Looking for the best SLR for Low Light shots.

[AKLforever]

Groucho did it too, at 1/90th of a second, how do I change that? Cant seem to find it, there are so many settings, its almost scary.

 

[Master Mason]

Wow, that looks really good. What settings did you use for that shot?

Rebel XT
Canon 50mm f1/8 lens
f/4
1/50th of a second
ISO 1600
shot in Av mode

That is also straight from the camera, no PP what so ever. I shoot RAW + Jpeg, but currently do very little with the RAW photos, I am just starting to learn CS2, so I might get more into it soon.

 

[Master Mason]

One other thing you might try is I have it on the tightest metering, can't remember the name at the moment and the focus on the center spot. If the camera is trying to read too much area, that might be part of your problem.

 

[Master Mason]

Photo chick, thats a greak shot, and you said something about exposure time, is there a setting to set exposure time?
Is it labeled something other then exposure time? Maybe im not looking in the right place?

Tv mode allows you to set the exposure time. Av mode lets you set the appeture, the camera decides the other setting.

I typically shoot in Av mode, I set the apeture, and the camera sets the exposure time, but I can see what that time is in the view finder, so I can know if it is fast enough or not.

 

[AKLforever]

thanks Mason!

 

[photo_chick]

I used Av mode and set my aperture to the widest and at ISO 1600 the camera picked a satifactory shutter speed. (I wanted anything over 1/60 for that shot)

IF my shutter speed had not been fast enough, but was close and I had done everything I could to get it up there I would have swithced to Tv mode or M and set the shutter speed to what I wanted and underexposed the shot slightly. I had to do this with my DD's school awards ceremony one time. Everything was a good stop under exposed. I shot RAW and pulled the exposure back up later when I processed them. Not an ideal thing to do and it makes the images a little more noisy but it works if you are stuck with a not quite fast enough lens and low light.

 

[DueyDooDah]

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[Groucho]

Tv mode allows you to set the exposure time. Av mode lets you set the appeture, the camera decides the other setting.

I typically shoot in Av mode, I set the apeture, and the camera sets the exposure time, but I can see what that time is in the view finder, so I can know if it is fast enough or not.

Like he said.

Shutter priority is good if you're in a low-light environment and you want to make sure that the shutter is fast enough to avoid blurring.

Aperture priority is good is you're outside and want to keep the lens in its "sweet spot" (best sharpness/color) or you're anywhere where you want to control depth of field.

My cavern shot was just in regular-old Program mode, though... if I were doing it today, I'd probably do shutter priority.