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Hi,
I will soon be getting a Canon Powershot G5 camera. My first interest with that camera is to take lot of portrait photos. The light setting could be low. What settings should I use to get good quality portrait pictures? For Christmas dinner, some of the pictures may not be portrait. It could be dinner table conversation pictures. We have low dinner light settings. What settings should I use for such pictures in those light conditions? Thank you in advance for any help and advice. Happy Holidays everyone! BT |
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Ben Theil wrote in
: Hi, I will soon be getting a Canon Powershot G5 camera. My first interest with that camera is to take lot of portrait photos. The light setting could be low. What settings should I use to get good quality portrait pictures? For Christmas dinner, some of the pictures may not be portrait. It could be dinner table conversation pictures. We have low dinner light settings. What settings should I use for such pictures in those light conditions? Thank you in advance for any help and advice. Happy Holidays everyone! BT Don't expect to get any good INDOOR portraits with this camera unless you use an external flash and a tripod. |
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R2D2 wrote:
Ben Theil wrote in 2: Hi, I will soon be getting a Canon Powershot G5 camera. My first interest with that camera is to take lot of portrait photos. The light setting could be low. What settings should I use to get good quality portrait pictures? For Christmas dinner, some of the pictures may not be portrait. It could be dinner table conversation pictures. We have low dinner light settings. What settings should I use for such pictures in those light conditions? Don't expect to get any good INDOOR portraits with this camera unless you use an external flash and a tripod. I would say yes, and no. As a former owner of a G3 (similar in capabilities to the G5), I got a lot of good indoor snaphots using the built-in flash. But if by "portraits" you mean high-quality shots of people, alone, then the G5 is capable of it, but you need pro-quality lighting, and the knowledge to use it. More than just an external flash, though one of those will certainly help, if for nothing else than reducing red-eye. (The built-in red-eye reduction (preflash), is not always very successful.) If you do get and use an external flash, it's usually best to use it off-axis, that is to light the subject(s) from the side. You need a cord that allows you to use the flash off-camera (not cheap, unfortunately). Or you can use bounce flash, off the ceiling. You might also want to experiment with masking off the on-camera flash when using the external flash. For the dinner table shots, set your ISO to near maximum, and try some hand-held exposures. You're probably in non-auto mode here, so set the camera to AV, maximum aperature, and don't forget to set the white balance. I have gotten some great candle-lit dinner table shots using incandescent WB. Low temp, in any event. (This assumes that you are shooting JPEGs, and not using raw and software like Photoshop. If you have PS, by all means shoot raw. You'll need a utility to process the raw files into TIFs. I believe Canon supplies one with the G5. Or use Camera Raw, if you are lucky enough to have PhotoShop CS.) If you are shooting JPEGs, use the highest resolution and quality that you can set. You can always reduce it later, for web display for example, but you can't get it back if it wasn't there. I would always use a 256 MB or greater CF card with a good camera like the G5. Lets you experiment more, and shoot more. I used two 512 MB Lexar cards with my G3. CF cards are relatively cheap. Don't miss a great shot because you have run out of storage. In any case, practice before the Christmas dinner. Great thing about digital: "film" and "development" is cheap. G |
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