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Canon XSi/450D: Night Portrait

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How to setup the Canon XSi/450D for Night Portrait scenes

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  • when i try this my aperture wont go below 5 whereas your drops to 4, why is this? thanks =]

  • @surferboyj Hi, It all has to do with the lens being used and, with some lenses, the focal length or zoom position. If you look at the front element of most lenses, you'll see something like 1:3.5 - 5.6 or with higher quality zoom lenses it might read 1:2.8. This means that at the wide angle the largest aperture possible is, for example, f/3.5 and if you zoom all the way in it's f/5.6. In this case if we're using the same lens the difference could be the zoom position. I hope that helps.

  • I am still trying to master the art of night photography. Can you share some tips on how to use an external flash properly? I have a canon 270ex on my 1000d.

    Thanks.

  • With night portraits you just want the flash to light the subject and not try to light up the entire scene. So, with some external flashes, you'll probably have to turn the power down a bit so it's not too bright. If your flash has a TTL setting, than use that, it should know what to do automatically. Set the Av mode and shoot. Night portraits can be very challenging depending on the amount of ambient light. If your subject is blurry, try a higher ISO setting.

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  • very useful mate!

  • Thank u so much! you really helped alot! god bless u!

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