Settings for shooting in dusk light!

[Briony]

Got the chance to go and stalk some badgers and as you know they only come out when the light is fading.

What sort of settings would you use or is it not worth it:shrug: because of bad light.

Flash will be out the question I take it as one shot and they will be gone.

 

[Alastair]

As high an ISO as you are prepared to accept with your body, as wide open as you're prepared to go on the lens.. I say "as you're prepared to go" as no body performs it's best at the highest possible ISO and no lens is at it's best fully opem, it's trading off the quality against getting a usable shutter speed (which will depend on the focal length and whether or not you'll be using a tripod/monopod/rest).

Sounds vague, but you haven't said which body or lens you'll be using.

One tip with badgers.. peanuts or peanut butter and a large rock. The peanuts go under the rock with just a few scattered about. The larger the rock, the longer they'll hang about trying to get at the peanuts. Don't worry about the rock being too big, if you can roll it to get the peanuts under, a badger has the strength to get them out.

 

[johnnypanic]

As high an ISO as you are prepared to accept with your body, as wide open as you're prepared to go on the lens.. I say "as you're prepared to go" as no body performs it's best at the highest possible ISO and no lens is at it's best fully opem, it's trading off the quality against getting a usable shutter speed (which will depend on the focal length and whether or not you'll be using a tripod/monopod/rest).

Sounds vague, but you haven't said which body or lens you'll be using.

One tip with badgers.. peanuts or peanut butter and a large rock. The peanuts go under the rock with just a few scattered about. The larger the rock, the longer they'll hang about trying to get at the peanuts. Don't worry about the rock being too big, if you can roll it to get the peanuts under, a badger has the strength to get them out.

Wasn't quite sure what you were going to do with the rock :eek

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[Briony]

As high an ISO as you are prepared to accept with your body, as wide open as you're prepared to go on the lens.. I say "as you're prepared to go" as no body performs it's best at the highest possible ISO and no lens is at it's best fully opem, it's trading off the quality against getting a usable shutter speed (which will depend on the focal length and whether or not you'll be using a tripod/monopod/rest).

Sounds vague, but you haven't said which body or lens you'll be using.

One tip with badgers.. peanuts or peanut butter and a large rock. The peanuts go under the rock with just a few scattered about. The larger the rock, the longer they'll hang about trying to get at the peanuts. Don't worry about the rock being too big, if you can roll it to get the peanuts under, a badger has the strength to get them out.

7D with hopefully the 70 - 200 lens if not the 400 lens. (Sigma)

Feeding them peanuts now ( might have to buy the company the amount I get through)