Hello, everyone. This is my first post in the forums.
I'm a long-term but pretty casual user of SLR equipment. I used to use 35mm cameras but switched to digital a while back. I have a problem that I suspect is one of those dead-simple user errors but, for the life of me, I cannot figure out the answer. I hope someone here will be able to say "Hey, dummy! Here's what you need to do!"
I have a Nikon D70s, which I've enjoyed quite a lot. A while back, I purchased two new lenses:
* Nikon 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G ED AF-S VR lens
* Nikon 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED AF-S VR lens
I have the same problem with both lenses. If I set an exposure manually, then all is wonderful and I get really good results. (OK, when I set the exposure correctly... :blush2 But if I use any of the automatic exposure modes on the camera, it will choose an exposure that is waaaaaay too dark. This is so consistent with both lenses that I assume that I'm missing something really fundamental.
Please help!
Thanks,
Brian