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How do I shot sharp pictures indoors? Anonymous
Guise, I borrowed a 17-40 f/4.0 L from my friend.

I tried it wide open indoors and wasn't satisfied with the sharpness. So I'm thinking, let's stop this chucker down to 5.6 or 8.0 but then I don't get enough light and pictures are underexposed. I can bring it back up with ACR later but how do I shot sharp pictures indoors with a lens like this?

Do I need some external flash
>> elf_man !!DdAnyoDMfCe
>>104226
You figured it out yourself. It isn't useless indoors, but will be difficult to use, yes, unless you have some sort of bright lighting or a tripod. With that aperture, you just aren't going to get a convenient shutter speed in most indoor lighting. This is part of why fast primes are still so useful.
>> Anonymous
>>104232This is part of why fast primes are still so useful.

What about some f/2.8 zooms? Or should I get some external flash?
>> Anonymous
>>104234
Still a but too slow for indoors. You might get away with it...but if you want indoor shots get a 50mm f1.8 prime. It's cheap, around $100. If you want to use f4.0+ or even f2.8+, you will need a speed light or an on camera flash.
>> Anonymous
>>104243

I have the f/1.4 version of the 50mm.

But it's too long indoors.
>> Anonymous
>>104246
1.6x crop fag here: I love my 60mm prime indoors. A bit hard to handle, but it's great. Maybe it's because I hang back like a loser, though :(
>> elf_man !!DdAnyoDMfCe
>>104253
Bearing in mind I have minimal experience with event shoots/people photography, I tend to agree, I like my long telephoto for this kind of stuff.
The aperture just sucks for it though. My 60mm may be useful like that.