How to make portrait-photos with the A50

• the rest is the same

• Use indoor setting from above.

Lars Christiansen said:

How do I set up my A50 to make the best portrait-photos ?

I have tried to adjust the settings for whitebalance (current I get best
results with the Auto-setting), exposure (tried both +1/3 and +2/3) and
slow shutter both on and off.

Most pictures taken in a normal roomlight becomes quite dark and I have
adjust levels afterwards in Photoshop.

Can anyone give me advices (i.e. best settings) on how to make
portrait-photos ?

Thanks in advance.
--
Best regards,
Lars Christiansen
Denmark

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EdK said:

In addition to what Don has stated, I find that setting the flash mode to
spot metering can substantially help in low light, indoor situations
without flash.

EdK

Lars Christiansen said:

How do I set up my A50 to make the best portrait-photos ?

I have tried to adjust the settings for whitebalance (current I get best
results with the Auto-setting), exposure (tried both +1/3 and +2/3) and
slow shutter both on and off.

Most pictures taken in a normal roomlight becomes quite dark and I have
adjust levels afterwards in Photoshop.

Can anyone give me advices (i.e. best settings) on how to make
portrait-photos ?

Thanks in advance.
--
Best regards,
Lars Christiansen
Denmark

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Don said:

1. Choose Manual mode
2. No flash
3. Go outdoor
4. Choose Daylight WB
5. Shoot

For indoor:
2. Choose Automatic Flash setting
3. Tungsten WB (of course if there is tungsten light arround)

• the rest is the same

For "really low-light":

• Use indoor setting from above.

Before you shoot, try to fix the camera or lean against something. Or put
the camera somewhere (out of your hands) and use Self Timer. It wont
solve the dark image, but no blur at all.

And if you really want your images bright. I'll tell you, but the quality
is low.
Use "really low-light" setting
Press Slow Shutter ON.

This last one should solve your problem, but the colors are ugly. Use
Tungsten setting although it wont hepl too much.

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Lars Christiansen said:

How do I set up my A50 to make the best portrait-photos ?

I have tried to adjust the settings for whitebalance (current I get best
results with the Auto-setting), exposure (tried both +1/3 and +2/3) and
slow shutter both on and off.

Most pictures taken in a normal roomlight becomes quite dark and I have
adjust levels afterwards in Photoshop.

Can anyone give me advices (i.e. best settings) on how to make
portrait-photos ?

Thanks in advance.
--
Best regards,
Lars Christiansen
Denmark

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Lars Christiansen said:

How do I set up my A50 to make the best portrait-photos ?

I have tried to adjust the settings for whitebalance (current I get best
results with the Auto-setting), exposure (tried both +1/3 and +2/3) and
slow shutter both on and off.

Most pictures taken in a normal roomlight becomes quite dark and I have
adjust levels afterwards in Photoshop.

Can anyone give me advices (i.e. best settings) on how to make
portrait-photos ?

Thanks in advance.
--
Best regards,
Lars Christiansen
Denmark

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Lars Christiansen said:

How do I set up my A50 to make the best portrait-photos ?

I have tried to adjust the settings for whitebalance (current I get best
results with the Auto-setting), exposure (tried both +1/3 and +2/3) and
slow shutter both on and off.

Most pictures taken in a normal roomlight becomes quite dark and I have
adjust levels afterwards in Photoshop.

Can anyone give me advices (i.e. best settings) on how to make
portrait-photos ?

Thanks in advance.
--
Best regards,
Lars Christiansen
Denmark

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