Night shots

Albereth said:
A tripod is mandatory and if you got it for a good price - throw it away, it is useless. It needs to be rock solid. A cable release is also needed but you can use the timer on your camera to make do in a pinch.

The next thing is to understand that there is a relationship between the F stop and the shutter speed. The longer the hole is open, the smaller it needs to be. This relationship has a bearing on how the optics work. A smaller hole has a great depth of field, i.e. more stuff will be in focus. You may not want everything in sharp focus - this applies mainly to portrait photographers.

But other photographers may also want a longer exposure - flowing water looks really cool when taken with a long exposure. But for a long exposure you may have to stop down the lense, i.e. smaller hole for the amount of light needed.

There may come a time where you are photographing a waterfall in the moonlight, you want the water to look creamy but the rocks must be razor sharp, and you can't wait all night. This is where you can play with the ISO setting. Longish exposure, small aperture, high ISO.

Don't get hung up on artifacts - there may be some but nothing that a little patience and photoshop couldn't sort out.
Click to expand...
Great advice.

I'm not sure how much latitude the OP has with making the suggested adjustments with a P&S.
 
I think I can change the :

F-Stop (2.8-4.3),
the ISO (80-1600),
the shutter speed (1/2500 sec - 15 seconds)

I'm not 100% sure because my manual is a PDF and I can't be othered sitting at the PC to read through my manual.

I took a night shot the other nigh of JHB at 21:00isht, but it doesn't look too great :/ I guess for a little over R3000.00 it's not too bad though :)

I'll upload it here later.
 
Dolby said:
I think I can change the :

F-Stop (2.8-4.3),
the ISO (80-1600),
the shutter speed (1/2500 sec - 15 seconds)

I'm not 100% sure because my manual is a PDF and I can't be othered sitting at the PC to read through my manual.

I took a night shot the other nigh of JHB at 21:00isht, but it doesn't look too great :/ I guess for a little over R3000.00 it's not too bad though :)

I'll upload it here later.
Click to expand...
Do yourself a favour and make the time.
 
Also find out if you have a Bulb exposure - i.e. the lense stays open as long as you keep the button pressed.

I think the only downside you hae with a point and shoot is the lack of cable release. But then I have a little Canon PaS and it came with a remote control - so who knows.
 
Albereth said:
Also find out if you have a Bulb exposure - i.e. the lense stays open as long as you keep the button pressed.

I think the only downside you hae with a point and shoot is the lack of cable release. But then I have a little Canon PaS and it came with a remote control - so who knows.
Click to expand...

Nah - I don't have bulb :( I definatley checked that.

I don't have either a remote or cable release, so I put in on a 10 second timer.
 
Right - don't laugh ... done with my Canon SX110 that I paid half the amouny of some of your flashes or a 1/4 a lens ;)

http://mybroadband.co.za/photos/showphoto.php/photo/9383/size/big/cat/500 Road
http://mybroadband.co.za/photos/showphoto.php/photo/9382/size/big/cat/ JHB
http://mybroadband.co.za/photos/showphoto.php/photo/9381/size/big Dome

Why do they all look so yucky and pixellated? Does HTTP lower the colour palette? Even when I open the file on my PC they look smoother and more colourful :( My camera doesn't take pictures like that ...
 
No when you upload them I think it degrades the quality, or you could have done it yourself when resizing them..
 
Nah wasn't the resizing ... the actual resized file looks alright when opened :/
 
Dolby said:
Right - don't laugh ... done with my Canon SX110 that I paid half the amouny of some of your flashes or a 1/4 a lens ;)

http://mybroadband.co.za/photos/showphoto.php/photo/9383/size/big/cat/500 Road
http://mybroadband.co.za/photos/showphoto.php/photo/9382/size/big/cat/ JHB
http://mybroadband.co.za/photos/showphoto.php/photo/9381/size/big Dome

Why do they all look so yucky and pixellated? Does HTTP lower the colour palette? Even when I open the file on my PC they look smoother and more colourful :( My camera doesn't take pictures like that ...
Click to expand...
It might be the forum gallery software resizing and compressing the images - use flickr.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top
Sign up to the MyBroadband newsletter
X