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Using flash indoors?

PostPosted: Fri Dec 02, 2005 2:00 pm
by Catcha
I'm about to go to my staff christmas party.

So all my shots are going to be indoor, with very low level lighting, and at certain points even no lighting just strobe lights for dancing.

My understanding of taking shots indoor and low lighting is Zero besides setting it to A and letting the camera do the work.

If i set it to manual obviously the metering will be out cause its dark, which is where the flash comes in. But how do i determine the right setting? over exposer or under exposed.

Whats the best way to get started, Set the ISO to about 400 maybe more for darker areas ?

can anyone help :D

PostPosted: Fri Dec 02, 2005 2:04 pm
by gstark
Ben, as long as the ceilings aren't too high, A mode, 200ISO, f5.6 - f8, pop up the on-camera flash, and you should be fine.

If you have longer distances to cover, need to shoot outdoors, or have ceilings higher than about 10 ft, bump the ISO to 400.

PostPosted: Fri Dec 02, 2005 2:10 pm
by shutterbug
Catcha, are you using an external speedlight or inbuilt one?

PostPosted: Fri Dec 02, 2005 3:50 pm
by Catcha
shutterbug wrote:Catcha, are you using an external speedlight or inbuilt one?


In built one


does anybody use manual mode in these situation or just auto