Luza 0 #1 June 22, 2004 Hi all. I have the Canon EOS 10d and wonders what settings to use for the camere...so...what do u folks use? I have a sigma 15mm fixed fishee lense:) schkaidaiv! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YahooLV 0 #2 June 22, 2004 What is your experience with a camera? Have you read the book that came with it? Have you played with the camera yet? Have you experimented? What kind of photos are you looking for? We all use many different settings for different situations. What are you looking for? Have you researched any previous threads on the subject? What kind of settings we choose related to what our lighting is, what kind of blur ratio we want, or don't want. My sugggestion is to play with the camera A LOT! It's digital! Take a thousand pics and see what happens~it's not like you have to develope any more!http://www.curtisglennphotography.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
linestretch 0 #3 June 22, 2004 I agree with Yahoo, take tons of photo's, and experiment with it. I usually us AV set to anywhere from 5ish to 11ish, with the ASA set to 200. But that's with good lighting. I've had to bump it up to 1600 (ASA) and use 2.6(?) for the aperature after the sun set. And I got this (attatched). Shutter speed was about 180. I have the same camera and lens too. good luck!my pics & stuff! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ralf 0 #4 July 2, 2004 The camera settings are a balancing act. Study the manual and see what each setting does, and how it affects the others. In skydiving (from 1 hour after sunrise, to 1 hour before sunset) the light is almost always the same, and plenty of it. That makes it easy to preset items. Preset as much as possible (manual, not auto). Yes, cameras have gotten smarter and faster, but in our fast moving sport, any time reduction between pressing the release button (tongue or whatever) and the “shutter movement” is good. Yes, the advice of read the manual, and experiment is very good! But reading the manual can be overwhelming! So I am going to give you a starting point, with some simple info. You must read the manual, and experiment if you wish to be anything more than a flying tripod. Set to manual focus. You don’t want to loose a picture (delay or unfocused) because the camera was changing between a could and the subject. Set distance to about 4 ft (1.3 meters). Yes, that is for tandem, increase as needed. Set ASA to 200. This is how sensitive the camera (film or imaging device) is to light. The lower the number, the more light you will need. You get more light by opening the lens aperture (change from f5.6 to f4 or to some smaller number) or by increasing the time the film (or imaging device) is exposed by increasing the exposure time (change from 1/250 sec to 1/125 sec). A slower ASA (smaller number) will give you better resolution and color, but the cost is that it requires more light. Set shutter to 1/250 sec. Except for rare long exposures in dark setting, all exposures will be less than a second, so the 1/ is often dropped. 1/60 sec will probably blur the picture (look for flapping jumpsuit) and 1/500 sec will cause you to increase the ASA, or decrease the f-stop (open the lens). Set the f-stop to 5.6. The f-stop controls the amount of light that passes through the lens and the depth of field that is in focus. For good quality lens, there are marking on the lens that show not only the distance the lens is focused at, but also the close and far distances that are in focus. Those marks are change with the f-stop setting. Wide angle lenses (most used in skydiving) have a large depth of field. Telephoto lenses have a small depth of field. As the f-stop number gets smaller (aperture opens for more light), the depth of field decreases. So that now you know something about depth of field, lets go “backwards.” On your lens, what f-stop will let you be in focus from 3 ft to infinity? Ok, set that distance and f-stop. Now with shutter set to 1/250, what ASA do you need for a good exposure? Yes, there are some things that seem reversed; f-4 has twice the light as f-5.6. 250th shutter is less light than 125th. With a digital camera, there is no excuse for not experimenting. Take notes! Record setting! Good Luck, Ralf Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
