what horrible lights are you talking about?
were you shooting with the xt? if you dont have a tripod, you can try setting the camera down on the ground or somewhere thats not going to move. flash doesnt really help that much imo... as you can see in the red bimmer shot, i used the flash, but it only goes so far.
another thing is to raise your ISO, and open the aperture up to let in as much light as possible, but your best bet is to use a tripod and use a long shutter.
Naw, i have a Nikon D50, and i do use a tripod. I'm talking about the florurecet lights... If i'm shooting at a strange angle from them sometimes they make my pics look almost cloudy with yellow light... I rarely use the flash at all unless i'm shooting people...Originally Posted by ekcivic9
Set your white balance for night or flourescent, or get a gray card and do an auto white balance. Cop a copy of Photoshop CS2 because Camera Raw 3.4 has pretty good WB auto correction. Without a flash you'll be shooting ISO 800 or 1600 on a tripod. Get an F2.8 or lower lens too.
Last time i shot with 1600 iso my pics were really grainy... I don't think i'd shoot over 400 or 800...
Any suggestions on lenses? I am using the one that came with the camera however the one that did come with it was supposedly a little better than the normal one. Its a quantaray 28-90. I'd like a better lense but don't really have a ton of cash to spend on it...
F woudl be F stop right? Thats the number on the ring on the very back of the lense? If thats so it looks like it only goes down to 3.5.
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