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 06/02/2005 07:48:03 PM · #1
I am trying to take shots of lighting during the day. Of course Im having trouble with washing out the picture, I have tried a ton of differnt settings but dont think it is supported with my camera (Sony F828). Is there anyone who might give me some settings i could try, or is there any type of filter I could get to make it work. Yes I am new at this I will be taking a photography class this fall. I am very familur with my camera and have read the manual cover to cover sevral times. This is just really Burning me, and I would like to figure it out. Thanks
 06/02/2005 07:50:19 PM · #2
If you want to take long shutter exposures during the day, use a neutral density filter. A polarizer will also help to some degree.
 06/02/2005 07:51:02 PM · #3
I'm guessing you mean lightening, and that's gonna be very very hard. I don't know what your smallest F stop is, but on a cloudy day, you can't even get longer than a 1 second expo at f32 or so. I'm guessing you're gonna need a lot of ND filters, strong ones too. Either that or you're gonna have to get really really lucky. Good luck!
 06/02/2005 07:56:08 PM · #4
Lowest possable F-stop is 2.0 The neutral density filters what denisity should I try? or what combations should I get?

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 06/02/2005 07:56:45 PM · #5
Based on info from DPReview, it appears f/8 is the smallest aperture you have available. in order to get long exposures during bright daylight, you will definitely need a very powerful neutral density filter. In order to get 1 second at f/8 on a sunny day, for instnace, you'll need to cut down the amount of light by about 9 stops!
 06/02/2005 07:57:15 PM · #6
Originally posted by Firemedic:
Lowest possable F-stop is 2.0


Smallest aperture size means largest f/number, e.g. f/8 for your cam.
 06/02/2005 07:58:29 PM · #7
I can tell there is alot Im going to learn thanks for the help all.
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