Young woman

Jean Kelly · 06-07-2004, 05:24 PM

She feels that it is "clunky", she has to wear a watch due to her profession. She's a Nurse Practitioner with a speciaty in geriatrics. We are going to replace it with something else that is sparkly though.

Jean

Mike McCarty · 06-10-2004, 02:03 PM

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Shutter was set at 1 and f-stop was 5.3, ISO 50.

Jean,

I hesitate to break in here when you're on a roll but I thought I'd say a word about your ISO setting.

It's true that a lower ISO will produce a denser image. But, in my experience, and for our purposes, I believe an ISO of 200 will produce a fine enough and dense enough image. I could make the same argument for 400, but, certainly 200.

And, this ISO 200 will bring that shutter speed up considerably. Using a shutter speed of 1 second will allow only the most stoic (or dead) subjects to remain still enough. I don't think the difference in quality would be measurably different between a 50 and 200 ISO, except possibly at a print size which is two feet tall.

A metered shutter speed of a 60th of a second produced with an ISO of 200 will be doubled to 125th of a second using ISO 400. This can make a big difference in your success.

My new camera does not even have a setting lower than 200. What I'm saying is that I think you could be helped considerably by increasing the shutter speed and the image would not suffer appreciably.

Jean Kelly · 06-10-2004, 08:10 PM

Hi Mike, I was hoping you would jump in here. I've been reading your "photographic adventure" thread with interest. You started a discussion about ISO settings in there and now I see that you started another one. Thank you!

I've been playing around with the settings on my camera and so far have gotten a lot of noise at the higher ISO settings. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong yet, so I'll keep try some of the settings you mentioned. My friend has no problem with coming back. She was "still as a statue".

Jean

Mike McCarty · 06-11-2004, 12:02 AM

I hope I am not creating more anxiety with all my bloviation on this subject.

It could be as simple as this -- when shooting in natural light conditions, set your ISO to 400 and go about your business. When operating outside drop it down to 100-200. It's not something that needs to be pondered a great deal or maneuvered back and forth.

I just want people to understand how the number can hurt you or help you in low light conditions.

Jean Kelly · 06-11-2004, 11:47 AM

I save my anxiety for the big stuff!

Jean