Better Indoor photography Any tips ? will Canon improve this

[georgie]

Hi

I take lots of indoor photos of my kids and have a D70/SB800 and am never really happy with the results I am getting. It always seems to be a compromise between ISO, and underexposure. I have tried bounce photography, direct, spot, matrix meterering, 50/1.4 and not consistently hitting it right.

I guess I have several questions to ask?

Firstly, are people using any specific settings and getting good consistent results?

Thinking of buying a Canon 30D so push higher, cleaner ISO photos. Don't get me wrong, I don't think Nikon or Canon are better, just better suited to ones needs. The other thing that appeals to me is shooting direct in JPEG (as I HATE PP) and I have to shoot in RAW to get anything good with the D70.

Any comments especially from Canon users (esp if ex Nikon users) would be most appreciated.

[Oz_Beachside]

can you post examples of what you do like, and what you dont like about what you are getting?

have you moved the flash off camera, just a little, say via a SC28/SC29? On a braket?

[Yi-P]

Any samples with EXIF we can look at?

It is hard to point out suggestion of specific settings for indoors. All indoor areas are different and needs different adjustments.

I had no problem shooting a D70 + SB800 indoor with very poor/dim lights.

[terminator]

Very good "straight from camera" results are achievable with the D70, you just have to tweak the settings, that`s all.

You need to learn the camera settings inside out and really get in there and tweak those custom settings eg: Col space, contrast, saturation, sharpness, maybe add a custom curve etc.