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pickles · 05-30-2011, 11:43 PM

Got myself a nice ES 11 recently, so I thought I'd go to our Church, which is being remodelled/extended, to take some pictures of its interior, in its original state. Also took my recently acquired 15mm.
Haven't used this camera much, never in low light before, and what I found is that viewfinder information, ie shutter speed, is unreadable....could not see what speed the camera had "picked".....just could not read it......so I just used auto, on a tripod, & fired away. Haven't seen the results yet.
Any other ES11 users reading this.....is this normal?
Cheers, Pickles.

Kim C · 05-31-2011, 02:55 AM

As the lowest speed on manual is 1/60, you would have to use it on manual and if need be change the exposure compensation or ISO for back lit or difficult subjects.

So as the camera is "going" to decide" what does it matter

Kim

pickles · 05-31-2011, 05:07 AM

Originally posted by Kim C

As the lowest speed on manual is 1/60, you would have to use it on manual and if need be change the exposure compensation or ISO for back lit or difficult subjects.

So as the camera is "going" to decide" what does it matter

Kim

Ha ha ha....."what does it matter".......that's exactly what I thought!
Cheers, Pickles.

05-30-2011, 11:43 PM	#1
pickles Veteran Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: melbourne Posts: 937	Es 11 viewfinder readings in low light? Got myself a nice ES 11 recently, so I thought I'd go to our Church, which is being remodelled/extended, to take some pictures of its interior, in its original state. Also took my recently acquired 15mm. Haven't used this camera much, never in low light before, and what I found is that viewfinder information, ie shutter speed, is unreadable....could not see what speed the camera had "picked".....just could not read it......so I just used auto, on a tripod, & fired away. Haven't seen the results yet. Any other ES11 users reading this.....is this normal? Cheers, Pickles.

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05-31-2011, 02:55 AM	#2
Kim C Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Lincoln, UK Photos: Gallery Posts: 229	As the lowest speed on manual is 1/60, you would have to use it on manual and if need be change the exposure compensation or ISO for back lit or difficult subjects. So as the camera is "going" to decide" what does it matter Kim

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pickles Veteran Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: melbourne Posts: 937 Original Poster	Originally posted by Kim C As the lowest speed on manual is 1/60, you would have to use it on manual and if need be change the exposure compensation or ISO for back lit or difficult subjects. So as the camera is "going" to decide" what does it matter Kim Ha ha ha....."what does it matter".......that's exactly what I thought! Cheers, Pickles.

Es 11 viewfinder readings in low light?

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