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Hi there I'm new to photography. Whats the best set up for my camera to take a group photo outside on a sunny day. Aperture, shutter speed, iso etc.
cheers
Donald

Donald,

Welcome to the forums! Others will be along to give their advice..thanks for sharing!

Come on, I thought all the "wedding photographers" would have been in with advice by now lol. But really its a case of show me the piece of string and i’ll take a guess as to how long it is. For what its worth here is my contribution. I am sure this will bring out others more experienced than me.
You need to control the depth of field to ensure that both those at the front of the group and those at the back are equally in focus. Focus on someone in the middle row. You want the background to be out of focus so move the group as far forward from the background as possible, unless the background is important, like the group’s new office building. Shutter speed needs to be 1/100th of sec or more to ensure to cancel out camera shake and fidgeting in the ranks. Use flash if its sunny to make sure the faces aren’t in shadow. Keep ISO as low as possible to keep within aperture/shutter speed requirements. Start at F11 to F13 then enlarge in viewer to see that everyone is in focus and adjust accordingly.

Thank you so much. I will take on board everything you said. Much appreciated.
Cheers
Donald

(Sep 9, 2013, 08:10)Donald Wrote: [ -> ]Hi there I'm new to photography. Whats the best set up for my camera to take a group photo outside on a sunny day. Aperture, shutter speed, iso etc.
cheers
Donald

Hello Donald and welcome to shuttertalk. Yep I agreed with Dean.
In my experience when using film this past few months (while testing out the exposed film we have) a friend of mine told me that when using films you don't have this option where you can shoot and see to adjust the exposure of the scenes. He thought me that they have this rule back in the film days, that when it comes to a sunny day their settings would automatically be F16, ISO100 or less and Shutter 1/100 they're would bigger chances that they would get the shot in the right exposure. But the settings is here in Philippines and I bet it would be different around the globe. I bet that would be a one great study across the globe to see

I have taken some pics with the set up described and the results are great
Thank you
Cheers
Donald