Wikipedia:Wikipedia Loves Art/US-UK/Museum Photography/Museum Photography checklist (DSLR)

Equipment

□ Camera(s)

□ Macro lens

□ Wide-angle lens

□ Low-aperture lens under 100mm

□ Sharpie or pen; pencil if museum rules disallow the former

□ Index Cards

□ White card/plastic to set white balance

Camera settings

• Flash off if museum rules state so
• Program mode - Aperture Priority

ISO

• Normal lighting = 200 ISO
• Darker lighting = 400 ISO
• Very dark = 800 to 1600 ISO only if necessary

Aperture

• Lowest possible while keeping entire subject in focus and avoiding blur

Shutter speed

• Not necessary to set in Program mode
• 2 steps above the lowest possible with no blur

White Balance

• White balance set manually using card