been chosen correctly and if so, am I correct in thinking that either the camera's light meter is faulty or the computer calculating the settings is faulty?
Thanks for your patience.
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