A200 vs A300

[Ouverture]

then go for A200.
Me also on A200.
Its good enough.

Then go out and shoot more pictures with A200.

Yes, I have been shooting non-stop to continue learning to master the technique of taking good photos.

Many say try to maintain shutter count for better resale next time, which I dun really care since it's under warranty and i feel a well used camera is better than seldom used one...

 

[lenrek]

Yes, I have been shooting non-stop to continue learning to master the technique of taking good photos.

Many say try to maintain shutter count for better resale next time, which I dun really care since it's under warranty and i feel a well used camera is better than seldom used one...

Ya lor... Why on earth thinking of selling just after buying it? Should focus more about taking good photo than to worry about resale value.

 

[stupidbear]

I thought f1.7 is faster than f2.8? CMIIAW, newbie here

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50mm is prime. F2.8 is range. That's the diff.

 

[vibranze]

I meant f1.7 compare to f2.8, I believe both of them are aperture and the smallest the aperture number the faster the lens?:dunno:

 

[lenrek]

but is the noise significant for ISO 1600 and below...

ISO 1600 and below?

Picture taken using A350, which is not much different between A200 and A300.

ISO400:


ISO800:


I don't have picture at ISO1600 as I seldom use this setup.

You may need to use the tool suggested by Galdor to reduce the effect of noise.

... considering there's already IS on the body ?

From what I understand, IS or SSS allow us to take picture in lower shutter speed. So, if you hold the camera properly, and the object does not move that frequent, is possible to take a sharp picture even when the shutting speed is 1/15s or 1/8s. Is not related ISO noise.

 

[stupidbear]

What I meant there is about pushing up the ISO to compensate the low light environment

 

[Ouverture]

What I meant there is about pushing up the ISO to compensate the low light environment

I think the max I tried pushing is ISO800 without much visible noise.

To compensate for shutter speed, as my house is quite dim, I normally lower the EV by -0.3 so as to gain a 1 stop faster shutter speed, then I am able to lower my ISO to 400 and aperture max to about 3.5.

Actually depending on different scenerios, if group photos in my house, a flash is a must since aperture needs to raised to 5.6 or higher and ISO will max out for me if without flash.

For portraits shoots of my son, I will normally use aperture of F2 or F2.8 and still able to shoot at ISO400 and get shutter of 1/30s.

No matter how, it's really up to individual to tweak the settings to suit your needs and tweaking the EV part was really an eye-opener for me to "trick" the camera to raise the shutter speed and later just do some PP to increase the level back...

I guess the DSLR fundamental course was good for me since it let me know the limitation of my camera and find ways to overcome them...

 

[dewei85]

To compensate for shutter speed, as my house is quite dim, I normally lower the EV by -0.3 so as to gain a 1 stop faster shutter speed, then I am able to lower my ISO to 400 and aperture max to about 3.5.

Wouldn't that result in a under-exposed photo? :think:Since you are adjusting the EV downwards. Unless without EV adjustments the photo is slightly over-exposed.

What does the histogram say?

 

[Ouverture]

Wouldn't that result in a under-exposed photo? :think:Since you are adjusting the EV downwards. Unless without EV adjustments the photo is slightly over-exposed.

What does the histogram say?

Yes, it will be slightly underexposed. Sometimes I rather to PP them and push the EV back from a raw file.

If I increase the ISO to 800 or 1600, noise intrudes and if I stay on in ISO400, shutter speed is not fast enough, esp if my son keeps moving....:sweat:

So EV comes into play for me though more work later...