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Originally Posted by baddog
I find myself using A-Dep most often for say parties, where it is more important to get the background action. Auto-ISO is my standard.
When I go to shoot waterfalls and stuff like that I experiment with AV and adjust the ISO and F-stop.
I use a Sigma 18-200 most of the time, which is a 5.6 lens. Someone told me I should go two steps up, so I have been using 7.1 on the F.
Right? Wrong?
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I shoot with artificial lights in heavily controlled situations, or in augmented natural light where I pick and choose the locations so I have the most control possible. since I shoot primarily for money I have little room to 'gamble' on the outcome...
I just looked and the sigma, it's a 3.5-6.3 meaning the that aperture changes depending on the amount of zoom which is fine for a lot of stuff... just not what I do.
Aaron M is the guy to tell you how to shoot watefalls... my thought is 5.6 at 1/2 second to get interesting 'flow' on the water... (need a tripod for sure with that...)
for parties I would use program w/flash on 1000-2000 asa or someting... (not sure what program is called on canon's) maybe with rear curtain. on camera flash is not my area of expereice at all.... very seldom use flash. maybe 2-3 tmes in the last few years.
you seem to have some expendable income so why not drop 2K into a real nice piece of glass? say the 70-200 2.8 or the 85 1.2. you'll be really surprised at the difference in your work. shooting at F2 will rock your world... sure rocks mine ;)