nikon cameras dont fare well for indoor shots?

keith c · Jul 6, 2002

My dealer today showed me a pic taken from the 5700 taken in the shop. The pic looked so terribly underexposed. he told me that nikon cameras have this problem with indoor shots. I intend to get the 4500. If nikon cameras have this problem, i might consider not getting it.

Hope users will give me some comments

Thanks
Keith

GLB · Jul 6, 2002

keith cjk said:
My dealer today showed me a pic taken from the 5700 taken in the
shop. The pic looked so terribly underexposed. he told me that
nikon cameras have this problem with indoor shots. I intend to get
the 4500. If nikon cameras have this problem, i might consider not
getting it.

Hope users will give me some comments

Thanks
Keith

--External flash is a must for any digital camera, unless you are shooting 8' max.

George L

GLB · Jul 6, 2002

George L Bennett said:
keith cjk said:

My dealer today showed me a pic taken from the 5700 taken in the
shop. The pic looked so terribly underexposed. he told me that
nikon cameras have this problem with indoor shots. I intend to get
the 4500. If nikon cameras have this problem, i might consider not
getting it.

Hope users will give me some comments

Thanks
Keith

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--External flash is a must for any digital camera, unless you are
shooting 8' max.

George L

-- PS: Check out Muriel Sulli threads for flash external
George L

Carmen Towles · Jul 6, 2002

Hi Keith ,

Just one picture? Was the camera set properly buy the person who took the picture? I have taken several indoor pictures in natural light with the 5700 and they are very good. The internal flash is also great. It even adjusts very well for macros...I am very pleased. I have not had to use my external SB-50DX.

~~Carmen~~

George L Bennett said:
keith cjk said:

My dealer today showed me a pic taken from the 5700 taken in the
shop. The pic looked so terribly underexposed. he told me that
nikon cameras have this problem with indoor shots. I intend to get
the 4500. If nikon cameras have this problem, i might consider not
getting it.

Hope users will give me some comments

Thanks
Keith

Click to expand...

--External flash is a must for any digital camera, unless you are
shooting 8' max.

George L

Muriel S · Jul 6, 2002

George L Bennett said:
George L Bennett said:

keith cjk said:

My dealer today showed me a pic taken from the 5700 taken in the
shop. The pic looked so terribly underexposed. he told me that
nikon cameras have this problem with indoor shots. I intend to get
the 4500. If nikon cameras have this problem, i might consider not
getting it.

Hope users will give me some comments

Thanks
Keith

Click to expand...

--External flash is a must for any digital camera, unless you are
shooting 8' max.

George L

Click to expand...

-- PS: Check out Muriel Sulli threads for flash external
George L

Thanks, George, but here's an internal flash photo taken at ISO100. Sometimes they do come out OK. (But not usually, as you and I and most others know.) The ceiling lights were on, by the way. About 9 of them. I expect that helped? Not my kitchen, I'm sorry to say. It's beautiful.

Still experimenting with my Nikon SB22 flash. Flower shot posted this morning was taken with it - bounced a little.

--
Muriel

Thomas Bauer · Jul 6, 2002

George L Bennett said:
keith cjk said:

My dealer today showed me a pic taken from the 5700 taken in the
shop. The pic looked so terribly underexposed. he told me that
nikon cameras have this problem with indoor shots. I intend to get
the 4500. If nikon cameras have this problem, i might consider not
getting it.

Hope users will give me some comments

Thanks
Keith

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--Nikon is also known for its ability to use dedicated external flash.

I use external flash for all my digital cameras (as slaves, exept with Nikon who has built in dedicated hot shoes) and 35mm.

Because I am one who has always thought internal flashes are a mechanical joke.

To think anyone with any knowledge of photography would expect great consistent results with those ridiculously pathetic excuses for a speedlight, needs to be reminded of the simple basics of lighting.

Thomas http://www.ycsphoto.com/loading.htm

Muriel S · Jul 6, 2002

George L Bennett said:
George L Bennett said:

keith cjk said:

My dealer today showed me a pic taken from the 5700 taken in the
shop. The pic looked so terribly underexposed. he told me that
nikon cameras have this problem with indoor shots. I intend to get
the 4500. If nikon cameras have this problem, i might consider not
getting it.

Hope users will give me some comments

Thanks
Keith

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Carmen, please see my note under post processing. Put it in the wrong thread. Sorry about that. Today is not my day.

GLB said:
Muriel

lharris · Jul 6, 2002

Sorry, I am one of those 'lighting challenged'. I do not expect perfection with indoor flash but with the c2100 and the Sony 707, the indoor and lowlight shots are superb. I got quite a few excellent shots with the 7i though less consistent.

Can I expect the 5700 to be a least that good or is it one of those, you can't have it all things?

Thanks.

Thomas Bauer said:
George L Bennett said:

keith cjk said:

My dealer today showed me a pic taken from the 5700 taken in the
shop. The pic looked so terribly underexposed. he told me that
nikon cameras have this problem with indoor shots. I intend to get
the 4500. If nikon cameras have this problem, i might consider not
getting it.

Hope users will give me some comments

Thanks
Keith

Click to expand...

Click to expand...

--Nikon is also known for its ability to use dedicated external flash.
I use external flash for all my digital cameras (as slaves, exept
with Nikon who has built in dedicated hot shoes) and 35mm.

Because I am one who has always thought internal flashes are a
mechanical joke.
To think anyone with any knowledge of photography would expect
great consistent results with those ridiculously pathetic excuses
for a speedlight, needs to be reminded of the simple basics of
lighting.

Thomas http://www.ycsphoto.com/loading.htm

MT · Jul 6, 2002

There's a NIkon 5000 in my future as the price drops, just for the wide angle.

I do want to note that most of my indoor shots with the Sony F707 are without flash and they come out beautifully. I set the iso 400 and lower the resolution to 3 mp to save some space and since the iso 400 is a touch softer than the iso 100, 3mp doesn't lose me any details.

However, with the Nikon, I'm sure that as long as exposure is set properly, it should come out fine too. It is just that the f2.8 and up lens is a lot slower and so there is slower shutter also. But with BSS, you may be able to take a bunch and let the camera select the sharpest.

MT

Hariette · Jul 6, 2002

Go to Focus (pick a user) ---> AF Area Mode ----> Manual

On your LCD screen you will have 5 brackets that you can control with the arrows on your panel. Your selection focus will show in red. Select your object/person/whatever you want to focus in low light within the red bracket, half press and voila! The Cp5K and I guess the CP5700 does have great low light capabilities...

From there you can experiment with distance and flash power, etc.

Good luck.

keith cjk said:
My dealer today showed me a pic taken from the 5700 taken in the
shop. The pic looked so terribly underexposed. he told me that
nikon cameras have this problem with indoor shots. I intend to get
the 4500. If nikon cameras have this problem, i might consider not
getting it.

Hope users will give me some comments

Thanks
Keith

lharris · Jul 6, 2002

Thanks you.

Hariette said:
On your LCD screen you will have 5 brackets that you can control
with the arrows on your panel. Your selection focus will show in
red. Select your object/person/whatever you want to focus in low
light within the red bracket, half press and voila! The Cp5K and I
guess the CP5700 does have great low light capabilities...

From there you can experiment with distance and flash power, etc.

Good luck.

keith cjk said:

My dealer today showed me a pic taken from the 5700 taken in the
shop. The pic looked so terribly underexposed. he told me that
nikon cameras have this problem with indoor shots. I intend to get
the 4500. If nikon cameras have this problem, i might consider not
getting it.

Hope users will give me some comments

Thanks
Keith

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Hariette · Jul 6, 2002

PS ... and the metering (Matrix, Spot, Center-Weighted, Spot AF Area) ---- for e.g. if you just want the candle light you will select "spot"

lharris said:
From there you can experiment with distance and flash power, etc

keith c · Jul 7, 2002

Dear all

Thanks you all for your valuable feedback.

I guess it has to do with the settings. 4500 is what I would want to get and not the 5700. It is way too expensive. I like the swivel design and the 16 scene modes of the 4500. However, I was told by a few people and the dealers that nikon cameras do have a problem with indoor shots as pics turn out a bit dim. I am concerned about this problem

Still not sure what I should do now. I am considering 4500, olympus c40 (i saw the indoor shots and they are bright), (the nikon turned out a bit dim)(both I set to auto mode) and the S85 from Sony.

[S] Carmen said:
Just one picture? Was the camera set properly buy the person who
took the picture? I have taken several indoor pictures in natural
light with the 5700 and they are very good. The internal flash is
also great. It even adjusts very well for macros...I am very
pleased. I have not had to use my external SB-50DX.

~~Carmen~~

George L Bennett said:

keith cjk said:

My dealer today showed me a pic taken from the 5700 taken in the
shop. The pic looked so terribly underexposed. he told me that
nikon cameras have this problem with indoor shots. I intend to get
the 4500. If nikon cameras have this problem, i might consider not
getting it.

Hope users will give me some comments

Thanks
Keith

Click to expand...

--External flash is a must for any digital camera, unless you are
shooting 8' max.

George L

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