eleftherios_skoutaris

<p>Greetings to all the photo lovers out there!<br /> I have just started taking lessons in photography. I'm thus a newbie and I'm using an old Nikon D80 camera with a zoom in-out lens of 18-200 mm.<br> <strong>Problem statement:</strong><br> I have tried taking some portrait shots in a restaurant where the light was diminished, in aperture mode and f5.6, but the problem is that the movement of the company of people (would not remain still as there were spontaneous shots) gave a blurry effect of their moving hands or even when turning their faces.<br> Since in apperture mode, I tried to increase the ISO of my camera (to increase the shutter speed). I set the ISO to max i.e. 3200 but the shutter speed was only increased up to 1/4 and I had the same problem.<br> I tried using a flash instead, where the shutter speed, strangely (why is that?) increased up to 1/60, so I had no problems with blurriness but the light of the flash did not give a so natural effect in the picture.<br> <strong>Questions:</strong><br />I would like to ask experienced photographers or professionals, what is the configuration they use in such cases?<br> Should I turn to shutter speed mode and increase the speed? But this would cost me in DoF right?<br> <br />I would like to avoid the intense light exposure of the flash in such low light environments.<br> Thank you in advance for your input.</p>

<p>Thank you all for your answers and time dedicated answering my post.</p> <p>@Dan M. You are right I was confusing the focusing with the depth of field. This is clear to me now thanks to you. The links are tough reading.<br> <br />@John Wheeler. Thank you very much John, indeed as you said when the subject is better zoomed by using a high focal length then when changing the aperture, I used f5.6 and f10, I could see the difference in the DoF at the background.<br> @Harry Joseph. Yep I have to look into the differences between the two camera types. By googling a bit it seems that mine is a cropped one.<br> <br />My question was very basic and thanks a lot to all for answer I got to learn more :)</p>

<p>Thank you all for your answers and time dedicated answering my post.</p> <p>@Dan M. You are right I was confusing the focusing with the depth of field. This is clear to me now thanks to you. The links are tough reading.<br> <br />@John Wheeler. Thank you very much John, indeed as you said when the subject is better zoomed by using a high focal length then when changing the aperture, I used f5.6 and f10, I could see the difference in the DoF at the background.<br> @Harry Joseph. Yep I have to look into the differences between the two camera types. By googling a bit it seems that mine is a cropped one.<br> <br />My question was very basic and thanks a lot to all for answer I got to learn more :)</p>

<p>Greetings to all the photo lovers out there!<br> I have just started taking lessons in photography. I'm thus a newbie and I'm using an old Nikon D80 camera with a zoom in-out lens of 18-200 mm.</p> <p>My current problem is that I cannot manage to achieve any variation of depth of field with my camera by changing the apperture values.</p> <p>For instance, I set my camera to apperture mode. I place two objects in a distance of 1,5 meters from one another (or else have an object close to me and landscape in the background). When I take a shot with different apperture values, starting from f5.6 to 32, there is no change of the DoF in the photo. I should expect a very short DoF in the former case and becoming larger ( until everything in focus) in the latter. This is not happening...</p> <p>Furthermore, what confuses me is that I can adjust the focus on the objects I am shooting using a rotating barrel of the lens from 0.5 to infinity (has a DX mark on it).</p> <p>Therefore, I learn in the class that I can change the DoF by changing the apperture, but in my case this is not happening and on the other hand I can just grab the rotating barrel and set the DoF by myself manually...</p> <p>What am I missing here? I must be doing something wrong with my camera. Thank you in advance for your precious help!</p> <div></div>