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Originally Posted by lawdogg
Sean I thought about your UV filter.
It's like putting sunglasses on your camera at night - no need. There are no harmful UV rays at night - that's why we don't need to wear sunglasses at night either.
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I shoot with a UV filter at all times. Most of the time it serves no purpose other than to protect the front element of my lens. Keep in mind a UV filter is clear -- not tinted like sunglasses. If Sean is using a filter that is not clear, then it is not a UV filter.
Sean: I would suggest playing around with aperture priority (Av) and shutter priority (Tv) modes before diving right into manual mode. Using Av and Tv modes will teach you quite a bit about how shutter speed, aperture, ISO speed, and exposure comp relate to each other... and you need to know a good bit about those sorts of things to operate a camera in manual mode with any degree of success.
And for the last round of pics you took, I would check to make sure you're using a clear UV filter (or try again in similar lighting conditions with no filter at all) and also check which light metering mode you're using.