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Canon Camera Settings
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The specific model is the EOS 700D.
I'm no photographer and my gig pictures prove it - wondering if anyone here has tips (especially for this camera) regarding modes and settings. Daylight shots are fine, but I really struggle in situations where I'm taking pics of a band performance. Most shots are out of focus and/or there is too much motion blur.
I can't use flash - many venues don't allow it - but I do need to have burst mode, which I think is available regardless of other settings.
Can anyone help with which shooting mode to use and what other settings will give me more usable pics?
I'm no photographer and my gig pictures prove it - wondering if anyone here has tips (especially for this camera) regarding modes and settings. Daylight shots are fine, but I really struggle in situations where I'm taking pics of a band performance. Most shots are out of focus and/or there is too much motion blur.
I can't use flash - many venues don't allow it - but I do need to have burst mode, which I think is available regardless of other settings.
Can anyone help with which shooting mode to use and what other settings will give me more usable pics?
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As Ninefingers says, push your ISO as high as it will go but no need to stay on single shot. It's worth just testing your ISO settings as I do when I get a new camera - take some pictures inside your house starting with the highest ISO setting and coming down one step at a time. When you look at them you should be able to decide just how high you are willing to let the ISO rating go before the pictures become unacceptable to you. I limit my Panasonic to 6400 but you might feel that higher settings are acceptable to you with your camera.
I'm guessing your camera has the "kit" lens (around 18-55mm)?
You will probably need to splash out on a lens that can handle low light better and has built in image stabilisation and also has a reasonable big maximum aperture.
In my experience, flash is usually not good for bands, it kills the colour of the stage lighting. In low light your shutter speeds are going to be as low as you can go without getting motion blur, especially with longer focal lengths.
For now ss Ninefingers said, use high ISO settings.
You will probably need to splash out on a lens that can handle low light better and has built in image stabilisation and also has a reasonable big maximum aperture.
In my experience, flash is usually not good for bands, it kills the colour of the stage lighting. In low light your shutter speeds are going to be as low as you can go without getting motion blur, especially with longer focal lengths.
For now ss Ninefingers said, use high ISO settings.
...also, I think you might have some trouble using burst mode in low light levels, and end up with bucketloads of pictures to go through after an evening out!
Here's one I took at Glastonbury last year, have a look at the settings I used.
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Here's one I took at Glastonbury last year, have a look at the settings I used.
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Manual focus 135mm lens, F3.5, 125th sec, ISO 2000
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...then again I managed to get these results with my crappy old bridge camera:
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