 Sharon Barberee |
what is wrong -- I have included the specs...TV mode 1/13 , AV 13, ISO 1600 , 200 mm F2.8 lens , no flash, Canon Rebel 300d. I am so digusted I want to quit....I always have trouble at night...nothing ever comes out right. How Do you achieve correct exposure with available light...Please suggest some exposure settings I can try..........
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- Gregory LaGrange Contact Gregory LaGrange Gregory LaGrange's Gallery |
why are you at f/13? go to f/2.8, you got the lens for it.
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Maynard McKillen |
DearSharon: F/13 is a rather small lens opening. It doesn't let in as much light as lens openings with smaller numbers, say, f/4 for instance. Use an f/stop like 2.8, 4 or 5.6 to take these photos. This allows your camera to use a much faster shutter speed, which will freeze the action better. Your camera used 1/13th of a second, a rather "slow" or long shutter speed. The subjects moved while the shutter was still open, hence the blurred image. You may have also moved the camera while the shutter was open, which would add to the blur. Make sense? If you plan to hand hold your camera to take these photos, you'd prefer to use shutter speeds like 1/125th of a second, or even higher as you zoom in more.
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Maynard McKillen |
Say, you are rather persistent. That is a valuable trait to have in this avocation...
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BetterPhoto Member |
Theres no way your flash can reach that far and your tricking your camera into thinking the flash will help. Try to use monopod if you can't use a tri. If your shooting a 200mm length then your shutter speed should be 200 or more. Try to get a front row seat and rest your camera on the railing and then try a slow shutter speed
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- Gregory LaGrange Contact Gregory LaGrange Gregory LaGrange's Gallery |
She could still use the flash. But she needs to open up to 2.8, drop down on to iso 800 or 400, and use the flash on manual and judge by the distance scale. Will probably be 1/2 power for iso 400 and maybe 1/4 power for 800. Hopefully the sync speed is 1/200 and not 1/60. Without flash it looks like she may get about 1/250 at iso 1600 if when she used 1/13 that's what she got as a meter reading.
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Maynard McKillen |
Dear Sharon: I notice your data on these more recent pictures still indicates an aperture of f/13. Adding the flash introduces a few limitations and variables that may best be deferred until you've expanded your background knowledge. This approach might help. For the moment, retire the Vivitar 285 to the camera stable. Try the aperture priority exposure mode on the camera. Set the ISO at, oh, 800, set the aperture somewhere between f2.8 and f/4, and take a few photos under these conditions, noting the shutter speed that the camera is automatically setting. My guess is that the shutter speed will be noticeably higher than 1/13th of a second, which should reduce the blur. You can always set the ISO to 1600 if the action is still resulting in some blur. Steven alludes to a common rule of thumb regarding the shutter speed choices for telephoto lenses. Simply said, use a shutter speed with a denominator higher in value than the focal length you are using. If that (zoom?)lens is set at 200mm, you'd be pretty sure your own movement of the camera will not cause blur if the shutter speed is higher than 1/200th of a second. You might get sharp images if the shutter speed is slightly below 1/200th, provided you have a steady hand, and the subject is not moving too fast.
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BetterPhoto Member |
you could them to hold still, then count to 3 and have everyone use their flash at the same time
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Sharon Barberee |
Thanks so much for all the advice...This has been so frustrating for me...but I have swore not to give up and to get it right. I do appreciate all the advice you have provided. Thanks again !
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