A 4.5 - 5.6 Aperture ISO settings
Dec 14, 2019 11:04:19 #
Just curious, I bought a Nikon Lens with a 4.5 - 5.6 Aperture range. ( not received yet.)
With Landscape Photography, in average to Good Daylight, how High or Low might I be required to set my ISO to capture a acceptable & decent Photo that I could make 5x7 Prints??
Would this just be Trial & Error continued Effort?
With Landscape Photography, in average to Good Daylight, how High or Low might I be required to set my ISO to capture a acceptable & decent Photo that I could make 5x7 Prints??
Would this just be Trial & Error continued Effort?
Dec 14, 2019 11:11:00 #
The problem is that we can't determine what is average good daylight. But in general you should be able to take good landscape pictures at ISO 100. You shouldn't need anything above ISO 400. The reason I said ISO 100 because many current digital cameras don't go below that but you should be able to take good landscape, daylight pictures at even ISO 25 hand held with aperture no larger than 5.6.
Dec 14, 2019 11:13:12 #
In good daylight the lowest number for your camera would be fine/ ( some will tell you that that is say 100 for a Nikon and 200 for a Cannon each manufacturer has its sweet spot? But as a note if you are unsure you can always set the camera to auto and see what it sets itself to. Or you could set it in aperture priority to one of the settings and see what the camera sets itself to aswell, and then make adjustments to your liking.
Dec 14, 2019 11:13:42 #
Silverrails wrote:
Just curious, I bought a Nikon Lens with a 4.5 - 5.6 Aperture range. ( not received yet.)
With Landscape Photography, in average to Good Daylight, how High or Low might I be required to set my ISO to capture a acceptable & decent Photo that I could make 5x7 Prints??
Would this just be Trial & Error continued Effort?
With Landscape Photography, in average to Good Daylight, how High or Low might I be required to set my ISO to capture a acceptable & decent Photo that I could make 5x7 Prints??
Would this just be Trial & Error continued Effort?
THERE IS NO SET ISO FOR YOUR CAMERA, ALWAYS TRY AND USE THE LOWEST ISO THAT GIVES YOU THE SHUTTER SPEED YOU CAN HAND HOLD IF YOU ARE NOT USING A TRIPOD
Dec 14, 2019 11:20:23 #
legion3 wrote:
THERE IS NO SET ISO FOR YOUR CAMERA, ALWAYS TRY AND USE THE LOWEST ISO THAT GIVES YOU THE SHUTTER SPEED YOU CAN HAND HOLD IF YOU ARE NOT USING A TRIPOD
A tripod is a must, as well as a cable release. Use aperture priority, at iso 100 or200 and let the camera set the speed. End of problem
Dec 14, 2019 11:23:07 #
Dec 14, 2019 11:25:27 #
SuperflyTNT wrote:
If I was only gonna print 5x7 landscapes I’d use my iPhone.
Actually the decision to use the Iphone or camera doesn't depend on print size.
Dec 14, 2019 11:37:38 #
SuperflyTNT wrote:
If I was only gonna print 5x7 landscapes I’d use my iPhone.
Why not answer his question and forgo your opinion, Typical hog response.
Dec 14, 2019 12:26:46 #
Silverrails wrote:
in landscape photography you are usually mostly concerned with aperture. Set the aperture you need and then the shutter and ISO you must. There is no right or wrong ISO for landscape. Most cameras these days don’t show any noise until about 800. So don’t worry about that. You might need a tripod. You might not. Same with a cable release. If you get the picture sharp and nail the exposure there are really no size limits for a print. Just curious, I bought a Nikon Lens with a 4.5 - 5.6 Aperture range. ( not received yet.)
With Landscape Photography, in average to Good Daylight, how High or Low might I be required to set my ISO to capture a acceptable & decent Photo that I could make 5x7 Prints??
Would this just be Trial & Error continued Effort?
With Landscape Photography, in average to Good Daylight, how High or Low might I be required to set my ISO to capture a acceptable & decent Photo that I could make 5x7 Prints??
Would this just be Trial & Error continued Effort?
...Cam
Dec 14, 2019 12:33:22 #
Regarding the apertures on your new lens, what you wrote is merely the largest opening the aperture can go at a given focal length. You can select smaller: f/8, f/11 and so forth.
Your aperture choice should be based on how much depth of field you desire. Your shutter speed should be based on motion considerations (hand-holding? Windy?). ISO should be your least "worry" for the reasons mentioned by others.
Your aperture choice should be based on how much depth of field you desire. Your shutter speed should be based on motion considerations (hand-holding? Windy?). ISO should be your least "worry" for the reasons mentioned by others.
Dec 14, 2019 12:58:34 #
SuperflyTNT wrote:
If I was only gonna print 5x7 landscapes
I’d use my iPhone.
If I was only gonna print 5x7 landscapes
I’d use my iPhone.
So true.
Also, if you ever shoot without tripod in
near-darkness have no fear of using the
upper 4-digit ISO settings for making
small prints such as 5x7.
Even in "good daylite" makes no sense
to lug a tripod to make 5x7s. No reason
to use low ISO speeds for small prints
in decent daylite. Typical could be ISO
640, 1/800 sec, at f9.5. Your small print
will never show a visible benefit of any
ISO below that.
--------------------------------------
Acoarst, at ISO 640 if you happen to
get a shot you wanna hang on the wall
you would be limited to about 20x24
for print size to maintain top quality ...
unless you hang it on the wall behind
the couch, where you have virtually no
limit to print size cuz the couch would
block viewers from getting close enuf
to pixel peep !
Dec 14, 2019 13:44:46 #
Silverrails wrote:
Just curious, I bought a Nikon Lens with a 4.5 - 5.6 Aperture range. ( not received yet.)
With Landscape Photography, in average to Good Daylight, how High or Low might I be required to set my ISO to capture a acceptable & decent Photo that I could make 5x7 Prints??
Would this just be Trial & Error continued Effort?
With Landscape Photography, in average to Good Daylight, how High or Low might I be required to set my ISO to capture a acceptable & decent Photo that I could make 5x7 Prints??
Would this just be Trial & Error continued Effort?
Trial and learning, not error. Remain positive - you can either take a photo, or take a better one. For landscape, it is more about depth of field control than ISO. You make no mention of what camera you have.
This image was taken with a point and shoot - a Canon Powershot S400 - in 2004. The ISO was 9586. You either use autoISO or set it to give you the aperture and shutter speed you need.
Dec 14, 2019 15:56:26 #
SuperflyTNT wrote:
If I was only gonna print 5x7 landscapes I’d use my iPhone.
Although if I want to use my Nikon D3300 at ISO 100, would that not produce a much better 5x7 Print, since it is a 24.2 Megapixel Camera, than my Pixel XL can produce, ( not sure how many Pixels XL actually has in it.
So, just guessing, and I really hate to think a Smartphone can produce better be images than a D3300 DSLR Camera.
Dec 14, 2019 16:01:49 #
Your 24MP camera is more than capable of prints to 20inches x 13inches, when printed to 300 pixels per inch (ppi) and no cropping. You can go larger by lowering the ppi to 250ppi or even 200ppi. Simply take the pixel resolution of the image file and divide by the intended ppi, example 6000px / 300ppi = 20inches or 6000px / 200ppi = 30inches
Dec 14, 2019 16:26:29 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
Your 24MP camera is more than capable of prints to 20inches x 13inches, when printed to 300 pixels per inch (ppi) and no cropping. You can go larger by lowering the ppi to 250ppi or even 200ppi. Simply take the pixel resolution of the image file and divide by the intended ppi, example 6000px / 300ppi = 20inches or 6000px / 200ppi = 30inches
My intention is to Use my personalized 5x7 Prints in pre-designed "Greeting Cards" frames, hopefully to supplement my Retirement. I am not confident that a Smartphone Camera can produce a Quality 5x7 Print,...Am I wrong?
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