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Originally Posted by skrphoto
i honestly can't tell u the answer to the question, but i can tell you why its washed out.
the camera was mainly focusing on the inside of the car, where it is darker. so the lens's aperture is opened up alot, therefore letting in alot of light to properly record the inside of your car. so with the lens being opened that much it doesn't properly adjust for the lighting outside, which is why your outside portion is completely washed out.
with varying conditions like that, (dark in the cabin and light outside) i think your best bet would be to focus the camera to the outside and have it properly expose there instead of the cabin.
hope this helps,
Scott
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I agree. Also check your white balance and fool around with that until it darkens it a bit if your camera has it, and maybe just maybe check your depth of field (F-Stop or simply "F" followed by a decimal number on some cameras). Incorrect depth of field can also wash out an image (You will see the wash in your image via Zebra stripes on the light colors in the viewfinder). Try to go to the smallest number you can WITHOUT MAKING ZEBRA STRIPES in your view finder. Also, If you have a nice camera, when you get your white balance corrected from focusing on something very white, your white colors should have a slight blue tint to them. Most cameras have 3 or 4 settings for that. If all else fails check the manual, sometimes cameras have funny settings in them that you may have triggered by accident and not known you did. Also look at what sperry said above me. He speaks the truth and it does suck to set your camera up with all the settings several times a day. Although you should be setting your white balance and other settings as the lighting changes anyway for optimal quality though. I use the manual settings everytime also. Try using Manual settings instead of automatic maybe. They also make something called a neutral density filter that we use when we film in extreme sunlight. It is really an over-hyped piece of half tinted glass that slides on the front of your camera lens. They are pretty spendy depending, but may be what you might need also. Trial and error I guess. Hope it helps! Good Luck!