Nikon D300 is not working properly?
The pictures, indoors and outdoors turns out dark, I got this camera about a year ago or so and everything was working fine until my brother started messing with it and now nothing works and its so frustrating. I tried the green button reset method and it didn't work either. I NEED Help!
Added (1). It has nothing to do with ISO, Shutter Speed, Exposure or so on, they are all set correctly, this even happens on the auto setting.
Yes it is the Nikon D300.
Added (2). I don't think it's damaged, because it still works indoors, but only if I use flash. I'm still researching what could be the cause.
It is pretty obvious that you don't know much about your camera… Or what may be causing dark pictures
Dark pictures are the cause of not enough light hitting the sensor which may be because:
1. Your shutter speed is too fast
2. Your aperture is too small
3. Your ISO is too low
or a combination of the three
I think you should start reading about your Nikon D300 (are you sure it isn't the D3000?), primarily about the manual modes.
well then your brother might have damaged the camera. Does it even do that in bright sunlight?
try it out and see what happens. If it continues, you might need to contact Nikon to get it repaired.
also sorry if what I said affected you in some way. We get so many newbies in this section that the question that you asked becomes part of the daily answering.
Oh it's working properly, your brother has just changed something.
Many Nikon cameras have two resets. The two-button (green button) reset method you described, and a reset function in the camera. Not sure if the D300 has that or not, but one resets the custom settings, and the other resets the general settings.
Look in your manual and make sure you have set both.
In addition to the ISO, Shutter Speed, and Aperture, also look and see if the exposure compensation has been changed. That could throw the exposure off as well. There are two exposure compensation settings - one global, and one that just affects the flash.
When you say it has nothing to do with the aperture/iso/shutter speed because they're all set correctly, what do you mean by that?
Can we have some Exif info from your picture or maybe you could upload it to flick as well, this would help us help you.
Alright. Switch to aperture priority mode, and open the aperture up. Point it at a white wall and set a +1.3 exposure compensation (this can all be done from the top deck LCD). Click off a frame. Transfer to computer. Upload to flickr with exif/metadata enabled. This should give us much more information to tell you what the answer is.