How to optimize your shutter speed for shooting in low light.

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This excerpt is from my "Take Your Camera Off Program Mode!" Part I workshop. In it I talk about how to determine low light settings since they'll be different for everyone. Visit my site for my workshop schedule.

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[guardaltec]

this video is a gold mine, thank you!

[benbramz]

@AF0093 Because your usable aperture (the point where the image is sharp and free from Chromatic Aberration) is much lower then other lenses - essentially giving you the ability use an a low aperture at f/1.8 or f2.8 say with good image quality. Using an F/3.5 -5.6 kit lens for example may only give you the best image quality at F/8 (a whole 1 to 2 stops of aperture more).

[KeijinShiho]

I say pick your shutter speed based on your focal length, unless you have IS or VR in which you can inevitably go 2-stops+ slower in integration time (shutter speed) depending on your lens.

[KeijinShiho]

I say pick your speed based on your focal length.

[AF0093]

It sounded contradicting to me about the 1.4 lens to not shoot in that aperture size because the pictures aren't as sharp and the focus length is much less not everything in focus. I get that, but then whats the point of every photographer always saying and recommending a 1.4 lens for low light or portraits if your sacrificing the focus/sharpness?

[74luthfi]

thank you brada...

[TomHallPhotography]

Buy a Nikon D3, D3s, D3x or D700 and all your ISO concerns will be a memory!

[jrhineberger]

with my camera i ushaly go 1/25 and 1600-2000 iso and the apiture f/3-5

pentax k-x great camera great for low light

[TheHENDAWGTV]

dont go to0 far 400 ISO... hate that noise background.