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<blockquote data-quote="Bob Blaylock" data-source="post: 236097" data-attributes="member: 16749">I assume you're using the 18-55mm lens that came with your camera, and that you're taking these pictures indoors?&nbsp; If the lighting in your home is anything comparable to that in mine, you're just not going to get decent pictures therein at 1/500.&nbsp; I just now experimented with my D3200, in S mode, at 1/500 of a second.&nbsp; With the ISO set to 100, I got exactly the same results you report—if I take a picture of a light, the light shows up, but everything else just looks black.&nbsp; Cranking the ISO all the way up to 12800, I can get pictures where other objects are dimly visible.&nbsp; The answer is that in indoor lighting comparable to what I have, 1/500 is just too short an exposure to get a decent picture with this camera and this lens.&nbsp; That's a speed to use in much better light, such as outdoors in sunlight.&nbsp; Or perhaps with a faster lens.&nbsp; In fact, just after writing that, I decided to put my ancient 50mm ƒ1.4 on, and see what I could get with it wide open, at 1/500.&nbsp; Here it is, uncorrected, and corrected for white balance.&nbsp; ISO cranked all the way up to 12800, 1/500 of a second, ƒ1.4.[ATTACH]63882[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]63883[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bob Blaylock, post: 236097, member: 16749"] I assume you're using the 18-55mm lens that came with your camera, and that you're taking these pictures indoors? If the lighting in your home is anything comparable to that in mine, you're just not going to get decent pictures therein at 1/500. I just now experimented with my D3200, in S mode, at 1/500 of a second. With the ISO set to 100, I got exactly the same results you report—if I take a picture of a light, the light shows up, but everything else just looks black. Cranking the ISO all the way up to 12800, I can get pictures where other objects are dimly visible. The answer is that in indoor lighting comparable to what I have, 1/500 is just too short an exposure to get a decent picture with this camera and this lens. That's a speed to use in much better light, such as outdoors in sunlight. Or perhaps with a faster lens. In fact, just after writing that, I decided to put my ancient 50mm ƒ1.4 on, and see what I could get with it wide open, at 1/500. Here it is, uncorrected, and corrected for white balance. ISO cranked all the way up to 12800, 1/500 of a second, ƒ1.4. [ATTACH=CONFIG]63882._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]63883._xfImport[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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