sfogel2
TPF Noob!
Hi, all...
I've got some fancy equipment, but still not enough skills!
My question: My photo was sharp, but not tack sharp. With a tripod-mounted camera with slow-sync flash, is 1/25 sec too slow for a group photo?
I had to get an indoor group shot of 4 people, and I had to be one of them. I used the Canon IR remote control so I wouldn't have to run back and forth. Canon EOS Rebel T2i was tripod-mounted. Had to use auto-focus, because I couldnt be behind the camera.
I placed the group near a window to their right, and used wireless fill flash on the left. However, because there wasn't enough light coming in through the window, I had to enable the flash on the camera-mounted Speedlite, pointed to the ceiling with a diffuser.
I wasnt happy with the shadow in the background from the flash, and couldnt move the group, so I went to slow sync to allow more ambient light in the photo and added negative flash compensation. That fixed it. But at ISO 400 I ended up with a shutter speed of 1/25 sec at f/8.
I had NO time to fiddle, so the photos were sharp, but not tack sharp. Oh, and I forgot to turn off image stabilization, which they say you should do when on a tripod.
So what would have been a better solution?
Many thanks!
Steve
I've got some fancy equipment, but still not enough skills!
My question: My photo was sharp, but not tack sharp. With a tripod-mounted camera with slow-sync flash, is 1/25 sec too slow for a group photo?
I had to get an indoor group shot of 4 people, and I had to be one of them. I used the Canon IR remote control so I wouldn't have to run back and forth. Canon EOS Rebel T2i was tripod-mounted. Had to use auto-focus, because I couldnt be behind the camera.
I placed the group near a window to their right, and used wireless fill flash on the left. However, because there wasn't enough light coming in through the window, I had to enable the flash on the camera-mounted Speedlite, pointed to the ceiling with a diffuser.
I wasnt happy with the shadow in the background from the flash, and couldnt move the group, so I went to slow sync to allow more ambient light in the photo and added negative flash compensation. That fixed it. But at ISO 400 I ended up with a shutter speed of 1/25 sec at f/8.
I had NO time to fiddle, so the photos were sharp, but not tack sharp. Oh, and I forgot to turn off image stabilization, which they say you should do when on a tripod.
So what would have been a better solution?
Many thanks!
Steve