E-30 and using P, A, S & M Controls

[DonnaB]

I have been photography mostly in Auto. E-30 is my third Olympus (E500 and E510 were the others) and this year have been working on using the P,A,S & M Controls. I'm still having a difficult time when photographing a group shoots (getting everyone in focus) , indoors and outdoors. I have other problems (noise in my photo) but I'll ask that question later
Can someone give me some guidance or maybe a Aperture starting point that I can work with. The Lens that I have are, 11-22, 12-60, 70-300, 50, 50-200. The 12-60 and the 70-300 I got when I got my E-30 and the others I've had when I got my E-510.

Thank you for your time and I look forward your help

DonnaB, MA

[Raigoki]

hi!
my guidelines when i'm using aperture priority of my camera ( A) are...

1. if capturing group photos, i prefer f/5.6 to f/8.0 but that depends on the amount of ambient light there is in the area. (if the surrounding has minimal light, either pump up the ISO (100-400... max. would be 800, don't use 1600... too much noise), or use off-cam flash.

2. If i want shallow DOF, i use the smallest aperture number. (zuiko digital has F/2.0 as it's lowest)

mostly, i use A and M mode. i rarely use P (cause i don't know how to tweak P mode. hehe!)

[DonnaB]

Originally Posted by Raigoki

hi!
my guidelines when i'm using aperture priority of my camera ( A) are...

1. if capturing group photos, i prefer f/5.6 to f/8.0 but that depends on the amount of ambient light there is in the area. (if the surrounding has minimal light, either pump up the ISO (100-400... max. would be 800, don't use 1600... too much noise), or use off-cam flash.

2. If i want shallow DOF, i use the smallest aperture number. (zuiko digital has F/2.0 as it's lowest)

mostly, i use A and M mode. i rarely use P (cause i don't know how to tweak P mode. hehe!)

Hi Raigoki

Thank you for your help. I will try that I went to your Shutterfly site. You've taken some great photos. I photograph a lot of nature pictures when I'm not photographing people and landscapes.

Thank you again for your help.