taking the best rig pictures
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KING_OF_SAND
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Lighting is the most important part. Later while editing you can adjust the lighting but if you are getting fuzzy pictures or noise, it is usually caused by lack of lighting. Also your white balance may be off, depending on the lighting will determine the white balance, your camera should have the ability to automatically adjust the balance. If not most cameras are set (by default) to work best in blue or white light, if you are in your house chances are your room is using a yellow light.
dugdiamond
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what lens are you using
TIPS:
if you are using the 18-55mm lens...
make sure to shoot against the brightest background possible
if you are using an ISO greater than 800, use a tripod
TIPS:
if you are using the 18-55mm lens...
- set it to 35mm
- change the WB to daylight
- change the ISO 200-400
- auto flash
make sure to shoot against the brightest background possible
if you are using an ISO greater than 800, use a tripod
SieB
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For ISO settings, well lit rooms IS0 100 is what you want, the less light you have the higher you should set the ISO, 300 maybe 400 is the highest you should need in well lit conditions ideally 100-200 is best. The higher the ISO though the more noise you will get in your pictures, sometimes shooting in RAW format can eliminate the noise you would get if shooting in JPEG though.
White balance is also important, make sure you set it for the right lighting eg White Fluorescent light setting for indoor light like a normal light bulb, if you don't have presets then mess around with the different levels till you get it right.
If you can use a tripod or rest the camera on a flat surface and use the self timer so there is no movement in the camera while taking the pics which will help eliminating some blur or out of focus shots.
If you can use manual focus use that as well, focusing manually will always be better than automatic.
Make sure you use the correct picture mode as well, close up mode for close up pics, landscape mode for wide shots etc
White balance is also important, make sure you set it for the right lighting eg White Fluorescent light setting for indoor light like a normal light bulb, if you don't have presets then mess around with the different levels till you get it right.
If you can use a tripod or rest the camera on a flat surface and use the self timer so there is no movement in the camera while taking the pics which will help eliminating some blur or out of focus shots.
If you can use manual focus use that as well, focusing manually will always be better than automatic.
Make sure you use the correct picture mode as well, close up mode for close up pics, landscape mode for wide shots etc
dugdiamond
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I'm just using the default lens with the camera, but i think my mu has a mahoosive lens as well
How do i set it to 35 mm? which mode do i use? (ie landscape, night mode etc.)
and by brightest dug, do you mean as in light or as in a white wall?
both
your lens will have number from 18 to 55 on it.... twist the lens barrel until the number 35 lines up with the dot/line. this is probably the best focal length to use on the 'kit' telephoto/zoom lens for portrait/stills.
make sure you are greater than 2ft away from what you are shooting, as your camera will not auto-focus properly.
if you are indoors (obviously) and have any filter(s) attached, remove them.
and as always..... g00gle is your best buddy
The Scientific Moustache
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i will take this advice and shoot my new build with my 500D.
