Telephoto Picture taking

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Hello Again , Photo Review.

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Ive just started back up with photgraphy since school is done, and im wondering, which Iso i should use for macro shots inside but with a light source like a light or a desktop lamp? - I heard 100 Iso will give you high grain? its what im needing, since ive decided my subject to be Gummi Bears.,. - any suggesions on what i should pick for Exposure settins or Speed of the shutter? or should i put my Nikon into Automatic - since its a Nkon FG..

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With film speed (ISO), the higher the number the more grain you'll get. ISO100 is about as low as you'll find so it won't be grainy. ISO400 should even be fine and with what you're talking about photographing it might be a good idea. It's better to overexpose than underexpose because underexposure will add a lot of graniness as well, assuming that you don't want this. I usually exposed ISO400 color negative (print) film at ISO250 for just that reason.

Like I said, exposure needs to be right on. We can't tell you what settings to use because we don't know the light level. You'll have to use your light meter, but I'd use a pretty small aperture (f11, f16) because the depth of field is very shallow with macro situations and this will give you about as much as you'll get. If you don't want much depth of field, then of course use a larger aperture like f2.8 or f4. I'd set that first then see what shutter speed I need to be able to use the aperture selected.

You'll really need a tripod to do this for a couple of reasons. First, the shutter speed has a very chance of being slow enough that it will be difficult to handhold the camera to get a sharp shot. Also, since the depth of field is so shallow, any camera movement can have an affect on focus as well - regardless of the shutter speed.