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[dphotography]

i have a canon rebel t3 eos d1100 ...
what is the iso i should have the camera at for portraits ?i ask this cause i noticed it was at 1600 and i thought that might be to high , but i am new at this so not sure
and what is dust delete data ?

any suggestion on what setting i should keep my camera ...i am new just trying to get to learn and know my camera ...thanks

 

[TheBiles]

As low as you can while maintaining a usable shutter speed. Crop bodies don't handle noise well (especially the entry-level ones), so you don't want to push it unless you have to. Ideally, you'd shoot at 100 ISO for a portrait with controlled lighting.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus

 

[MReid]

Iso 100 for bright conditions.
Iso 400 for cloudy day or outside shadow.
Iso 800 for late evening very cloudy dark days.

These are very general numbers to give you a starting point.
Assume you are shooting at F2.8 to F5.6.

My cameras have auto iso. I just leave it on that, generally set from Iso 200 to Iso 1600 and adjust the slowest shutter speed setting as appropriate for the lens, subject and conditions I am shooting in.
The camera then adjusts the exposure as necessary if and as the lighting conditions change.

 

[dphotography]

thanks for the info....i am not sure how it was at 1600 iso ...should i do continuous shooting ...i figure for this portrait i should since its gonna be a 1 yr old and u have to be quick with them ...lol...the info is very helpful

 

[LuckySe7en]

my camera is always set on continuous shooting, you dont have to use it but it's helpful. regarding iso and portraits, I try to use the lowest ISO I can get away with. For outdoor portraits, ISO is 100. Depending on how much sunlight you have. I may bump it to 200 so I can up the shutter speed to freeze the subject. Indoors I try hard not to go over 800. I've shot at 1600 indoors before and I was able to clean it up in post and it worked but they weren't as sharp as I would have liked.

The thing about portraits is that most of the time you want clarity, you wanna see reflections in the eyes. The less noise you have the better you'll be able to achieve this

 

[LuckySe7en]

thanks for the info....i am not sure how it was at 1600 iso ...should i do continuous shooting ...i figure for this portrait i should since its gonna be a 1 yr old and u have to be quick with them ...lol...the info is very helpful

for moving objects, don't forget to set your focus on AI Servo.

 

[dphotography]

thanks for the info....i am not sure how it was at 1600 iso ...should i do continuous shooting ...i figure for this portrait i should since its gonna be a 1 yr old and u have to be quick with them ...lol...the info is very helpful

for moving objects, don't forget to set your focus on AI Servo.

thanks lucky ...i went from not even doing the portrait yet to know doing the bday party...but they know i am not a pro..i am in practice mode ...taking pics just for learning purpose..i did a macro today and lets just say they didnt come out as i expected them to...i put them on the forum let me what u think

 

[sovietdoc]

Dust delete data is used in case your camera sensor gets dirty. There is usually a built-in sensor cleaning mechanism in DSLR's but in case for some reason it cannot clean a certain spot, there is also Dust Delete Data method.

What you do is set your lens to it's maximal focal length (in 18-55mm lens set it to 55mm) and open the aperture wide open. Then, you photograph a white sheet of paper which should be covering your whole frame. Lastly, you go to Dust Delete Data and tell it to collect data from that shot. It will analyze the shot and remember the spots that are dirty. From now on, every time you take a picture, the camera will automatically remove the dirty spot from the final image.