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Low Light: Indoor Dog Shows
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<blockquote data-quote="Rexer John" data-source="post: 152224" data-attributes="member: 12691"><p>Oh dear, sports mode might be ok in good light but definitely not suited to these shots IMO.</p><p>I wouldn't chose sports mode even for something like car racing.</p><p></p><p>Sports mode in low light will not use the best aperture, it will not use the best shutter speed because the aperture is probably not fully open and it will raise the ISO above what you would have chosen.</p><p></p><p>What depth of field do you want? What shutter speed do you need?</p><p>You might need to compromise by using a full open aperture, losing some depth of field or using a shutter that is just enough to get most shots good.</p><p>Your camera cannot evaluate the scene in this way.</p><p></p><p>As an example I just took a shot in sports mode with the 35mm 1.8</p><p>It gave,</p><p>1/750</p><p>f2.8</p><p>ISO 800</p><p></p><p>For the dog shots a 1/250 should be plenty fast may be able to go faster.</p><p>f2.8 will give more depth of field but I might want to chose f1.8</p><p>With the above shutter and aperture my ISO would be low.</p><p></p><p>I would use manual mode with an auto ISO set to 3200 max, others will want to control ISO too but auto ISO keeps your metering easier.</p><p>Chose your aperture, chose your shutter, watch your exposure meter and shoot in raw (as you were) to allow better post processing.</p><p></p><p>Can you post exif data from some of your shots, I'll bet you could have chosen much better settings than what your camera did in sports mode.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rexer John, post: 152224, member: 12691"] Oh dear, sports mode might be ok in good light but definitely not suited to these shots IMO. I wouldn't chose sports mode even for something like car racing. Sports mode in low light will not use the best aperture, it will not use the best shutter speed because the aperture is probably not fully open and it will raise the ISO above what you would have chosen. What depth of field do you want? What shutter speed do you need? You might need to compromise by using a full open aperture, losing some depth of field or using a shutter that is just enough to get most shots good. Your camera cannot evaluate the scene in this way. As an example I just took a shot in sports mode with the 35mm 1.8 It gave, 1/750 f2.8 ISO 800 For the dog shots a 1/250 should be plenty fast may be able to go faster. f2.8 will give more depth of field but I might want to chose f1.8 With the above shutter and aperture my ISO would be low. I would use manual mode with an auto ISO set to 3200 max, others will want to control ISO too but auto ISO keeps your metering easier. Chose your aperture, chose your shutter, watch your exposure meter and shoot in raw (as you were) to allow better post processing. Can you post exif data from some of your shots, I'll bet you could have chosen much better settings than what your camera did in sports mode. [/QUOTE]
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