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What shutter speed do you prefer to shoot with for weddings? I've read that some togs like to limit the camera to minimum 1/250 with auto ISO
Thanks Livin the dream. Your answer helps a lot.
A d750 and 1/250 it is for me then
Maybe I should rephrase my question.
Do you prefers to limit your shutter speed to 1/250 as freezes the majority of subjects throughout the day. And just live with the fact that you have high iso. This is of course for natural light photography.
Well you didn't say you did, but you did ask...Isnt the idea of a forum to ask questions? And who said I shoot weddings?
What shutter speed do you prefer to shoot with for weddings? I've read that some togs like to limit the camera to minimum 1/250 with auto ISO
And you also said...Thanks Livin the dream. Your answer helps a lot.
A d750 and 1/250 it is for me then
I just read that a few weddings togs (Ross Harvey included) have their settings limit at 1/250 and don't care about high Iso. Just wondering if this is the norm for natural hand held photography. I usually get a few blurred people when I'm shooting below this but of course my iso isn't sacrificed.
Yes for a friends wedding next year. I thought this was the place get answers to simple questions . I'm sorry I've upset the old boys club.
If you treat everyone here with the same distain then this forum won't last long.
It's not about disdain, it's about information, the more you give in the question, the better response you'll get. A sure fire way of getting treated with suspicion is keeping your cards close to your chest (on a forum, just the same as in life).Yes for a friends wedding next year. I thought this was the place get answers to simple questions . I'm sorry I've upset the old boys club.
If you treat everyone here with the same distain then this forum won't last long.
I think the OP has been given a hard time here. I think the way he has asked his question has led some folk to misinterpret what he means. We should be able to read between the lines and help him out
For the record OP yes I realise what you mean. What a lot of us do - me included. Is for the majority of the day set the camera to not go below 1/250 then we use Av mode with auto ISO.
What this means is that we don't take anything lower than 1/250 for the majority of the day whilst controlling the depth of field.
What we then do is assess a situation where we pop it into manual for some parts of the day if 1/250 isn't giving us what we need. For example a really dark ceremony shot that you want more DOF than wide open is giving you but you are shooting with a 35mm lens and so can drop your shutter much lower to get the shot without having to shoot at your highest ISO.
But yes, simply put for the majority of a wedding I don't go below 1/250 and have that set as my minimum shutter - thats pretty much the question you were asking
It's common sense when asking a question on any Forum to supply as much information as possible to get the best possible answer.
If i had answered the OP's initial post it would have been frightingly close to Phils post #3 if they can't be asked why should i
It's easy to give a more informed answer once some relevant info has been gleamed as in post #21
We assume nowdays that a Forum member is well versed in how a Forum works which is probably why they get treated in a manner fitting the effort applied to their opening post.
If every opening post was as detailed as you're suggesting then most threads would be done and dusted within a couple of replies.
This.Adam i've got no issue with the simplicity of the question it's more the fact they are asked simply.
It's like a customer walking into my shop and saying "My bike's broke" and waiting for my response hoping my crystal ball is back from the polishers and ready to assist.
Anyway different strokes and all that
This.
I also (until Tuesday) work in IT support, and my life is full of people who have no idea how to get help, in fact sometimes it feels like they exist just to wind us up.
'I can't access my computer' can mean anything from there's no electricity in the building, to 'I can access my desktop OK, I have opened several applications which all work fine, but the application I want to use next is unavailable, the error message says it'll be unavailable for the rest of the day!'.
Some people might think it's fun for me to ask 20 supplementary questions to get to the problem, and sometimes that's not a painful experience. But sometimes, people like to hold back the important stuff just for their own amusement, or because they're stupid. That's no fun at all when you're trying to help.
It seems the OP fits into the latter category, he might be a nice guy, but so far, I remain unconvinced. And the lack of help he's had from other people backs up my reaction.
He could have put all the words into one post, started with Hi, and then ended with Thanks, and we'd all be having a jolly time and he wouldn't have taken his ball home.Jesus christ Phil. He's made six posts
Jesus christ Phil. He's made six posts and your saying your unconvinced that he's a nice guy?
He could have put all the words into one post, started with Hi, and then ended with Thanks, and we'd all be having a jolly time and he wouldn't have taken his ball home.
I'm the target for having tried to be helpful and explaining myself
There's loads of photographers who contribute regularly who could have helped and have simply ignored the question. If you're not happy with my explanation of that, try and think of a different one.
This is how I'd recommend asking for advice:Jesus christ Phil. He's made six posts and your saying your unconvinced that he's a nice guy?
But it was a perfectly worded query.What's wrong is I didn't take it and the end result were ****! Lesson learned...