How to Take Hand Held Pictures Indoors Without Flash
Set your camera to "Aperture Priority" and open the lens aperture up wide., Compose your picture., If you're slower than 1/45, increase the ISO if possible., You can now shoot using only the ISO dial to set the exposure.
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Set your camera to "Aperture Priority" and open the lens aperture up wide.
Why "A"? Because indoors hand-held your main enemy is camera shake, and to defeat it you'll need as much light as possible.
Depth of field will have to take a back seat. -
Step 2: Compose your picture.
Look at the shutter speed.
The slowest shutter speed at which camera shake is not a factor is any speed higher than the focal length of your lens (should be marked on the lens) ex. 45mm.
If you're at or faster than that, take the pic. , If you're faster, you may be able to reduce the ISO to get a less noisy picture. , In a dark room, boost the ISO.
In a lighter room, knock it down a bit.
The aperture setting will always be locked at wide-open and the shutter speed will always be the best available for controlling shake. -
Step 3: If you're slower than 1/45
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Step 4: increase the ISO if possible.
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Step 5: You can now shoot using only the ISO dial to set the exposure.
Detailed Guide
Why "A"? Because indoors hand-held your main enemy is camera shake, and to defeat it you'll need as much light as possible.
Depth of field will have to take a back seat.
Look at the shutter speed.
The slowest shutter speed at which camera shake is not a factor is any speed higher than the focal length of your lens (should be marked on the lens) ex. 45mm.
If you're at or faster than that, take the pic. , If you're faster, you may be able to reduce the ISO to get a less noisy picture. , In a dark room, boost the ISO.
In a lighter room, knock it down a bit.
The aperture setting will always be locked at wide-open and the shutter speed will always be the best available for controlling shake.
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