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<blockquote data-quote="Horoscope Fish" data-source="post: 362711" data-attributes="member: 13090"><p>The 50mm f/1.8 is a fine, general purpose sort of lens, but it won't get you close to what's going on so you're going to have to be willing to get close using your feet. I can't really say if that lens alone will "be enough"; that would depend on you, not the lens. I would take a flash, personally, if I thought it would helpful and it most likely would be (they so often are). However, there are no secret recipes for camera settings to get consistently good shots, with or without a flash; you need to understand aperture, ISO and shutter speed and have some idea of how to compose a shot. </p><p></p><p>That being said, I would probably suggest shooting in "A"perture Priority mode, or "P"rogram mode. I'd suggest, generally speaking, using an aperture of, say, f/4 to f/5.6 and a shutter speed of 1/125 or faster. I suggest you let the ISO goes as high as it needs in order to maintain that range (see the Auto-ISO menu to set min/max ISO and a minimum shutter speed). Those settings are no guarantee they're a suggested starting point. Every shooting situation is different and you really need to learn what the individual tools do, so you can apply them to varying conditions successfully. </p><p></p><p><span style="color: #ffffff">....</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Horoscope Fish, post: 362711, member: 13090"] The 50mm f/1.8 is a fine, general purpose sort of lens, but it won't get you close to what's going on so you're going to have to be willing to get close using your feet. I can't really say if that lens alone will "be enough"; that would depend on you, not the lens. I would take a flash, personally, if I thought it would helpful and it most likely would be (they so often are). However, there are no secret recipes for camera settings to get consistently good shots, with or without a flash; you need to understand aperture, ISO and shutter speed and have some idea of how to compose a shot. That being said, I would probably suggest shooting in "A"perture Priority mode, or "P"rogram mode. I'd suggest, generally speaking, using an aperture of, say, f/4 to f/5.6 and a shutter speed of 1/125 or faster. I suggest you let the ISO goes as high as it needs in order to maintain that range (see the Auto-ISO menu to set min/max ISO and a minimum shutter speed). Those settings are no guarantee they're a suggested starting point. Every shooting situation is different and you really need to learn what the individual tools do, so you can apply them to varying conditions successfully. [COLOR=#ffffff]....[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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