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07/25/2005 12:11:44 AM · #1 |
| okay, so i just noticed the new challenge topic, and i must say i am bummed. my camera doesn't have any exposure time options...does anyone know a different technique to achieve a similar effect? |
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07/25/2005 12:12:41 AM · #2 |
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07/25/2005 12:17:11 AM · #3 |
Originally posted by Fetor:
time to upgrade! |
okay then, have an extra thousand dollars lying around anywhere? :-)) |
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07/25/2005 12:17:17 AM · #4 |
Dad-gummet. I'm leaving tomorrow early for an 8 day vacation so I'm gonna have to sit this one out. If I could, I'd shoot another Milky Way shot and submit it:
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07/25/2005 12:26:43 AM · #5 |
Well, you're just gunna have to make due with what you have!
You might be able to 'trick' your point and shoot camera by metering in a very dark place, then using the exposure elsewhere... It might give you a second to do your business, but so do pay-while-you-go toliets. |
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07/25/2005 12:29:45 AM · #6 |
Sorry, so new to photography!! But what exactly does long exposure mean?
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07/25/2005 12:30:57 AM · #7 |
Originally posted by Joey Lawrence:
Well, you're just gunna have to make due with what you have!
You might be able to 'trick' your point and shoot camera by metering in a very dark place, then using the exposure elsewhere... It might give you a second to do your business, but so do pay-while-you-go toliets. |
well i guess i'm gonna have to.
thanx, i'll give that a try |
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07/25/2005 12:32:29 AM · #8 |
You have a manual mode and you have up to 3 seconds of exposure to play with. That's certainly "longer than normal" so you can at least do some pan shots, some camera blur... Get creative :-)
R.
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07/25/2005 02:01:11 AM · #9 |
Being a dSLR owner who not so long ago had a point and shoot camera, I was initially thinking that this is anothe exclusionary challenge topic. However, like Bear says, if you get creative, you can still enter a decent shot into this challenge. Look for low light opps. Look for fast moving subjects. Use a tripod. You CAN do it! Wish I had a P/S camera that still functioned. This is truly a challenge for those that that's all they have!
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07/25/2005 02:03:21 AM · #10 |
sigh. guess i should've bought that ND filter a couple weeks ago when i was thinking about it, eh?
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07/25/2005 02:06:26 AM · #11 |
Time to break out the 5 year old Sony:
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07/25/2005 02:06:30 AM · #12 |
Originally posted by mystical_princess:
Sorry, so new to photography!! But what exactly does long exposure mean? |
Use a longer than normal exposure to create the impact of your image.
A "long" exposure is away of describing a shot taken at, say, half a second or longer shutter speed. Working at night, with a camera that allows it, you might take exposures as long as several hours when shooting, say, star trails.
What is a "longer than normal" exposure? That's hard to pin down. For any given shot, if the normal exposure would be a 60th of a second then technically if you shoot at 1 quarter of a second that's longer than normal, eh?
Regardless, expect the winners in this challenge to be shots that show motion blur during a long exposure, or that have strange lighting effects from very strong overexposure, would be my off-the-cuff guess.
Robt.
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07/25/2005 02:07:59 AM · #13 |
Originally posted by bear_music:
Originally posted by mystical_princess:
Sorry, so new to photography!! But what exactly does long exposure mean? |
Use a longer than normal exposure to create the impact of your image.
A "long" exposure is away of describing a shot taken at, say, half a second or longer shutter speed. Working at night, with a camera that allows it, you might take exposures as long as several hours when shooting, say, star trails.
What is a "longer than normal" exposure? That's hard to pin down. For any given shot, if the normal exposure would be a 60th of a second then technically if you shoot at 1 quarter of a second that's longer than normal, eh?
Regardless, expect the winners in this challenge to be shots that show motion blur during a long exposure, or that have strange lighting effects from very strong overexposure, would be my off-the-cuff guess.
Robt. |
i think i mihgt give that star trails a try, now if this rechid state would just have a clear night that would be possible
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07/25/2005 02:09:03 AM · #14 |
Originally posted by mystical_princess:
Sorry, so new to photography!! But what exactly does long exposure mean? |
Setting a shutter speed to 1 Sec or more would be considered a long exposure. Doesn't have to be bulb mode (keeping the shutter open until you push the shutter button again). |
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07/25/2005 02:09:14 AM · #15 |
Out of curiosity, does anybody prefer using an ND that affects exposure by 3 stops? I was considering going with a 2-stop back when I was looking, but was wondering what others thought.
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07/25/2005 02:09:50 AM · #16 |
| Damn, can't find my tripod head :( |
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07/25/2005 02:13:24 AM · #17 |
Originally posted by faidoi:
Damn, can't find my tripod head :( |
LOL... I think mine is permanently attached to the camera... Haven't taken it off since I got it...
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07/25/2005 02:14:33 AM · #18 |
you tend to lose yours when you get a lens that has a tripod collar on it
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07/25/2005 02:16:04 AM · #19 |
Originally posted by TooCool:
Originally posted by faidoi:
Damn, can't find my tripod head :( |
LOL... I think mine is permanently attached to the camera... Haven't taken it off since I got it... |
It sucks when you still use your older cameras |
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07/25/2005 02:18:57 AM · #20 |
Originally posted by faidoi:
Originally posted by TooCool:
Originally posted by faidoi:
Damn, can't find my tripod head :( |
LOL... I think mine is permanently attached to the camera... Haven't taken it off since I got it... |
It sucks when you still use your older cameras |
very true
i was using my G5 2 days ago for a studio picture and forgot how to operate it, then looked at the pictures and SO GRAINY at iso 50
blah i love upgrades
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07/25/2005 08:38:51 PM · #21 |
Originally posted by bear_music:
You have a manual mode and you have up to 3 seconds of exposure to play with. That's certainly "longer than normal" so you can at least do some pan shots, some camera blur... Get creative :-)
R. |
3 seconds? I don't know...My Olympus only goes up to 1/2 a second, and as far as I know (and I've read and redread the manual a dozen times on this) my Fujifilm doesn't have a range at all (it sets everything automatically). Oh well, guess I'm gonna have to get real creative with this one. :) |
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07/25/2005 09:08:19 PM · #22 |
Originally posted by AnNaH:
3 seconds? I don't know...My Olympus only goes up to 1/2 a second, and as far as I know (and I've read and redread the manual a dozen times on this) my Fujifilm doesn't have a range at all (it sets everything automatically). Oh well, guess I'm gonna have to get real creative with this one. :) |
according to steves digicams you can do 3 seconds with a fujifilm S3000, does it have a manual mode? If it's like the S7000 the longer shutter speeds are only available in manual...
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07/25/2005 09:16:46 PM · #23 |
| Nope, no manual mode on an S3000, that is why I upgraded to the S5100 |
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07/25/2005 09:20:57 PM · #24 |
| thanks for the link! Apparently there's a lot about my ole' Fuji I didn't know...now, if only I could figure out how to access those features (the only thing the manual's good for is a little extra kindling in the fireplace:-) |
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07/25/2005 09:31:56 PM · #25 |
Originally posted by brianlh:
Out of curiosity, does anybody prefer using an ND that affects exposure by 3 stops? I was considering going with a 2-stop back when I was looking, but was wondering what others thought. |
the coolest shot i've seen with an ND filter was at the nikon school of photography.. there was a homeless person on a street corner, and the photographer held the shutter open for hours watching as people walked by and cars zoomed by. at the end of the exposure, all you could see was the homeless person because none of the others stayed in one place long enough to be exposed. :-)
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