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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
10-23-2012, 06:28 AM
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A general rule for shutter speed as a beginner is 1/ (2 times the focal length). So at 35mm, you'd want to shoot 1/70th or faster. If you have really steady hands, you could probably do 1/ (1.5 times the focal length) to begin. With experience and proper holding of the camera, you'll eventually get down to 1/focal length or maybe even faster.
The kit lens (18-55mm) isn't the best lens for indoor shooting without any kind of off camera flash. I'm in the same boat with it. The lens is best at an aperture of F8, but indoor with no flashes you won't want to go any higher than the minimum possible. Like what the others have said, set your camera to Av mode with a fixed aperture of 5.6 or so, ISO floating between 100-800 and go from there. If you're finding the pictures are still too dark, you could always try a bit higher aperture, or always go to M mode and try your own shutter speeds.
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