Museum lighting

[Dan852]

I'm having trouble setting my camera (Sony H5) when I try and take shots inside a museum. They seem to have a gold cast. I have to take the shot longer because the lighting is dim. If I use a higher ISO say 800 the shot is to grainy. Any suggestions?

[Sterling]

The gold cast should be easily fixed by changing your white balance setting. Your camera will probably have different settings to match different types of lighting (fluorescent, tungsten, daylight, etc.)

The grain from high ISO and the long shutter speeds are just limitations of your camera. The only cure is to have more light. You may be able to remove a lot of the high ISO noise using software made for this purpose.

[ffchocobo]

You can use the flash if you're allowed. But otherwise the only other way is already suggested and that is to increase the light. Which means investing in a better camera and most likely a lens with a large aperture, F1.4 or F1.8.

Remember though that a low f stop would mean you have a shallower depth of field as well so make sure your focus correctly.

[ecate78]

Hello!

I am not an expert but wouldn't it be possible to use a tripod and use a slow shutter speed, in order to get more light without any risk of camera shake and avoiding the noise of higher iso?

Also if the color cast remains it is always possible to correct it afterwards in pp.