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Tips need for Nikon D750 shoot in a low light condition with backlit
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<blockquote data-quote="Blade Canyon" data-source="post: 684554" data-attributes="member: 15302"><p>For low light situations, here's the best recipe I know:</p><p></p><p>1. Shoot RAW, which will give you the most latitude in post-processing.</p><p>2. Set camera to Manual, and ISO to Auto-ISO. (Technically you could just leave it set around 400 and do all of the exposure adjustment in post processing, a topic heavily debated here in the past.)</p><p>3. Set the shutter speed to the LOWEST possible speed you think you can get away with and still be sharp. Under the old rules, you made this shot at 38mm, so you could have gone as low as 1/50th second shutter speed, which would have given you more than twice as much light. (The old rule was shutter speed should be 1/focal length. With the newer sensors that show so much detail, some folks think you should use even faster shutter speeds.)</p><p>4. Set the aperture as wide as possible. F4 was as fast as your lens could go.</p><p>5. Use a tripod or the back of a chair or anything else you can rest the camera on to get more stability.</p><p></p><p>Post processing is key. In Adobe Camera Raw, you can adjust the exposure slider on the RAW file, which is essentially the same as telling the camera to bump the ISO while shooting. (A lot of folks don't agree with this.) Then learn how to use the noise reduction features in ACR.</p><p></p><p>As others have pointed out, your camera meter was taking into account the brighter light behind the performers. Using my method, you are pouring as much light as possible into the camera, so metering is not the key factor. Post processing to get the best possible image from that maxed light is the key factor.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Blade Canyon, post: 684554, member: 15302"] For low light situations, here's the best recipe I know: 1. Shoot RAW, which will give you the most latitude in post-processing. 2. Set camera to Manual, and ISO to Auto-ISO. (Technically you could just leave it set around 400 and do all of the exposure adjustment in post processing, a topic heavily debated here in the past.) 3. Set the shutter speed to the LOWEST possible speed you think you can get away with and still be sharp. Under the old rules, you made this shot at 38mm, so you could have gone as low as 1/50th second shutter speed, which would have given you more than twice as much light. (The old rule was shutter speed should be 1/focal length. With the newer sensors that show so much detail, some folks think you should use even faster shutter speeds.) 4. Set the aperture as wide as possible. F4 was as fast as your lens could go. 5. Use a tripod or the back of a chair or anything else you can rest the camera on to get more stability. Post processing is key. In Adobe Camera Raw, you can adjust the exposure slider on the RAW file, which is essentially the same as telling the camera to bump the ISO while shooting. (A lot of folks don't agree with this.) Then learn how to use the noise reduction features in ACR. As others have pointed out, your camera meter was taking into account the brighter light behind the performers. Using my method, you are pouring as much light as possible into the camera, so metering is not the key factor. Post processing to get the best possible image from that maxed light is the key factor. [/QUOTE]
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