Polaroid POLAROID SPECTRA AF User Guide - Page 26

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18 Guide to better pictures Subject too dark Cause Solution • Camera's photocell mea- • Reposition subject away sured the bright window from the bright back- light, causing the subject to ground. be too dark. Background too dark • When a bright source of light (lamplight, candlelight, etc.) is in the central part of the scene and in front of the subject, the camera's photocell will measure the bright light, causing the subject to be too dark. • Move the source of light to one side of your subject so it is not in the central part of the scene. Cause • Background was too far from subject. • Subject may have been beyond flash range. Solution • Place subject near a background and keep the picture control in the normal position. • Stay within flash range of 2 to 15 feet (0.6m to 4.6m), and keep the picture control in the normal position.

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Guide to better pictures
Subject too dark
Cause
Camera’s photocell mea-
sured the bright window
light, causing the subject to
be too dark.
When a bright source of
light (lamplight, candle-
light, etc.) is in the central
part of the scene and in
front of the subject, the
camera’s photocell will
measure the bright light,
causing the subject to be
too dark.
Solution
Reposition subject away
from the bright back-
ground.
Move the source of light to
one side of your subject so
it is not in the central part
of the scene.
Background too dark
Cause
Background was too far
from subject.
Subject may have been
beyond flash range.
Solution
Place subject
near
a back-
ground and keep the pic-
ture control in the normal
position.
Stay within flash range of
2 to 15 feet (0.6m to 4.6m)
,
and keep the picture con-
trol in the normal position.