• Canon 350D (Rebel XT) with 17-85 IS Lens @ 40mm (~60mm).
  • ISO 400, 1/13 @ F6.3 hand held.
  • Here I would have selected ISO 400 as a starting point as it is quite dark..
  • 1/13 second shutter speed allowed me to hand hold the camera because I was using an image stabilised lens.
  • At a focal lenght of ~ 60mm, minimum hand holding speed would be 1/60 second (more on that when we get to shutter speeds, next).
  • Going to ISO 1600 (1/60 @ F6.3) would have allowed me to shoot with similar results to above with a lot more noise.
  • Ideallly in these situations a tripod was needed.
  • Then I can have as much depth of field as I like - provided the subject doesn't move due to long exposure times.
  • The F6.3 aperture only just provides adequate depth of field.
  • This pic is pushing the limits of hand held natural light photography.