Do you own a Canon A530 digi cam...Help!!

[thatsright]

I'm trying to take a picture with the shutter open for 15 seconds. Doing this on manual. Every pic I take its nothing but a white screen/picture??

Anyone have an idea? The settings were ISO 100, f/3.5, no flash, WB Auto

Thanks

 

[pyonir]

Ummm...how much light is in the room? If there is any light at all, 15 seconds is way too long.

 

[thatsright]

Originally posted by: pyonir
Ummm...how much light is in the room? If there is any light at all, 15 seconds is way too long.

Its an out doors shot. Would like to get a long pic of sailboats moving. The whole 'blury' thin g.

 

[SynthDude2001]

Originally posted by: thatsright

Originally posted by: pyonir
Ummm...how much light is in the room? If there is any light at all, 15 seconds is way too long.

Its an out doors shot. Would like to get a long pic of sailboats moving. The whole 'blury' thin g.

That's still way too long unless it's at night (which I assume it's not). You could try to cut down on the incoming light by using ISO 50 and f/8, but 15 seconds is probably still way too long even at that 😛

 

[jamesbond007]

The white comes from the overexposure of the picture. Too much light is hitting the camera. Try lowering your ISO (if you can) or increasing your aperature/f-stop (if you can). I am not sure of the abilities of that kind of camera. Your f-stop should be probably 20 or higher with a 15 second exposure.

Are you trying to take a still shot or do you want the blurring effect of a boat going by?

 

[thatsright]

Originally posted by: jamesbond007
The white comes from the overexposure of the picture. Too much light is hitting the camera. Try lowering your ISO (if you can) or increasing your aperature/f-stop (if you can). I am not sure of the abilities of that kind of camera. Your f-stop should be probably 20 or higher with a 15 second exposure.

Are you trying to take a still shot or do you want the blurring effect of a boat going by?

Blurry

 

[Bootprint]

You'll need a neutral density filter.

 

[yhelothar]

lol yeah you're definitely overexposing.
It's really difficult to do it daytime.
If you want to do it, you'll have to reduce the light reaching the camera by increasing the f/stop.
The max F/stop on your camera is F/8. I'd use that for a start, and use a 1 second exposure. Use ISO50 if you can.
ND filters basically work the same as one F/stop

 

[Injury]

try that during the first 15 minutes when the sun peaks out, or the last 15 minutes when it's going down.

 

[clickynext]

Yeah, 15 seconds is not really something you can do on that camera in any lit setting.