John Freeman Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 By no means I consider myself a pro or even anything close to that, but during the last few years ive been using my 350d Ive grown really accustomed to it and all its settings and balah blah blah. This weekend I had a bit of time to play around with 450d, and one thing totally confused me. Its low light performance. While with 350d I could shoot rather great high ISO pictures in low light (yes, there was grain, but still), for the love of god, no matter what I tried it was just dark as hell. ISO 1600 with 1/2s exposition and lowest apperature possible and still dark as hell, while just by eye, I thought that 350d could do better at ISO 800 and 1/10 or something like that. It had a stock lense, but thats not the case, as I recall that 40d, when I had the chance to snap some pics with it, had the same problem. So, tell me, what is the painfully obvious thing I am missing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardsim7 Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 Painfully obvious: got a polarizer on your lens by any chance? Other than that, no idea :\ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Freeman Posted October 31, 2010 Author Share Posted October 31, 2010 Painfully obvious: got a polarizer on your lens by any chance? Other than that, no idea :\ Ha, that would have been hilarious, but sadly nope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazzy88ss Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 TWO cameras had this problem? It's obviously user error then, no offense. Check back and make 100% sure the settings are the same. do ISO1600 F5.6 1/30 or something like that. That should create 3 similar images from 3 cameras all within about 1/2 of a stop of each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholas-c Veteran Posted October 31, 2010 Veteran Share Posted October 31, 2010 To be fair the 450D is a naff camera xD Just after my 400D broke i borrowed my friends 450D to do some photos of tour of Britain, spent the night before and most the morning playing with it, that afternoon i got 3-4 good shots... It's not very easy to use compared to the 400D which if you ask me is a wonderful camera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Freeman Posted October 31, 2010 Author Share Posted October 31, 2010 TWO cameras had this problem? It's obviously user error then, no offense. Check back and make 100% sure the settings are the same. do ISO1600 F5.6 1/30 or something like that. That should create 3 similar images from 3 cameras all within about 1/2 of a stop of each other. I know it is, but i just cant figure out where the error is. Don't have it on my hands anymore. Will try to find a photo tho, but EXIF probably wont tell much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazzy88ss Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 well... is it really a problem at this point? lol Or are you just trying to figure out what happened? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Freeman Posted October 31, 2010 Author Share Posted October 31, 2010 Trying to figure out what happened. So no, not really a problem per se. Was just interested :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazzy88ss Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 it's going to be next to impossible to figure out what happened unless you have 1 photo from each camera using the exact same lens pointed at the exact same object under the same conditions. And both photos have to have EXIF data lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argote Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 Yes, the scenario you are describing makes no sense. Regardless of the noise levels, the shot from the 450 should be more luminous under the exact same conditions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Freeman Posted November 1, 2010 Author Share Posted November 1, 2010 I know, right :D But ok, nevermind. Like crazy88s said, without both cameras on hand it's just guessing, and I did that on my own to no avail, but thanks anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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