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<blockquote data-quote="yauman" data-source="post: 336944" data-attributes="member: 15418">When you are in M mode, it's roll your own time!!&nbsp; To help you, there's a little light meter in the viewfinder - look through the viewfinder and see the lightmeter at the bottom a little right of center.&nbsp; The idea is to play around with aperture, shutter and ISO setting to get the &quot;needle&quot; to be at the &quot;0&quot; mark.&nbsp;&nbsp; If you are indoors, start by setting ISO to about 400 - you may need to up it to 800!&nbsp; Now set shutter speed to as low as 30 (with the Tamron with it's&nbsp; amazing VC, you should be able to hand hold to 1/30 seconds).&nbsp; Now see if you can adjust aperture to get the needle to be a at the &quot;0&quot; center mark.&nbsp; That's the proper aperture setting.&nbsp; If you cannot, is it stuck on the - (minus) side? If so, up the ISO or slow down the shutter to like 1/15 or 1/8 (you'll need a tripod below 1/15)&nbsp; If it's on the + (plus) side, up the shutter speed or lowing the ISO setting.Hope that helps.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="yauman, post: 336944, member: 15418"] When you are in M mode, it's roll your own time!! To help you, there's a little light meter in the viewfinder - look through the viewfinder and see the lightmeter at the bottom a little right of center. The idea is to play around with aperture, shutter and ISO setting to get the "needle" to be at the "0" mark. If you are indoors, start by setting ISO to about 400 - you may need to up it to 800! Now set shutter speed to as low as 30 (with the Tamron with it's amazing VC, you should be able to hand hold to 1/30 seconds). Now see if you can adjust aperture to get the needle to be a at the "0" center mark. That's the proper aperture setting. If you cannot, is it stuck on the - (minus) side? If so, up the ISO or slow down the shutter to like 1/15 or 1/8 (you'll need a tripod below 1/15) If it's on the + (plus) side, up the shutter speed or lowing the ISO setting. Hope that helps. [/QUOTE]

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