What can I do with my 70-300mm 5.6

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Permalink Reply by Fred on December 31, 2009 at 11:20pm

Yes f/5.6 is for good light, so indoors I would not use that lens but a f/2.8 or faster.
In manual mode you control the shutter speed and aperture so use the histogram to get the ideal shot.

Permalink Reply by bryan on December 31, 2009 at 11:25pm

aperture higher and iso and shuttle speed too

Permalink Reply by Screwdriver on January 1, 2010 at 7:06am

Many thanks for the reply

Permalink Reply by Gary Vernon on January 1, 2010 at 8:22am

You have a superb lens for the money, i have also used this lens extensively for studio portraits.
Get a rough idea of the exposure by setting to auto then switching to manual and apply the same settings.
Better still start in aperture prority mode / as somebody else mentioned, keep an eye on the histogram, if your image is too dark then lower the shutter speed / or increase the ISO,
Gary..

Images taken with 70-300 on D3.

Permalink Reply by Screwdriver on January 2, 2010 at 2:57am

Im trying to locate in my camera the Histogram. How do i use the histogram? many thanks again for my ignorance

Permalink Reply by Screwdriver on January 4, 2010 at 12:01am

Many thanks for the link. Surely it will help me more on my hobby.