Under Exposure Issue on Konica Minolta 5D

[mxlin]

Hello, Konica Minolta 5D owners,

I’ve recently decided to purchase a digital SLR, my final choices came down between Nikon D50 and KM 5D…

By comparing the photos taken by this website with both cameras, I noticed KM 5D has a tendency of producing photos that are under-exposed (darker than of those with Nikon especially in the shaded areas). An article in DP Review also revealed such problem, all sample pictures on that website were positively compensated, as much as +1.0 EV even in well lighted surroundings. Although, the camera tested in that article was a 7D, but they should be considered identical since both 5D and 7D use the same sensor.

I was wondering if any current 5D owners encounter any under-exposure problem and would share some opinion on this? Thank you!

[beachluvr]

Hello, Konica Minolta 5D owners,

I’ve recently decided to purchase a digital SLR, my final choices came down between Nikon D50 and KM 5D…

By comparing the photos taken by this website with both cameras, I noticed KM 5D has a tendency of producing photos that are under-exposed (darker than of those with Nikon especially in the shaded areas). An article in DP Review also revealed such problem, all sample pictures on that website were positively compensated, as much as +1.0 EV even in well lighted surroundings. Although, the camera tested in that article was a 7D, but they should be considered identical since both 5D and 7D use the same sensor.

I was wondering if any current 5D owners encounter any under-exposure problem and would share some opinion on this? Thank you!


I've owned a 5D for about 6 weeks and taken a very large number of shots under a wide variety of conditions while on holiday the past several weeks. I haven't experienced what you describe, however I would have to condition my findings by saying I rarely used the "automatic" mode. Although, when I did, exposures were quite accurate.

Although the 7D and 5D use essentially the same sensor, there are other difference that could contribute to the two cameras returning slightly differerent results. I guess I would have to say that one of the beauties of DSLR cameras is that you have the ability to compensate.