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chris82 · Stacker! Joined: 08 Nov 2006 Posts: 508 Location: Belfast

The weather says its not going to be a bad day tomorow so I am heading for newcastle co down in ireland.They have this amazing mountain range.Im just going over my equipment and charging batteries.Can anyone give me some tips on setting my cam for this type of photo shoot.For instance I know nothing about my cams metering I use the one with this symbol (.).Any other tips on ISO or aperture would be appreciated.Sorry I left it so late to post this but I only just thought of asking.
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creators · Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 12:44 am Post subject:

Don't know if you'll get this in time. My suggestion would be, ISO 100, White balance 'sunlight', no matter the weather (can only be changed in M, A or P mode). Check out what the Auto setting gives you on the day, that'll give you a fair indication of what f-stop to be looking at. Then try the camera on the 'A' Aperture Priority setting. I do most shots in this setting. If you are not happy with the exposure in 'A' go to manual and select the f-stop you were using in 'A' and set the shutter speed a little higher or lower to get the exposure that looks good to you. Once you've got that, providing the conditions don't change, you probably wont need to change the settings. But check the shots if conditions start to change.

Focus - For landscape change the focus from the middle node to one a little lower. Depth of field works from the point of focus, one third in front and two thirds behind are in focus, so if you are focussed on infinity one third up the picture the whole picture will be in focus. If you can, always use a tripod, why have any risk of camera shake if you don't have to bother with it at all. Plus a tripod gives you time to compose and really look at what you're shooting without getting tired arms or shake.
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hil26 · Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 5:59 am Post subject:

think you will be gone now - looking forward to seeing what you come up with - good luck

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