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When and How to Correctly Use Fast Lenses and High ISO

06/22/08  Print this post Print this post    1 Comment   Popular   Written by Ryan Libre
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In low light conditions when you don’t want to use a flash, your standard zoom lens is not what you want to use. Learn here about fixed fast lenses and high ISO.

 
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Matador's expert on Hokkaido and photography, Ryan Libre is a photojournalist based in Japan and Thailand. Please visit his homepage www.ryanlibre.com and join him for a photo workshop.

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  • Julie replied on June 22, 2008

    It is always a challenge to get both a high enough shutter speed to stop some motion and low light conditions with a fast lens and a low ISO, but I have moved to an ISO-400 or ISO-800 and still had some pretty good results at times.

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