Indoor pictures.

[93octane]

What are some good tips in taking pictures inside with D-Rebel. With the flash..the flash is too strong if I'm too close. If I'm too far the picture is too dark. No flash..they come out blurry. I have the D-rebel with lens kit???? and have set to AV or P. Is the lens the problem. Would getting a lens with a smaller f/? help like the 50mm F/1.8 ??? What is the lowest F/? the Kit lens goes???Thanks...

[robertwgross]

I assume that you are trying to use the built-in flash with your Digital Rebel. Well, it isn't very bright. It is useful for fill flash or for a main flash for very limited distances. It will seem better if you kick up the ISO higher.

However, to get really good indoor flash photos, you will likely move to an external flash designated _ _ _-EX, such as 550EX or 420EX.

A faster lens (e.g. f/1.8) will allow you more distance.

---Bob Gross---

[scottbergerphoto]

What are some good tips in taking pictures inside with D-Rebel. With the flash..the flash is too strong if I'm too close. If I'm too far the picture is too dark. No flash..they come out blurry. I have the D-rebel with lens kit???? and have set to AV or P. Is the lens the problem. Would getting a lens with a smaller f/? help like the 50mm F/1.8 ??? What is the lowest F/? the Kit lens goes???Thanks...
To get the most use from any flash, pay attention to the Guide Number of the flash and your distance from the subject. The maximum useable distance for a flash = Guide Number/f stop at Iso 100. For Iso 400 multiply by 2. The Guide Number can be found in the flash manual. Also pay attention to the minimum distance you must be from the subject. The flash can only turn off so fast. Too close and the subject is whited out, too far and it's underexposed.
Regards,
Scott

[cc10d]

Sometimes the DRebel just tries to do fill flash for the ambient light. This often results in a dark picture. A way to force more flash power is to set to M mode and set the shutter speed to 125 or 200 and f stop to 5.6 or something and fire away. If that don't do it, as others said, also raise the ISO to 400 or so. Chuck

[robertwgross]

I assume that you are trying to use the built-in flash with your Digital Rebel. Well, it isn't very bright. It is useful for fill flash or for a main flash for very limited distances. It will seem better if you kick up the ISO higher.

However, to get really good indoor flash photos, you will likely move to an external flash designated _ _ _-EX, such as 550EX or 420EX.

A faster lens (e.g. f/1.8) will allow you more distance.

---Bob Gross---

It is interesting how my text got changed here. I wrote " e.g. f / 1 . 8 " and some smilie shows up instead.

---Bob Gross---

[dn7elson]

It is interesting how my text got changed here. I wrote " e.g. f / 1 . 8 " and some smilie shows up instead.

The "8 )" is the shortcut for the emotioncon "Cool" 8)

You can stop this by putting a space between the 8 and the )

This used to drive me nuts. :lol:

[robertwgross]

Yes, f / 1 . 8 is nice, but f / 1 . 0 is too cool.

---Bob Gross---

[blinking8s]

anything that costs $5k is too cool! haha...cause i cannot afford it...ever :D

[robertwgross]

Someday you might be the official Tennessee state photographer and have an f / 1 . 0 lens.

---Bob Gross---

[93octane]

Thanks for all the help. I try doing manual with the recommened shutter and f stop and ISO 400. I'm use to doing ISO so high because on my A70 ISO 400 is nothing but noise. I just go my D-Rebel 3 days ago so I"m still in the learning curve. But I seem to be picking it up pretty quick. I'll post some pictures as soon as I get some decent shots Thanks again.

[93octane]

CC10D...that seem to fix my indoor shot somewhat...well they look way better than what I was shooting in AV mode with F/5 and 1/25 shutter speed. :D

shutter speed 200
F/5.0 F/6.3
ISO 400
With Flash

[robertwgross]

Fundamentally, you only have about three things you can vary to get more light from a scene. You can stretch out the shutter time, but then you might get subject motion blur. You can open up the lens aperture, but your lens only goes so far open. You can increase the ISO, but if you get it too high, then you get increased color noise.

Well, that last factor is something you can do something about. There are some programs that do color noise reduction on an image file. I use Neat Image, but there are others. It takes out a lot of that color speckled sky and makes things smoother.

---Bob Gross---

[EdViesturs]

It is interesting how my text got changed here. I wrote " e.g. f / 1 . 8 " and some smilie shows up instead.

The "8 )" is the shortcut for the emotioncon "Cool" 8)

You can stop this by putting a space between the 8 and the )

This used to drive me nuts. :lol:

Another way to avoid the smilies is to click on the "Disable Smilies in this post" box.

8)

[dn7elson]

Another way to avoid the smilies is to click on the "Disable Smilies in this post" box.

But what fun is that? 8) :lol: 8)