Low Light 50 mm 1.8 settings?

[mdm]

What mode in the creative zone should I be working with for regular indoor shots of people with no flash. No fast movement. I tried av at different settings. The pictures seem a tad blury and dark. Any help would be welcome.

[Jackal]

Av at 1.8 and bump the ISO as needed to keep the shutter above 1/60. Works for me.

[willg]

at 1.8 that lens is pretty soft compared to other aperatures, but i still like the outcome especially for people shots...here is an example wide open at 1/6 sec iso 400...its pretty soft but i still think it has good quality

http://www.spideronthefloor.com/ra2.jpg

and here is a 100% crop

http://6.pichold.com/ra2crop.jpg

its soft and grainy, but i got the shot handheld with almost no light and that's whats important...and bown up to 8x10 i'm sure it would look great

[mdm]

Thanks guys.

[roanjohn]

Agree...........f1.8............I think its sharp enough.

Ro1

[DxHatchback]

i was trying some indoor night shots of my moms friends tonights, 800 iso > me

i just ordered the 50mm f/1.8 though so im excited

[mdm]

I just want to make sure I'm on the right zone at av? I'll try to bump up the iso and see what happens. I tried a few pix outside at soccer practice and they looked stunning.

[whchan]

Sometime I do have difficult time using F1.8 when I am shooting my daughter indoor since I will just be couple feets from her (if I want to get a close up shot) and the depth of field is really shadow. It is all depending on the situation. F2.8 seems to work better for me when I am trying to shoot close up shots with a decent depth of field.

[Steve Parr]

I've shot bands at f/1.8, ISO100, at 1/30th of a second and have gotten some real nice results. I've since bucked that up to ISO 400 and 1/40 or 1/60, and have gotten even better results. And these are people who are moving around a lot...

Steve