Why is my SLR is darker than my Point-and-Shoot?

[TeddTucker]

I have just recently upgraded from a Canon Powershot a710 to a Canon Rebel Xti. My Rebel seems so much darker than my point and shoot, i haven't changed any of the default settings, so why would this b occurring?

I did an experiment and took the same picture with both cameras. You can clearly see the difference.
http://www.rocketinnovations.ca/1.jpg
http://www.rocketinnovations.ca/2.jpg

any suggestions? is this normal?

[rosiesdad]

May have something to do with ISO settings.

[r3g]

Yeah ISO100 doesnt really allow proper exposure indoors like that.

[David Metsky]

Can you give us the EXIF data for the two shots?

[TheObiJuan]

It's all about metering.

The DSLR doesn't blow highlights by default. Look out the sliding glass door and other white objects.

The P&S cameras tend to blow highlights because consumers don't know better and/or care.

Change the 20D to +1/3EV or +2/3.
Try different metering modes on the XTi and you will see a differently exposed image.

It is also crucial when comparing,that you photograph exactly the same scene.
The XTi is wider, thus it is metering for different elements in the scene.

[TheObiJuan]

I took the small images and compared the histograms.
I also did a quick and small edit to the XTi image and included it in the comparison.

http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/793/histcomparopq5.jpg

[Jason25]

It's the meter. Your metering is probably set on center-weighted, and the scene through the backdoor is pretty close to the center, so the camera was metering off that instead of the rest of the room.

Either that, or it was set to eval. metering, and the Rebel just exposes for the highlights. I don't know for sure, not being a Canon user.