Olympus E410 settings ... help

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Hello all I have my new Olympus E-410 , great camera so easy to use , I am doing the photography for a friends surprise 30th , I am expecting it to be dull light aswell as disco lights and Im a having issues on finding what settings will suit it best , the night portraits ok but having an issue with it not getting the image I want 'party fast' ....

It will be a right mix of bright lights dark spots and fast moving people so ...

Any ideas on settings that would best suit this atmosphere?

Thanks very much John.
 
Effjay said:
What lens will you be using? Beware of noise on the iso levels.....quite bad on the 410. Will you be using a flashgun?
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Im afraid its a no to the flash gun a friend of mine couldnt lend me it in time :thumbsdown: , and I could use either the 14 - 42 or the 40 - 150 lenses.
 
The kit lenses will struggle to auto focus in low light. Manual focus may also be difficult with the small viewfinder coupled with the aperatures available.
It's not impossible to get pictures just frustrating :)
If armed with lots of cards just take heaps of pics as keeper rates could be quite low.
It's been a while since I used a 410 so can't remember if I avoided above ISO800 (<-- suspect it was this one) or ISO1600, especially with shots that are going to include lots of dark areas as your venue sounds like it will. However, bear in mind that a pic that looks noisy on screen can look acceptable once printed.
May be worth practising at home if you have a dimmer switch. Turn the lights down and have a volunteer stand near a bright TV and see much luck you get with the focus/noise :thumbs:
 
Almost_Invisible said:
The kit lenses will struggle to auto focus in low light. Manual focus may also be difficult with the small viewfinder coupled with the aperatures available.
It's not impossible to get pictures just frustrating :)
If armed with lots of cards just take heaps of pics as keeper rates could be quite low.
It's been a while since I used a 410 so can't remember if I avoided above ISO800 (<-- suspect it was this one) or ISO1600, especially with shots that are going to include lots of dark areas as your venue sounds like it will. However, bear in mind that a pic that looks noisy on screen can look acceptable once printed.
May be worth practising at home if you have a dimmer switch. Turn the lights down and have a volunteer stand near a bright TV and see much luck you get with the focus/noise :thumbs:
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...and shoot RAW - you will have the best chance to recover things.
 
Thanks for the tips guys , I cant shoot RAW onll got 2gig memory at the moment! (cringe yes) , I have though had a really good tweaking session changing the AF to centre swapping to higher shutter speed with of all things the sport mode , the AF illuminator will be on but I am riding my luck as I am hoping all faces in my pics will be to some degree 'lit up' .....

Here goes ......
 
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