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<blockquote data-quote="gqtuazon" data-source="post: 57822" data-attributes="member: 6573">Whenever you are taking pictures indoor with your kit lens, once you zoom in, the aperture will be set at f5.6 (wide open). If you focus on their eyes, you should get decent sharpness. Stop down to f7.1 or f8, then you will get very sharp images with your current lens. However, you will need an external flash to compensate the lighting. Try a bounce flash to lower down your ISO. Buy a flash first if you don't have one yet such as the Nikon SB 700 instead of a lens.Typical setting indoor with flash using a kit lens and your camera: M mode, f7.1, 1/80, ISO 200 will get you pretty good images without the artistic OOF bokeh. The flash will stop the action and will tame the ISO. You can leave this in Aperture priority if you are outdoor with good light.I think the problem that you are experiencing when relying on Aperture priority is that the camera will lower the speed which will give you blurry or not so sharp images especially if you don't have a good hand-hold technique and if the kids moves a lot.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="gqtuazon, post: 57822, member: 6573"] Whenever you are taking pictures indoor with your kit lens, once you zoom in, the aperture will be set at f5.6 (wide open). If you focus on their eyes, you should get decent sharpness. Stop down to f7.1 or f8, then you will get very sharp images with your current lens. However, you will need an external flash to compensate the lighting. Try a bounce flash to lower down your ISO. Buy a flash first if you don't have one yet such as the Nikon SB 700 instead of a lens. Typical setting indoor with flash using a kit lens and your camera: M mode, f7.1, 1/80, ISO 200 will get you pretty good images without the artistic OOF bokeh. The flash will stop the action and will tame the ISO. You can leave this in Aperture priority if you are outdoor with good light. I think the problem that you are experiencing when relying on Aperture priority is that the camera will lower the speed which will give you blurry or not so sharp images especially if you don't have a good hand-hold technique and if the kids moves a lot. [/QUOTE]

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