Question about my new portrait lens....

[Reyna]

Ok, so I just bought the Nikkor 50mm 1.4 lens on Friday and have been testing it out. Awesome lens, but here is my issue. Yesterday, outside, I would meter my camera (350ss 1.4ap) and take a photo, it still seemed to not be enough light, so I then turned on my external flash, and it would change my settings to aroun 4-5 ap and the photos still would be a little underexposed.

What can I do to fix this? Or what am I doing wrong?!

 

[Robin Usagani]

When you turn on the flash, the camera probably automatically set the shutter speed to no faster than the flash sync speed. So you went from 1/350 sec to 1/200 sec ( i assumed thats what your sync speed is). Thats why your aperture had to be smaller. I assumed you were shooting with aperture priority. Look at Exposure compensation on your manual if you use semi automatic mode.

 

[o hey tyler]

You should

A. Post photos that have EXIF data.

and 2. Read your manual for your camera and flash again.

Aperture is not represented by "ap".