APS Problem

Sajan

Hey yall.
I have an Olympus APS camera and took some shots of a gig the other night and the quality was really poor. I had the flas on the normal setting. Any ideas.

beardedchicken

yeah, aps cameras are ****e, that's why!
my biggest mistake ever getting that piece of crap!!

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Sajan

Thanks. That was a real help with my problem

Samson

Are your photos either blurred or washed-out?
If so, the problem is exposure.

What a lot of people don't realise is that the built-in flash on any camera (not just APS format) is only good for illuminating subjects up to a few metres away.

Even with a good off-camera flash you still have to be relatively close for the flash to be effective.
Unless the venue is very intimate you really have no chance getting decent handheld shots at a gig.
You would be far better off using very high speed film (ISO 3200 - will be grainy, but atmospheric) and leaving the flash turned off (and use spot metering if your camera has the facility).
And do move up to 35mm.

Similar situation is at a football match, it always amazes me the amount of flashes going off in the stands when a goal is scored - do people really think the flash on their compact is going to work over the length of a football pitch?

Sajan

Thank you very much

FinoBlad

And do move up to 35mm.

Totally agree with Samson.
If you do move to 35mm look out for a camera that will allow you to override a films rated speed though to give you extra flexability. Cameras usually have automatic DX coding [a marking on the film that tells the camera what speed it is] and some can override this and some can't. So avoid the ones that can't basically.

beardedchicken

Originally posted by beardedchicken
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i merely meant that it's probably not just his own camera, i've found problems with them myself, but point taken.