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Here is a picture of a row of cars at a car exhibition. My friend took this picture with the Olympus D580. The picture looks fantastic and the lighting at the exhibition hall is bright enough, allowing the details in this picture to seen clearly. However, take a look at this next picture below. This shot was taken at the other end of the row of cars.

Shot of Row of Cars from another Angle (Click on image or link to view full size image)

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This picture looks bad because the entire image is very noisy and the background is very dark. My friend took many shots of this scene with different exposures and settings but the effect is still the same. The setting used for this picture is aperture size of f5.2, shutter speed of 1/100 sec, and ISO rating of 400. The noise present in the image is probably due to the high ISO rating and longe exposure. However, the image should have been brighter due to longer exposure and higher ISO rating, and it could be because the aperture size is small. This was probably adjusted by the camera to increae the depth of field for taking this picture, which is good. However, I still do not understand why the background turns out to be so dark.