Camera settings

I will be attending my Grand Daughters Carols in the Park on Sunday night and am unsure of the correct settings for my D60 (with 55-200 VR f/4-5.6) at night under fluro lights. Should I use the 18-55 VR f3.5-5.6 instead?

I think the on board flash will be virtually useless in the conditions, and I would prefer to shoot manual to keep the flash locked down.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated

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Regards
John

Hi John,

I am not shure about your lens choice as i dont know what sort of pictures you will take. The 18-55 VR is very fine ( own it myself ) as a general lens. The 55-200 VR is more for close up (portraits) and tele work.

I would advice to shoot RAW to be able to repair WB errors ( mixed light sources .. ), do exposure compensation and/or change picture control settings afterworths on pc ( even with ViewNX free Nikon sw this possible !! ).

The built in flash can be used as fill-in ( you can also give + or - flash compensation ) for certain situations ( portraits eg ) , so i would not say it is totally useless.

Goog luck with your shooting on sunday night !! Show us some results ??

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Marc



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You will probably need at least ISO 800, but may need as much as 1600, in which case your results will have some noise. Try ISO 800 - 1600, I'd try f/4-f/5.6 and 1/80-1/100 sec. If the lighting conditions are changing a lot during the performance, try AutoISO, with either of the ISO 800 or 1600 as your max.

I'm basing this on how I've gotten reasonable results for indoor stage-lit performances with my VR18-200 and VR16-85 lenses.

And set your WB to fluorescent if you don't want to tweak color as much in PP.

Happy shooting.

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I had my D200 stolen and I am back with my D70 and although I have the ISO set at 200, In the viewfinder and (flashing) on the top screen it says AUTO ISO?

When I press the ISO button (next to LCD) it says 200.

I have not shot with my D70 in years and maybe I forgot something??

Help..........
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Art

Planet Art said:

I had my D200 stolen and I am back with my D70 and although I have
the ISO set at 200, In the viewfinder and (flashing) on the top
screen it says AUTO ISO?

When I press the ISO button (next to LCD) it says 200.

I have not shot with my D70 in years and maybe I forgot something??

Help..........

Click to expand...

D70 manual, Page 142, Custom Settings Menu item 5 - ISO auto on or off.

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Patco
A photograph is more than a bunch of pixels

These are a few pics of the grand daughter at the carols. I had to use the 55-200 as I couldn't get close to use the 18-55. Used the ob flash and iso 800. They are noisey as I had to crop a fair bit.









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Regards
John

I hope you shot RAW so that you can try different white balances as it looks to be off.

Morris

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I agree with Morris about needing to fix the colors, but no problem if you did not shoot in raw. They are easily fixed on a jpeg image also.

I just done the auto adjust of the colours and the results are great, thanks for the comments.
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Regards
John