What to adjust in low lighting?

[Paule14]

Hello everybody. May I ask, what’s the best settings for shooting in low lighting? I have a Nikon D80 with Nikkor VR 18-200mm lens. Which of the two do I have to adjust, the ISO or shutter speed? I still consider myself a newbie. Maybe you guys have good suggestions and ideas you can share to me. Thanks

[James75]

In photography, lightning is very important more than high-ISO or fast lenses. I find it not really useful to adjust shutter speed in dealing low light situations. Start with your aperture. Select an aperture that gives you the depth of field that you want. Try to calculate how much focus you want on your subject. For good results, I recommend that you use flash to make things easy. If your shooting on open low-light spaces, I recommend that you upgrade your flash with SB600 or SB800 for better results.

With regards to ISO; it adjusts the sensor’s sensitivity. It means the higher the ISO, less light is needed to expose your picture. If the sensitivity is increased, unwanted images usually appear on dark areas of your picture. I suggest you use the lowest ISO setting. Also you need a certain shutter speed to prevent camera shaking. Since you have a 18-200, I suggest at least 1/30 if you're shooting at the 18mm end and 1/250 if you're at the 200mm end.

[electronicsseller]

lightning is very important more than high-ISO or fast lenses. it's not really useful to mend shutter speed ,try to adjust the high ISO.please just have a try

[alphaben]

In low light situations, it is important that you prioritize maximizing available light for your camera. Some basic steps require putting on extra lights if you’re at home or indoors and getting closer to your subject. Zooming with your lens, especially in a long range, tend to drop the light that comes in to your camera. Ergo, capturing a picture would be low quality.

In your camera’s manual controls, try setting it into aperture priority (A or Av) mode instead of shutter priority mode. Different cameras with different lenses, especially the DSLR’s, tend to have different minimum or maximum aperture values. Compact cameras, on the other hand, have almost common values. Dial the lowest possible aperture value to allow maximum shutter speed to capture with available light. Another way is turning up your ISO settings. Look for “digital image stabilization” or “high sensitivity mode”. Dialing a high ISO value, in effect, dials up your camera’s sensor sensitivity. The tendency if you do this, increases “graininess or noise” in your pictures’ details.

[PamJazz]

You can adjust the aperture and shutter speed settings