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Old December 22nd 08, 05:30 AM posted to rec.photo.digital
Jürgen Exner
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cen wrote:
Hey I'm new with a D80 and somewhat limited experience, but have taken
some great photos with it. Tomorrow night is concert night in the
school auditorium and I'm think about setting it on program mode to


Full Auto is not the greatest option, but usually will produce something
somewhat usable.

shoot. Wondering what other settings you'd use.


That very much depends on what effect you want to achieve. Portrait mode
is good for some shots. Other shots will be much better with Night
Portrait, yet others with Night Landscape.
More experienced people would probably use apperture or shutter priority
or even full manual mode to get exactly the effect they are looking for,
but that requires a lot of practice.

Flash is allowed.


PLEASE keep in mind that the build-in flash of any camera is _VERY_
limited in range and don't try to illuminate the whole stage from the
last row.
Besides being annoying to the performers as well as your fellow
spectators flash should be used very carefully anyway. It is so easy to
blast a romatic scene into a hard cold flat picture by using frontal
flash. Of course on the other hand using e.g. the right amount of slow
fill flash at the right moment can produce stunningly beautiful photos.

jue
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Old December 22nd 08, 09:26 AM posted to rec.photo.digital
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Default Newbie, D80 settings for School concert

"Jürgen Exner" wrote in message
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PLEASE keep in mind that the build-in flash of any camera is _VERY_
limited in range and don't try to illuminate the whole stage from the
last row.
Besides being annoying to the performers as well as your fellow
spectators flash should be used very carefully anyway. It is so easy to
blast a romatic scene into a hard cold flat picture by using frontal
flash. Of course on the other hand using e.g. the right amount of slow
fill flash at the right moment can produce stunningly beautiful photos.

jue



Goodness, "a romantic scene"? It's a school concert!

:-)

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Old December 22nd 08, 10:28 AM posted to rec.photo.digital
Jürgen Exner
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Default Newbie, D80 settings for School concert

"N" wrote:
"Jürgen Exner" wrote in message
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PLEASE keep in mind that the build-in flash of any camera is _VERY_
limited in range and don't try to illuminate the whole stage from the
last row.
Besides being annoying to the performers as well as your fellow
spectators flash should be used very carefully anyway. It is so easy to
blast a romatic scene into a hard cold flat picture by using frontal
flash. Of course on the other hand using e.g. the right amount of slow
fill flash at the right moment can produce stunningly beautiful photos.


Goodness, "a romantic scene"? It's a school concert!


Well, I guess "romantic" may have different meanings in different
cultures.
A violinist's face illuminated only by the reading light for the sheet
music can be very romantic.

jue
 




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