Family photo

[sjshellenberger]

I recently purchased a Canon 5D Mark II with the 24-105mm F/4 L series lens brand new (keep in mind I've never owned a camera other than a point and shoot). I live by the motto of go big the first time instead of buying twice. I love the camera, BUT I recently took some photos of some good friends and they turned out "grainy." They were shot at about 5-6pm.



1/2500 s @ f/4, ISO 4000




Same settings.

Any help appreciated.

[big zues]

why have iso set at 4000? 100 .200 would have done

[wildflower]

I agree with big zues a much lower ISO would have been better. You should be able to reign in some of that graininess in PP.

Good shots tho, cute girls

[bookloveraz]

Originally Posted by big zues

why have iso set at 4000? 100 .200 would have done

Originally Posted by wildflower

I agree with big zues a much lower ISO would have been better. You should be able to reign in some of that graininess in PP.

Exactly what I was going to say. Lower the ISO!

[MrJones]

ok, so I'll say it too!
you could lower the ISO (usually don't pass the 400-800) and use a lower shutter speed.
also, with that lens, use a f/5 and up if you can - you'll get sharper images.

nice camera to begin with. I'm been taking photos for about 5-6 years and this would be my dream camera

[Life in Motion]

Originally Posted by MrJones

ok, so I'll say it too!
you could lower the ISO (usually don't pass the 400-800) and use a lower shutter speed.
also, with that lens, use a f/5 and up if you can - you'll get sharper images.

nice camera to begin with. I'm been taking photos for about 5-6 years and this would be my dream camera

+1 Mr. JOnes

the picture is grainy because of the high iso, and the reason the first is more so because the front child is in the focus range and the two behind are just out of focus. a higher apperature is necessary like jones said f/5 or higher to take pics of people on different planes. also pay attention to the focus point your camera is set on...looks like you may have used a centerweight focus point where you would need to use you cameras setting to recognize several points of focus because of the different planes the children are in...

[Laurenbiz]

Woah, the high ISO is really visible in the first shot...

[SuperDan]

Originally Posted by Life in Motion

+1 Mr. JOnes

the picture is grainy because of the high iso, and the reason the first is more so because the front child is in the focus range and the two behind are just out of focus. a higher apperature is necessary like jones said f/5 or higher to take pics of people on different planes. also pay attention to the focus point your camera is set on...looks like you may have used a centerweight focus point where you would need to use you cameras setting to recognize several points of focus because of the different planes the children are in...

couldnt have said it better....

you did well though on the compositions

I do not know all of the camera settings , such as .. well if you are on AUTO then, that might be the culprit for the high ISO... or (in nikon) there is the ISO AUTO that pushes the iso up...

also, your metering may be off... as if you have set at a matrix setting (taking the whole scene) then its pulling the bright spots where the sun is going in the background

[Aleix]

Wow, despite the extreme ISO value the rendered results are still very acceptable in this sense, I imagined the ISO was high but not that high!

[sjshellenberger]

Thanks for the input. I thought the ISO was too high too, but didn't notice it at the time I shot the pictures. I had taken pictures the night before and was trying to figure out how to turn on the timer (since these pictures I wanted to be in). I must have adjusted something without meaning to.

BTW, I also have an 85mm.....will that work too for these types of pictures or is it more for close ups?