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MayDayGirl
Hey can you help me out? I know you're photographer extraordinaire and you'd told me before to use "manual exposure" to get better lighting with my camera. Does that simply mean turning off the flash or is there another setting I should be using? (ISO setting?)
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Re: MayDayGirl
If you're shooting on auto that usually means that it would be on a green square. Tell me if that looks right to you
go to page 14 of this manual. It will show you (on my cam at least, yours should be similar) how to put it on manual exposure.
Then once you've figured that out I'll have to tell you how to know what you're doing in that setting ;-)
https://www.olympusamerica.com/files/E-510 Instruction Manual_English.pdf
page 7 would show you what you need to do to switch from AUTO to manual (manual is the M)
When you are in a bright place (like outside) you need to let in LESS light through the shutter because there is already so much light outside. When doing this your shutter speed will be a very high number (like 1000-6000 give or take, but HIGH none the less).
When you're shooting indoors and it's darker you need to let in MORE light because you have less to work with. When doing this your shutter speed with be much lower. (anywhere from -0.x-150 again, give or take, but LOW, it's a huge range). You have to learn what your camera needs number wise to get the picture you want. That just takes practice.
But you're constantly changing the shutter speed to match the lighting. I'm ALWAYS test shooting things to get the right exposure before taking and actual picture. Even in the same spot if the sun moves, your exposure will change.
The thing is the lower the shutter speed (so darker the room) the slower it will take to get the picture. You can actually hear the shutter taking longer to open and close. In this case you have to be much steadier while taking the picture so it's not blurry.
I often times still use my flash indoors (cuz I don't have an awesome $5k camera like my sister does!) but still keep it on a manuel setting. It all depends on how much light the room you're in is getting.
Is any of this making sense? sorry! It's confusing.
You sort of need to get the concept of the shutter speed before using it. But testing it out on your camera is the best way to learn.
I'm SO bad with reading instructions but give me a minute! Unless you already know how?
Do you have a dial on your camera? Something that dials from side to side letting you change different settings? If you do (which you should) then while in the "M" setting, if you use the dial do you see on your screen any numbers changing? Ranging from -0.04 to 4000?
That would be how you adjust your shutter speed.
Let me know if you can't get it!
Also you can adjust white balance, which is another setting. If you feel like your coloring in a particular room is too yellowy, you can change the white balance to a cooler color.. or vice versa.
Another thing to play with!