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Any photographers out there? [Back with PICS!!! Critique away!]

iamme

iamme

Lifer
i wanted to go to the local downtown area and take some pics at night.

i've got a Canon S400 w/ some manual settings.

Any advice on some manual settings for night with little light? Am I better off just using auto + flash?



EDIT: I'm back with PICS!
Well, it was fun....but I've confirmed that I'm a photography n00b. I just snapped away and tried my best 😱 While not many good pics came out of this, I did walk away with a desire to become more adept w/ my camera. The hardest part was overcoming feeling so ghey, taking pics.

These are basically the pics that didn't suck too bad😛
They've been resized to 640x480, all about 100K each.

 
Originally posted by: Pilsnerpete
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is that ISO speed?

i have Auto/50/100/200/400

which should i use?

i know it's probably tough to cram basics into one post, but it's such a nice night, i wanted to get some air 🙂
 
Originally posted by: iamme
Originally posted by: Pilsnerpete
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is that ISO speed?

i have Auto/50/100/200/400

which should i use?

i know it's probably tough to cram basics into one post, but it's such a nice night, i wanted to get some air 🙂
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Press settings.

Set it to manual.

Then press the White balance (WB) button.

Then change it to +1/2, if that doesn't work, try +1/4 and up.
 
You can also set long shutter on all the way to 15s on the S400. But increasing exposure compensation and adjusting ISO settings helps too.
 
Originally posted by: iamme
i wanted to go to the local downtown area and take some pics at night.

i've got a Canon S400 w/ some manual settings.

Any advice on some manual settings for night with little light? Am I better off just using auto + flash?
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"Lucky" is a professional photographer, and "lirion" should be!

Maybe one of them will stop by.

 
I'd leave ISO to auto on a digital camera. I don't really understand why there is even an option to adjust ISO in digital cameras.
 
Brackets to see what the best setting is.

100iso ? f:4 @ 15, 30, 60sec (also can try f:5.6 up to f:11 with more time for dramatic scene, such as streak & blurs)

400iso ? f:4 @ 4, 8, 15sec.
 
Originally posted by: igowerf
I'd leave ISO to auto on a digital camera. I don't really understand why there is even an option to adjust ISO in digital cameras.
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Sometimes its nice to use 800 iso or 1600 iso for low light situations 😉

Dunno about that camera, but the higher the iso you go the "higher the sensitivity" the camera is, but with that usually comes "noise" So in a dark environment and using a high iso you can get a lot of noise in the picture. If the camera is good at noise reduction then go with the 400 iso. You will be able to use a higher shutter speed so you will get less blur in the pictures do to hand shake.

The best thing to do is take some shots with various settings and see what works for you since it is digital just erase the test shots 😛

-fk
 
Originally posted by: lowtech
Brackets to see what the best setting is.

100iso ? f:4 @ 15, 30, 60sec (also can try f:5.6 up to f:11 with more time for dramatic scene, such as streak & blurs)

400iso ? f:4 @ 4, 8, 15sec.
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our s400 doesn't quite have that much manual functionality (regarding f stops) 🙂
 
The answer to this question really depends on what kind of photography you are planning to do. Are you going to be taking casual pictures with people in them, or with any sort of action? Or are you taking mostly buildings/landscapes?
 
Originally posted by: fatkorean
Originally posted by: igowerf
I'd leave ISO to auto on a digital camera. I don't really understand why there is even an option to adjust ISO in digital cameras.
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Sometimes its nice to use 800 iso or 1600 iso for low light situations 😉

Dunno about that camera, but the higher the iso you go the "higher the sensitivity" the camera is, but with that usually comes "noise" So in a dark environment and using a high iso you can get a lot of noise in the picture. If the camera is good at noise reduction then go with the 400 iso. You will be able to use a higher shutter speed so you will get less blur in the pictures do to hand shake.

The best thing to do is take some shots with various settings and see what works for you since it is digital just erase the test shots 😛

-fk
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But it's a digital camera. I figured that ISO would pretty much only apply to different film speeds.

 
you want to increase the iso, if you are working in a low light environment. Basically, when you buy film: you should buy 100/200 for bright sunny days, 1600/3200 (love these ones) for low light grainy shots, and usually 400 for inbetweeny.

But basically the higher the iso is, the less the resolution becomes because less light is required for the shot. Less resolution means more grainy. There is a magic with grainy pictures too. So it really comes down to what you want.
 
im not sure but something about the pictures just scream amatuer 🙂

but keep takign pics. and post themhere if u get somehot girls 😀
 
Originally posted by: igowerf
Originally posted by: fatkorean
Originally posted by: igowerf
I'd leave ISO to auto on a digital camera. I don't really understand why there is even an option to adjust ISO in digital cameras.
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Sometimes its nice to use 800 iso or 1600 iso for low light situations 😉

Dunno about that camera, but the higher the iso you go the "higher the sensitivity" the camera is, but with that usually comes "noise" So in a dark environment and using a high iso you can get a lot of noise in the picture. If the camera is good at noise reduction then go with the 400 iso. You will be able to use a higher shutter speed so you will get less blur in the pictures do to hand shake.

The best thing to do is take some shots with various settings and see what works for you since it is digital just erase the test shots 😛

-fk
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But it's a digital camera. I figured that ISO would pretty much only apply to different film speeds.
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From what I've been able to determine from this thread, it does the "digital equivilent" to different film speeds, or something along those lines.

<-- wannabe photography nut, but doesn't even own a digicam
 
Originally posted by: Kalpana
you want to increase the iso, if you are working in a low light environment. Basically, when you buy film: you should buy 100/200 for bright sunny days, 1600/3200 (love these ones) for low light grainy shots, and usually 400 for inbetweeny.

But basically the higher the iso is, the less the resolution becomes because less light is required for the shot. Less resolution means more grainy. There is a magic with grainy pictures too. So it really comes down to what you want.
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A higher ISO will also help with action. The faster the film speed, the better your quick shot will come out. Im not sure how high your ISO settings go, but the darker your shot, the higher the ISO. Your auto settings should be fine for most shots. Unless you want to intentionaly overexpose the shot or what not. I would bump up the ISO for action shots.
 

Your pics above light exposure are depending on what you want to take.....tightly frame shot with mostly lights to building/cityscape. They could all use 1-4 stops more of exposure. The tight frame shots look like they all need 1-2 stops more lights, and the car shot look like it need 3 stops more. The building/cityscapes all look like they need to have around 3 or more stops of lights.

Quick lighting guide:
Original setting is f:8 at 2 seconds.
+1 stop = f:8 @ 4 sec
+1 stop = f:4 @ 2 sec
+2 stop = f:8 @ 8 sec
+2 stop = f:2.8 @ 2 sec
+3 stop = f:8 @ 16 sec
+3 stop = f:1.8 @ 2 sec
etc...

 
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