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<p>[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 3272851, member: 27832"]It looks like you're off to a great start!</p><p><br /></p><p>I find that with a pair of daylight bulbs like you're using I can stop down to f/11, sometimes f/16, and still have reasonable exposure lengths with ISO 400-800 or so, I think. But you <i>will</i> want to use either a remote shutter release or a delay setting so you don't leave the camera vibrating when you press the shutter.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, especially if you're using a cheap (as in "less than $300") tripod, you'll want to consider using your camera's Mirror Lock-Up feature. That will eliminate one more source of vibration.</p><p><br /></p><p>Once you have vibration under control, you can use whatever exposure length you want -- if you want to shoot ISO 100 at F/16 with ambient light, just leave the shutter open for however long the camera thinks it needs, even if that's several seconds.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 3272851, member: 27832"]It looks like you're off to a great start! I find that with a pair of daylight bulbs like you're using I can stop down to f/11, sometimes f/16, and still have reasonable exposure lengths with ISO 400-800 or so, I think. But you [I]will[/I] want to use either a remote shutter release or a delay setting so you don't leave the camera vibrating when you press the shutter. Also, especially if you're using a cheap (as in "less than $300") tripod, you'll want to consider using your camera's Mirror Lock-Up feature. That will eliminate one more source of vibration. Once you have vibration under control, you can use whatever exposure length you want -- if you want to shoot ISO 100 at F/16 with ambient light, just leave the shutter open for however long the camera thinks it needs, even if that's several seconds.[/QUOTE]
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