 Linda L. Clark |
Sports Setting on Nikon D70 I just bought a D70 and plan to use it taking pictures of professional dance productions which tend to be low-light inside. I have all my settings on auto...but wonder if I should try to use the sports setting...and/or increase the ISO to 800 or 1600. Any tips on how I should put my settings?
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Daniel Diaz |
You can try the auto setting and check the results, but usually it's better to manualy set them. Uping the Iso to 800 or 1600 will definately work wonders, however you'll introduce alot more noise.
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Andrew Laverghetta |
When I'm in low light situations, I like to use AV mode with the largest aperture possibly. The only problem with this is that you will have to be sure about your focusing/autofocusing. If the lighting is constant, you can find the settings after taking a few pictures and reviewing them, then use those settings in manual so they don't get messed up by something like glare off the costumes or whatever they might be wearing. Also, in low light situations I usually set -1/2 or -2/3 exposure compensation because I can normally bring it back up to proper exposure if it needs it. My camera also seems to overexpose more than I would like it to. Oh, that so I can shoot at slightly faster shutter speeds. Forgot to mention that. But also, be sure to shoot RAW if you are going to underexpose intentionally. It will help you to get some detail back where you need it. Hope this helps a little!
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Christopher A. Vedros |
I'm not sure about Nikon, but I know on my Canon, it won't let you change the ISO on auto. The sports setting will use 400, but I don't think it will go higher. I would start at ISO 400, and use AV mode like Andrew suggested. Set the largest aperture you have (lowest number) and see what shutter speed you end up with. If the recommended shutter speed is too slow to freeze the action, try higher ISO settings. Sure, you'll get more digital noise at higher ISOs, but at least that gives you something to work with. If ISO 400 gives you a slow shutter speed, and your dancer is just a blur across the frame, there's no way to improve that in post-processing.
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Linda L. Clark |
Thanks guys. I don't think my camera will allow me to change the ISO on auto setting either (just checked that). So, I will try to do as you say and set the ISO using Aperture Priority setting...and see what I come up with! Most of the dance production is in decent light...but there are a few scenes where the light is pretty low...and the dancers are moving VERY quickly. It has been difficult to stop that action...and quite frustrating! I've missed some excellent shots of the professional dancers when they are at their best!
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Linda L. Clark |
Hi! I just thought I'd let everyone know what worked for me shooting the dance performance this past weekend. I set the ISO at 400...and used Shutter Priority...at 1/60th of a second. Got some pretty good pictures!
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