i cant take a good picture of my cousins while performing on stage. i was sitting on the front seats already. hmmm.
can someone help me to solve the problem?
by the way. do i need an external lens for that matter too?
2007-01-21 15:21:46 · 3 answers · asked by pinoy1979m 1 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Cameras
Were you using automatic? Thats probably your problem. The Canon Rebel XTi is made so you use the Manuel features not the auto.
If they are moving fast and lots of light, use Tv setting for shutter speed. Play with your camera BEFORE the performance a little bit so you have the correct shutter speed. Around 1/80 should be about right.
If its low light boost your ISO to 1600 or 800, try out two shots of both and see if you need the extra boost of 1600. I use 1600 all the time at basketball games. You will have noise but since everything is moving you may need to boost the ISO so you can see things.
The lens kit... It's pretty slow, f/3.5-4.5. That means as you zoom or go closer to 55mms the apature gets larger and lets in less light. This makes it harder for you to take low light shots. I own the 70-200mm f/2.8 L lens that might be too expensive for you but its amazing in low light. Since its stays at 2.8 even when you zoom to 200mm you can take low light shots at f/2.8 the whole time. This allows you to take faster shutter speed and allow brighter pictures.
Maybe it might be cheaper to get a Speedlite from Canon, but just depends if the theatre allows you to use flash too.
For my low light situations I use the M mode and set the Shutter speed to about 1/60-1/80, use the lowest apature (f/2.8 for me), and bump the ISO to 1600.
2007-01-21 15:46:08 · answer #1 · answered by Koko 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
We really need to know exactly what you were unhappy about with your pictures to truly help you. Were they too dark? Were they too blurry? Was it that you didn't like the flash? Did you want to get a closer shot?
Koko provided a lot of good information. As he said, you should probably look into getting a fast lens. Depending on how much "zoom" you wanted, I'd suggest looking into some of canon's fast prime lenses. The 35mm f/2.0, 50mm f/1.8, and 85mm f/1.8 are all good lenses that aren't outrageously expensive.
2007-01-22 13:30:05 · answer #2 · answered by Cinco13 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would need more info. in order to help you. What's it doing, or not doing. What was the lighting.
2007-01-21 23:35:16 · answer #3 · answered by johN p. aka-Hey you. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋