Manual or Auto Focus?

@faez u're based in cyber now or in kelate?

increasing ISO will not help. The exposure will be the same if you use A/S/P mode. Unless you use Manual.

You should use A mode with Spot Metering. ISO can set to low if your hand can hold the camera with low shutter speed..

Still in Kelantan lor. My mom is not well, she's been affected with leukemia. So I postponed my intake till January

Btw I don't see people using the 16-85. Most people doesn't know about this lens too. Hurm too overpriced?

Perhaps it's not as famous as the CZ 16-80mm lol. I also seldom see people using that, more people will go for 18-200 at that price range because they just want longer reach. But obviously 16-85 is better.

18-200 good for travelling but daily use, 16-85 anytime

Manual Focus....
how is it?

I have only seen the 16-85 once cause only 1 of my friend uses it. The common ones are the 18-105, 18-55 and Tamron 17-50 VC for DX lens among my circle of friends haha. 18-200 also not common among my friends :S.

I can see the depth of field there is quite shallow. So, your focusing has to be quite precise. I'm not sure what shutter speed you are using and focal length. The longer you zoom at the pic, the more prone it can get camera shake. General rule of thumb if possible is to have your shutter speed faster than your focal length. E.g. If you zoom at 85mm then your shutter speed should be faster than 1/80s, maybe 1/100s and above. Another thing if possible is to get ample lighting. Your pic will look slightly sharper if the lighting is good. I think you have to fine tune the focus a bit more. In a condition where depth of field is too shallow, you have to take more pics with diff focus adjustments, if you're manual. I understand sometimes autofocus may not do its job well under high magnification.

But if i used shutter speed 1/80s or 1/100s the picture will get darker..
the exposure time of this photo is 0.62sec...

Increase ISO to compensate.

if i didn't guess wrongly..you took the shot while placing the camera on the floor?

bursting your shots might help as well. =D

0.62s? Your surrounding must be very dark! Try to experiment with higher ISO like what celciuz mentioned. Or otherwise, find somewhere with better lighting.

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Added on November 9, 2010, 10:08 amwhy bursting the shots can help?


This post has been edited by geekster129: Nov 9 2010, 10:08 AM

should add use lower shutter speed, and burst the shots. bursting might give u a higher chance of getting sharp shots

then again, if you focus manually, the subject not in 100% focus, u burst gao gao also won't help.

That's why have to take multiple shots of different focus adjustments, take one, move the focus ring slightly, take another, then pick the best pic, just my ideas lar.

At such slow shutter speed, bursting a few shot will help to nail photo without handshake.

i wouldn't rely on manual focusing on a APS-C with such a small view finder. unless he/she is using live view with manual focus assist. or else, it wouldn't really be accurate.

Haha... I'm going to try this out tonight

Allright.

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Added on November 9, 2010, 10:42 amYa..i place my camera on the floor..
by the way, what is bursting my shoot?

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Added on November 9, 2010, 10:43 amen..

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Added on November 9, 2010, 10:45 amSo, for the summary is...when in dark place, use higher ISO and smaller aperture ( with large number) is it?

This post has been edited by KIEN18: Nov 9 2010, 10:45 AM

At dark place, you need to use as big as possible for your aperture. Else where are you gonna get your light from?