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New camera, or a new lens? Help...

Started Nov 26, 2020 | Discussions thread
MrB1 Contributing Member • Posts: 605
Re: New camera, or a new lens? Help...
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The simple answer is the one you have already found for youself - a better lens. However, some other factors worth considering when using your existing kit of the K-50 with the 18-55 lens for candid family shots might be:

1. Capture Mode: Auto and P Modes are likely to set wide apertures in any conditions other than bright light.

2. Aperture: lower level lenses are often quite poor resolution at wide apertures; also wide apertures shorten depth of field, so more of the image is likely to be out of focus.

3. Shutter Speed: lower light requires slower speeds which can accentuate camera and subject motion blur in the image.

Combinations of those three factors can be responsible for poorer image quality.

4. ISO: The K-50 sensor is good in response to lower light, perhaps to at least 3200; regarding point 3, a slightly noisy sharp image is preferable to a no-noise blurred one.

So, e.g. Setting TAV Mode, AF-C with Focus Priority, Auto ISO 100-3200, 1/200s, f/8 or f/11, for shots outside, and also popping up the Auto Flash if necessary when indoors, might give a higher number of acceptable candid images.

Philip

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