Recommended settings for indoor lighting on a Sony RX100

ethan · 7 Feb 2016 at 23:33

Hi could anybody provide me with their recommended settings for handling indoor lighting as I'm having problems with my Sony RX100 smudging them. I'm in a hotel just off the Isle of Skye at the moment with a next to nothing wifi and phone signal (so please forgive any delay in responding back if anybody can help?) Thanks.

munge · 8 Feb 2016 at 00:19

Which RX100?

ethan · 8 Feb 2016 at 07:52

munge · 8 Feb 2016 at 09:36

Have a 34MB PDF for the Mk3 although I ended up buying the Mk4 so have never used it. Happy to email it to you (gratis) if you think it might help? Not sure how much correlation there is between the two though.

Rimsy · 9 Feb 2016 at 01:06

As a new owner of a mk3 I'd be very interested in this if the OP isn't biting! Have just spent the evening with it sat on a tripod experimenting with night shooting... Judging by my results I have much to learn!!

uv · 9 Feb 2016 at 08:35

If you're having problems with noise, have a go at median stacking multiple images. There's guides on lonely speck and the like. I gave it a go last night - nothing too interesting, just wanted to see how well it works with without a tripod:

I'd imagine with a darker image and more images it would work even better - and with a tripod the difference should be huge.

The camera has a built-in option for doing this - the iAuto+ mode can take multiple images to stack for noise reduction - but it only works in-camera if you have it set to jpg, not raw.

munge · 9 Feb 2016 at 09:10

Rimsy said:
As a new owner of a mk3 I'd be very interested in this if the OP isn't biting! Have just spent the evening with it sat on a tripod experimenting with night shooting... Judging by my results I have much to learn!!

I'll give him a day or so as he said his wifi is dodgy, if no reply, I'll send it your way.

ethan · 9 Feb 2016 at 09:49

If still available it would be greatly received. Have sent you a Trust. Once perused I would pass it on to Rimsy if there is no objection. Thank you.

munge · 9 Feb 2016 at 09:57

ethan said:
If still available it would be greatly received. Have sent you a Trust. Once perused I would pass it on to Rimsy if there is no objection. Thank you.

Emailed to you

Columbo · 9 Feb 2016 at 12:51

I know its not very powerful but have you tried holding the popup flash down with your index finger so its pointing at the ceiling to 'bodge' a bounce flash. Won't be useful in big indoor spaces but could help in some situations.

Genoma · 9 Feb 2016 at 22:54

Not indoor, but I did shoot a lot of outdoor stuff with the RX100 III in recent holiday in Paris and Rome. All of the Paris night shots were with the RX (I think) so check my flickr (link in sig below) the exposure settings are there.

E.g.

Centre Pompidou by Andrew Young, on Flickr

Handheld at night, ƒ/1.8, 1/30 ISO 1000 (pretty sure I leave ISO on Auto) - PP in Lightroom.