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07/20/2008 12:10:43 AM · #1 |
Im finally getting the hang of taking photos in a church. Its still very difficult though for an amateur like me.
Do you have any tips on what settings to use in a church for the Canon EOS 400D?
I normally use a high ISo and fast shutter as they can be gloomy places and Im normally sitting halfay towards the back.
Here are some shots I took at a friends weedding recently using a 90 - 300 mm ef lens.
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For some reason I like this shot the most?? What do you think?
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07/20/2008 09:14:56 AM · #2 |
The thing that helps out the most for shooting low-light situations like that, is to have a faster lens. The lens you are using (if it's the one I'm thinking up) has an a minimum aperture of f/4.5-5.6 (i.e. it's widest setting is f/4.5 at 90mm and changes to f/5.6 at 300mm).
With a faster lens, say a Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di or a Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM the minimum aperture is f/2.8 regardless of what focal length you are at. That means that either of these lenses will bring in more than twice as much light as the lens you used at 90mm, or four times as much light as that lens at it's longest setting.
Bringing in four times as much light means you can either shoot with a lower ISO (1/4th the setting) if there's already enough light or a much faster shutter speed (4 times as fast) to stop the action.
So my first recommendation is always this: start with the glass. You can change everything else later, a better body, flash systems, etc, but good glass can be used anywhere and everywhere.
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07/20/2008 09:25:04 AM · #3 |
For the pictures in the church here I used ISO 1250, f/2.8 and about 1/40s with lenses that have a stabilizer (Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM and Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM).
I'm quite happy with the results given that the available light was terrible...
And I agree with  dwterry, a wide aperture is key. |
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