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"SLRs have such great low-light performance" They do but you have to keep in mind that in low light it compensates by opening the shutter longer, and you reall
by drivers99 13y ago
"SLRs have such great low-light performance"
They do but you have to keep in mind that in low light it compensates by opening the shutter longer, and you really need to stabilize your camera (tripod is ideal) or it will come out blurry. If you're not using a tripod, and just taking a snapshot, you can just hold still, put your arm against your body and it should come out decent.
- pkulak 13y ago"It" being the camera? If we're talking about an SLR, you are in control, not "it". Stick that puppy in aperture priority, open it up to 1.8 and crank the ISO. My entry SLR from 6 years ago takes great shots even at ISO 800. New ones can probably quadruple that.
- drivers99 13y ago"Stick that puppy in aperture priority, open it up to 1.8 and crank the ISO" And then what? I'm not a camera expert so I'm not sure what this means. I know how to do those things or can find it but not what it accomplishes.
- statictype 13y agoBy putting it in aperture priority mode, you can let the camera choose the optimum shutter speed while guaranteeing that the aperture stays at what you set (presumably the highest - f/1.8) In order to make sure the shutter speed the camera selects for you isn't too slow and causes blurriness, boost up your ISO to as high a value as acceptable (acceptable is subjective here).
- drivers99 13y agoInteresting! Thank you! I will try this out on my camera.