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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bob Blaylock" data-source="post: 217472" data-attributes="member: 16749">Here, you're asking what you think is a simple question with a simple answer, but really, it's about the whole of learning how to use your camera.  The simple answer that you seek does not exist.  It depends very much on what you're shooting, and under what conditions.  You need to understand the exposure triangle (Shutter Speed, Aperture, and ISO speed).  Know that in low light, you're going to have to sacrifice some sharpness somewhere.  Slower shutter speed makes you more vulnerable to motion blur, either from the subject's movement or from limitations on how still you can hold the camera.  Wider apertures give you less depth of field.  (Often, this is actually a good and desirable thing.  Study the concept of “bokeh”.)  Higher ISO speed on your sensor will result in more noise.  If you insist on there being a simple answer, then the best I can tell you is to use this setting on your camera's dial, when you're shooting in low light.  It's not as good an answer as you think there should be, but it's the best I can give you in terms of anything that simple.[ATTACH]58930[/ATTACH]  If you really want to be able to take good pictures, especially in low light or other adverse conditions, then you need to learn how your camera works, and how to do your own thinking, rather than letting the camera think for you.  Having moved to my D3200 from my ancient 1972-vintage F2 (everything is manual; it takes great pictures, but only if the person using it knows what he is doing); I've been amazed at how much intelligence is built into the D3200, and how much of the thinking it is capable of trying to do for you; but at the end of the day, as smart as it is, there's no substitute for a photographer who understands how the camera works, and is able to think for himself about how best to set it up for a particular shot.</blockquote>

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