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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 331533" data-attributes="member: 9240">BTW, looking at the two photos above I'm getting the impression that ISO-Aperture-Shutter Speed-Focal Length connection might be one you're not comfortable with.&nbsp; For example...Top Photo - You're outside shooting at f/2.8.&nbsp; That's a lot of light coming in, but you're shooting at ISO 320 and not at ISO 100, which will give you the lowest noise levels.&nbsp; Focus seems to be on with this one at least.&nbsp; Your shutter speed is 1/1600s while your focal length is 20mm.&nbsp; In bright sunlight you'd never have to worry about almost any lens at ISO 100 and f/2.8, but with 20mm you just need to be faster than 1/20sec to inhibit movement.&nbsp; The Auto ISO recommendation above will solve this for you.Bottom Photo - Again you're outside, but it's shady/cloudy.&nbsp; Still, you're at 24mm so anything at 1/30sec or faster will work for you.&nbsp; You're at 1/125 and ISO 640, which is where noise will start creeping in on your cameras.&nbsp; You're also at f/9, which at that focal length should give you everything from 4 feet in front of you to near infinity in focus (more on that in a second).&nbsp; You could have shot at ISO 100 and still likely gotten the 1/30sec you needed, but for a shot like this you don't need to be at that aperture unless you're more concerned with the wall being in focus.&nbsp; F/5.6 would have been fine.&nbsp; That said, I'm perplexed by the lack of sharpness on her given these settings.&nbsp; I'm guessing your camera focused on the wall, but at f/9 you should have gotten her as well, and 1/125sec is more than fast enough to prevent camera movement.&nbsp; That said, some of what you're perceiving to be softness could be ISO noise creeping in, so again, get used to Auto ISO and do everything you can to keep it down.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 331533, member: 9240"] BTW, looking at the two photos above I'm getting the impression that ISO-Aperture-Shutter Speed-Focal Length connection might be one you're not comfortable with. For example... [I]Top Photo[/I] - You're outside shooting at f/2.8. That's a lot of light coming in, but you're shooting at ISO 320 and not at ISO 100, which will give you the lowest noise levels. Focus seems to be on with this one at least. Your shutter speed is 1/1600s while your focal length is 20mm. In bright sunlight you'd never have to worry about almost any lens at ISO 100 and f/2.8, but with 20mm you just need to be faster than 1/20sec to inhibit movement. The Auto ISO recommendation above will solve this for you. [I]Bottom Photo[/I] - Again you're outside, but it's shady/cloudy. Still, you're at 24mm so anything at 1/30sec or faster will work for you. You're at 1/125 and ISO 640, which is where noise will start creeping in on your cameras. You're also at f/9, which at that focal length [I]should[/I] give you everything from 4 feet in front of you to near infinity in focus (more on that in a second). You could have shot at ISO 100 and still likely gotten the 1/30sec you needed, but for a shot like this you don't need to be at that aperture unless you're more concerned with the wall being in focus. F/5.6 would have been fine. That said, I'm perplexed by the lack of sharpness on her given these settings. I'm guessing your camera focused on the wall, but at f/9 you should have gotten her as well, and 1/125sec is more than fast enough to prevent camera movement. That said, some of what you're perceiving to be softness could be ISO noise creeping in, so again, get used to Auto ISO and do everything you can to keep it down. [/QUOTE]

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