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hi could anyone please give me a bit of advise has to what mode or setting i would be best to use for taking photos at the zoo, i will be using a canon eos 400d with 1 standard lens and i also have a canon ef-s 55-250mm f/4-5.6 is lens.

thank you in advance
Geoff Meade
 
thats really a how long is a piece of string question as it depends which zoo and what you are photographing

but as a very ball park suggestion i'd say put the camera in AV, and set a wider apperture like f5.6 - that will hopefully enable you to seperate the subject from less than aestheically pleasing surroundings. If the light is poor turn the iso up

I'd not imagine the kit lens will get much use so i'd start with the 55-250 on the body - and remember that if you want to 'zoom through' mesh you need to be as close to it as possible (or as is safe - don't be climbing over the barriers) so that there is more distance from the mesh to the subject than there is from the camera to the mesh
 
big soft moose said:
thats really a how long is a piece of string question as it depends which zoo and what you are photographing

but as a very ball park suggestion i'd say put the camera in AV, and set a wider apperture like f5.6 - that will hopefully enable you to seperate the subject from less than aestheically pleasing surroundings. If the light is poor turn the iso up

I'd not imagine the kit lens will get much use so i'd start with the 55-250 on the body - and remember that if you want to 'zoom through' mesh you need to be as close to it as possible (or as is safe - don't be climbing over the barriers) so that there is more distance from the mesh to the subject than there is from the camera to the mesh
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thank you for the advise, the mode (av) and f settings is what i needed to know so thank you for that.
 
geoff1965 said:
thank you for the advise, the mode (av) and f settings is what i needed to know so thank you for that.
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although as i said its not a definitive answer - my advice is to try a bunch of different F stops and generally get a feel for what works (the basics are that the bigger the F stop number the smaller the apperture and so the greater the depth of feild)

Also if you are shooting something fast moving you might want to pop it in TV

or if you want to do something creative you might want to use M

Its really a matter of what the subject is and what you want to acheive
 
Some sound advise from Pete Geoff, once you get through his spelling mistakes :suspect: :D If you have not already got one then think about a tripod. Depends on your budget but it need not be an expensive one, something lightweight ( unlike the Big Soft Moose ) which will be easy to lug around. We all seem to end up in the furry little creature pens :lol: and sometimes waiting for them to look around or any of the animals thinking about it, can after a while make your arms ache. I would imagine there is no rush to get around the Zoo, so just like any wildlife photography take your time and think about how best to capture the subject. Have a good day :thumbs:
 
theres no speelin mistooks here , the langwidge is evolverling :lol:
 
On if hand holding , off if it on a tripod/monpod
 
great advice so far:clap:
all I could add is to watch the background, try to wait until the animal is in front of something nice and green rather than a fence or wire if the enclosure allows it:)
 
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