Thread: Shooting at low light (Practising)

Originally Posted by alaios

Well have noticed that for the kit lens 1855 at 55 I can not have anything better than f 4.5 ... no change to get anything better so that pretty much explains the noise I get in all the pictures above

f/4.5? You waned to say f/5.6, right? And yep, that's one of the reasons people buy either primes or super expensive 24-70mm f/2.8 lenses. You can't expect to get everything from a super cheap kit lens.

Amazing what quality can be achieved from even high ISOs.

Bear in mind that the maximum light levels at a concert are far from low. It's just that with all the unilluminated areas the average is. I don't bother metering stuff when I shoot concerts anymore - I just eyeball a few in manual and then lock it somewhere that I know will work. Unless the lighting is completely inconsistent, that is. But I rarely need to push the ISO too high, and most shots end up being around 2.8 @1/50 or a bit faster. If the band is jumping around I buy as many stops as I need with ISO.