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Nikon D80 owners

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Hi guys.. I bought a D80 last week and I'm really new to SLR or photography... I went to christening today and some of the pics indoor are a bit dark.. Although my flash is on.. My set up was all on Auto..

My question now is, what settings should I use on indoor shots? I'm still learning all the meaning of Aperture, Shutter speeds, etc... so please be gentle on me :D.. any info would be great! Thanks!
 
Well, hmmm......you would need to have the right exposure and at least 1/100s shutter speed to freeze actions and people movements. Bump up your ISO to 400 or even 800. Set the aperture value to the smallest (wide open). If you are still not getting the enough exposure, your lens is holding you back. Is too slow.
 
Thank you.. i'll try those settings.. any additional info would be greatly appreciated... another question... what lenses should be looking at for indoor and outdoor shots?
 
For indoor shots shooting at still objects, you can get away with a slower lens (f/4 smallest aperture value) using a tripod. Shutter speed would probably at 1/20s or slower. You can lower your ISO since too high of ISO setting can cause excessive background color noise. For my XTI, ISO at 400 is still good. At 800 I can begin to see excessive background color noise. Shooting people in an indoor environment you would probably need a lens with f/2 or less. I am a Canon guy so I am not too familiar what other f/2 lens are available for Nikon. I use a 50mm f/1.4 Canon lens (prime lens=fixed focal length) for all of my indoor and out door shots when the light condition is at the worst. ISO at 400 most of the time. I don't like to use the flash system.


Betauser said:
Thank you.. i'll try those settings.. any additional info would be greatly appreciated... another question... what lenses should be looking at for indoor and outdoor shots?
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Your problems are: you were fairly far back, you were using the kit lens (slow), you were using the pop up flash (weak).

Easiest fix here would have been to get in closer.

If you want to add some settings, get out of auto mode and into Aperture Priority, set for the smallest number (opening the aperture as far as it will go) and up your ISO (film speed) to around 400.

Still not enough? Look into getting faster glass (f/2.8 for zooms, faster for fixed lengths). Consider a bigger flash - SB-800/600/400 (biggest to smallest) perhaps with an off- camera bracket.
 
Mr Rage covered alot of it. I have the SB600 myself. If you will be shooting indoors alot then I suggest getting one. It is a great flash for the price. ISO 800 is a good bet as well. Also I would shoot a couple of test pics if possible and, see how it turns out. You can manually adjust the Flash output in the menu. Also apature priority is your best bet, if you have the ISO set to 800, then the Apature priority will select the shutter speed. If you have to bump up to ISO 1000. I havent found the noise to be bad with my D80 but, it can vary for camera to camera, from my experience.
 
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