vintagesnaps
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I looked back to the beginning to see why you want to shoot at 1.4... If you want to do a group shot in your back yard late in the day - have people come earlier! before it gets too dark. Or do an indoor photo.
As you're losing light outdoors you can use a larger aperture and slower shutter speed up to a point, but you'd need to keep an aperture that will have everyone in focus and a shutter speed that's not too slow to avoid blur. And if you keep raising the ISO you're of course adding more and more noise to a photo... you get to the point that you're pushing or exceeding the limits of what a camera can do - because a camera is recording light.
I'm not sure how shooting a reflection in a mirror would be of any help if it's late day and you're losing light; this might be an interesting experiment but I don't think it's going to help you figure out how to do a group shot in your back yard when it's getting dark.
Sparky I think I have one of those! I have a few Spiratone and other odds and ends in my stash that I've picked up at a camera swap etc. but haven't necessarily used. Guess I'd have to go do some spying...
As you're losing light outdoors you can use a larger aperture and slower shutter speed up to a point, but you'd need to keep an aperture that will have everyone in focus and a shutter speed that's not too slow to avoid blur. And if you keep raising the ISO you're of course adding more and more noise to a photo... you get to the point that you're pushing or exceeding the limits of what a camera can do - because a camera is recording light.
I'm not sure how shooting a reflection in a mirror would be of any help if it's late day and you're losing light; this might be an interesting experiment but I don't think it's going to help you figure out how to do a group shot in your back yard when it's getting dark.
Sparky I think I have one of those! I have a few Spiratone and other odds and ends in my stash that I've picked up at a camera swap etc. but haven't necessarily used. Guess I'd have to go do some spying...