Can I get camera settings for these situations?

[erinville]

I have been taking pictures with my Canon EOS 500D for about 10 months now.
All the pictures I have taken were on an Auto setting as I was afraid to tinker with the camera in case I got the settings wrong & the manual is hard to understand.
I now want to start experimenting & hope ye can help me.
I need to know the "General" manual settings for thes situations using ISO speed, Shutter Speed, F Stop & anything I may have left out.

Indoors: Church/Pub

Outdoors: Sunny

Outdoors: Cloudy

Outdoors Night

Indoors Moving Subject

Outdoors Moving Subject

Portrait Indoors

Portrait Outdoors

I would be very grateful to receive your replies as I feel I should be using my camera to the best of its potential.

[RichardTaylor]

Understand what you are doing.... Then you will be able to figure out ball park settings yourself ... no matter what the shooting situation.

This exposure tute may help. Have a look at the Exif info.

Exposure (1) A balancing act

As this one may for street scenes at night.
Night Photography:2 - In the street.


And this one for city scapes.
Night Photography:1 - Cityscapes.

[Jim Poor]

Originally Posted by erinville

I have been taking pictures with my Canon EOS 500D for about 10 months now.
All the pictures I have taken were on an Auto setting as I was afraid to tinker with the camera in case I got the settings wrong & the manual is hard to understand.
I now want to start experimenting & hope ye can help me.
I need to know the "General" manual settings for thes situations using ISO speed, Shutter Speed, F Stop & anything I may have left out.

Indoors: Church/Pub

Outdoors: Sunny

Outdoors: Cloudy

Outdoors Night

Indoors Moving Subject

Outdoors Moving Subject

Portrait Indoors

Portrait Outdoors

I would be very grateful to receive your replies as I feel I should be using my camera to the best of its potential.

Set your camera on auto, note what settings it gives you and then play with them.

Set your camera on Aperture priority, note the settings, take a photo.
Change the aperture, note the changes in shutter speed, take a photo.
Wash, rinse, repeat, compare.

Then, set your camera on Shutter priority, repeat the steps above.


Asking us to give you settings is not only next to impossible, but it's not going to help you learn much.

[dlambert]

+1 Jim -- that's perfect.

Also, start working on your critical eye as you're reviewing your own photos. When you see "good" and "bad", try to understand what you're seeing that's making you feel that way about your photos. From there, you can begin to transition from the camera leading you to you using the camera.

There are some excellent general-purpose articles here on DPS and elsewhere that explain the exposure triangle (google will turn up as many as you choose to review). That would be an excellent place to start.

[jdepould]

Originally Posted by Jim Poor

Set your camera on auto, note what settings it gives you and then play with them.

I agree, but would suggest using P instead of full auto, since P lets you scroll through the equivalent exposure options. Take multiple pictures of one thing using the different options, and compare the results while looking at the EXIF.