D70s Banding tonight?

[Michael]

I was on my way home when something of interest come over the scanner.

anywho i got my sigma 70 - 200 2.8 out and pumped the ISO up to 800 spot metering shutter at about 20 and all that anyway i got the pics home and some of the images have banding in them and its pretty obvious too!

whats the go with this is it normal on a d70 or is mine playing up?



sorry for the large pic in the screen

Also bare with the image as it was hand held.

[PiroStitch]

Banding is usually caused by underexposure. When you spot metered, what was the source of your metering? Seem like the paramedic uniforms to me as the cop uniforms were blown, could result in the background being under exposed.

Compare the exif to the other acco photos you took in the past and see if they are similar.

[Michael]

I wacked the Ev +2 up in nickon capture to make the banding more visible

I wasn't really worried about getting a decent pic rather showing the banding. I was under the impression banding occured during long exposures and what not. I certainly didn't think it would happen under these circumstances on my d70

[Michael]

Here is the original. sorry about the fairly n00by question I know about banding but have only had the D70s for 2 and a bit months since i swapped over from Olympus.

[PiroStitch]

Whooops sorry I got you confused with Xerubus

No your camera isn't on it's way out...the image was under exposed.

[dooda]

Looks to me like a misfire.

I get this every so often. Maybe a couple times a year or so. If it keeps happening, I'd send it in under the warranty.

[Michael]

So the most likely cause of this is underexposure?

I really hope thats the case :S

[digitor]

Looks to me like a misfire.

I get this every so often. Maybe a couple times a year or so. If it keeps happening, I'd send it in under the warranty.

I'm probably showing my ignorance here, but what's a misfire

Cheers

[dooda]

Its a term I invented. every so often something funky happens. Wicked beam of green streaking through the shot, wicked heavy bands. I call them misfires, and they happen to me every so often. I live with it as it doesn't seem to be that big a deal.

[Michael]

I really am an idiot sometimes.

I was going through the pics and applied +.80 Ev to one of the images and saw the banding and thought what the hell.

there isnt any banding on the other images I think I just made a stupid mistake!

thanks for your help everyone.

[owen]

I get this in every image that has darker areas, even if it's taken at ISO 200. It is however more noticable at night and with longer exposures. I believe it is normal though.

[digitor]

I really am an idiot sometimes.

I was going through the pics and applied +.80 Ev to one of the images and saw the banding and thought what the hell.

there isnt any banding on the other images I think I just made a stupid mistake!

thanks for your help everyone.

I see you got some good advice from dpreview as well It seems it happens when pumping up the shadows, although I've never spotted the effect on my shots - I must look harder!

Cheers

[Michael]

Yeh I posted it over there as well after I thought to myself, most of you guys will be doing the sensible thing and sleeping!

since I'm a bit of a night owl i stayed up and thought what the hell and posted it over there too

but yeh silly mistake that most likly wont happen again lol

Here's another pic I took with no banding must of gotten this one right.

[marc]

Hey Michael

My dog does the same thing as you..................chase Ambulances

[digitor]

So does my lawyer....

[Michael]

I was just covering the many events that happen on a weekend in toowoomba.