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 06/30/2006 08:40:44 PM · #1
Tommorow is Canada day, and I want to use this oppertunity to take
some cool shots of fireworks,

Any hints or tips as to what I should try to do?

Here are some I've already taken of fireworks previously:

06/30/2006 08:45:20 PM · #2
This might help. NYIP shooting tips.
 06/30/2006 09:29:16 PM · #3
heres some info I recently found. I think one site is set up for film cameras(sorry for having to use the F word)...quite informative

photographing Fireworks 1
photographing fireworks 2
photographing fireworks 3
 06/30/2006 09:44:16 PM · #4
Thanks! I hope I have enough gunpowder to last me!
 06/30/2006 09:57:34 PM · #5
I got some helpful links in another thread about
shooting fireworks in Chicago.
 06/30/2006 10:01:13 PM · #6
Awesome! Im looking forward to this.

A few of those sites say to focus on infinity, what does this mean?

can it be achieved with a Canon powershot pro1?

(im being a n00b, but w/e)
 06/30/2006 10:03:32 PM · #7
Originally posted by ShadowVengance:
Awesome! Im looking forward to this.

A few of those sites say to focus on infinity, what does this mean?

can it be achieved with a Canon powershot pro1?

(im being a n00b, but w/e)


most cameras can achieve this... on ones that do, it is focusing as far out as possible... if you know what i mean. focusing on infinity means that after a certain distance away from the lens, everything is in focus.
 06/30/2006 10:06:10 PM · #8
I have taken some of my best fireworks shot with the Pro1 - I looooooooove the swivel screen. You'll quickly learn to anticipate the next burst, so you can beat your shutterlag.

Infinity is anything past the adjustable range of your focus (which is only something like 7 or 8 meters, not sure about the exact figure).
Since the fireworks are bound to be in the infinity range, you'll save your camera the effort - and the TIME it takes - to try and focus each time.
 06/30/2006 10:23:31 PM · #9
Oh that's easy, and thats probably the fastest ive ever read that many webpages. Would Burst mode be a good idea?

I was thinking, if I turn up the aperture as some of those sites suggest, the sky would indeed appear darker, but the brightness of the fireworks would be lost?

I guess the best way is to just try a few and it varies with each firework. I'll post what i get when i get it.
 06/30/2006 10:25:58 PM · #10
Originally posted by Beetle:
You'll quickly learn to anticipate the next burst, so you can beat your shutterlag.


I think I've beaten shutter-lag by turning everything to manual. Thatseems to remove all of the things cameras try to do for you like exposure and ficus

Brett (ex kiwipix)
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