 Michelle M. Gumina |
How to adjust shutter/aperture with a Zoom lens. Hi! I went apple picking recently and I was using my telephoto lens. It is a Canon 75-300mm lens. It was a bright, sunny day and I used 200spd film. I shot a picture of my daughter with the lens zoomed in all the way. The shutter was fast to freeze the action, and my aperature was set at f8. What am I doing wrong? The picture lost all color and came out dark. This has happened to me before when using a fast shutter speed. Are there specific instructions for shooting with a long lens. Or is my problem the shutter speed and aperture. Why do so many of my shots come out so dark?
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Jon Close |
If your pictures are too dark, then the film is being underexposed. Are you using M mode, manually setting shutter and aperture? Did the exposure meter indicate proper exposure? Sunny-16 exposure rule: in bright sunshine set f/16 and 1/ISO shutter speed = 1/200 (or 1/250) which is equivalent to f/8 and 1/800 (or 1/750). If there were any clouds, open up one stop. If your daughter was in the shade of the apple trees, then open up 1 or 2 (or more) stops to f/8 and 1/200.
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Michelle M. Gumina |
Thank you. I remember that rule. I was using my M mode and setting the shutter and aperture manually. I am still struggling with adjusting my camera settings in relation to the lighting conditions. My exposure does work properly, however; I think I ignore it sometimes. Probably not a good idea. Well I'll keep practicing. Thanks again.
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RoxAnne E. Franklin |
Hey there, Question.... could this be the reason why my shots from a week ago are, lets say, crappy??? It was overcast but very bright, I thought i'd be ok shooting 400 speed film without making any compensations and without using my flahs. I had to shoot an open house at an animal hospital for a small assignment. Therefore, there were dogs everywhere and lots of action so I used shutter speed priority to do most of the shooting. I got the photos back and the closeup shots of the people, especially the darker skined people, are very dark. I guess I should have used my 550 EX flash. I have a Canon Elan 7E and consider myself to be intermediate in knowledge. But when I saw those pictures, I was ready to go back to beginner courses.
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Allan L. Plucinik |
Roxanne, Often your camera is fooled into thinking the exposure is adequate because of strong backlighting (the sun or a bright sky is behind the subject) But the main subject is not as bright. If you don't have a hand-held light meter, then set your camera to manual mode, then you should point your camera at the main subject and eliminate the backlit area from your view by getting close to your subject or zooming in. Adjust your aperture and exposure settings for a normal exposure, then recompose your shot to include the background. Your light meter will immediately say that you are overexposing but ignore that. Take the shot. Your main subject should then be properly exposed. The only drawback is that the background might be over exposed but that's life in the camera world when there is a lot of contrast between foreground and background.
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RoxAnne E. Franklin |
Thanks for your help. I have another question pertaining to this subject. Hope you can help me. I have to do a shoot for a horse owner. She wants photos of her and her horse together. 90% of the shots will be candid. My Equipment: Canon Elan 7E, 550 EX Flash, Stroboframe, 75-300mm lens, 85mm 2.8 portrait lens, and tripod. My questions: I know I have tons of questions here and without knowing exactly what type of light i'm going to be working with, it's going to be difficult for you to answer precisely, however, some tips would be most appreciated.
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- Gregory LaGrange Contact Gregory LaGrange Gregory LaGrange's Gallery |
1. If these portraits are of the horses face and her standing next to the horse , focus on the eyes. When the eyes are sharp, it gives the impression of everything being sharp. If she's going to be sitting on the horse and you're going to fill the frame with the whole horse, focusing on the horse should work fine. 2. You shouldn't need 800 unless it's close to sunset. You actually could use 200 or even 100 if you shoot wide open. If she's riding the horse you should pan with the horse no matter what shutter speed. 3.If you shoot in so that it's only her from the waist up and the horses face, anything other than a wide angle will blur the background. 4.If you're using print film, it's forgiving, especially for overexposure. But you can use your spot meter and take a reading off of some grass and use that reading if it's the same lighting that will be on them.
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Carol Brill |
Roxanne, in response to your question about what type of film to use, I have an Elan 7e and shoot high school sports. I've had very good results from the Fuji Press 400 or 800 speed films, or even the Fuji Reala 100 for daylight. I also have the same lens, make sure you take into account its rather slow focusing speed as well, set the AF mode to AI servo, and for some series use the multiple exposures mode as well to best capture action sequences. Good luck!
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- Gregory LaGrange Contact Gregory LaGrange Gregory LaGrange's Gallery |
You sure you mean multiple exposure mode? As in several images on the same frame?
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Carol Brill |
You're right, Gregory, thanks for a good catch...sorry, Roxanne, my fingers were typing faster than my brain was working! I MEANT to say for some series use "continuous shooting" in the film advance mode to best capture action sequences.
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