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Nx300- how to improve low light performance?

Started Jan 14, 2014 | Questions thread
ttbek Veteran Member • Posts: 4,869
Re: Nx300- how to improve low light performance?

alex_virt wrote:

The 18-55 OIS won't help, because you shoot moving subjects. 30mm/2 or 45mm/1.8 would help but not by much.

I'm going to disagree with you right here those two lenses help tremendously, even for moving subjects.  It might not seem like it at first, because maybe you're thinking that well, the lower f-stop will help with the brightness, but then shutter speed is still pretty low.  But consider shooting with flash right, with f/2 you're able to get quite a lot more brightness out of even the kit flash.  It's not perfect of course (shallower DOF) but you can partially offset this by moving back a bit more (due to the greater brightness).  I agree with your best solution (or something like that, maybe waiting for the new flash, or maybe one of the more moderate flashes would be sufficient for Dave), I just think you're underrating the difference those faster lenses make.

The best solution would be GN42 flash with Gary Fong Cloud diffuser. A bit too big for a small camera, but it will give you excellent results at low ISO.

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