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08/19/2007 06:51:07 AM · #1 |
Hi
I was wondering if it was possible to take photographs of Streaking Car Headlights (Like these: //www.dpchallenge.com/forum.php?action=read&FORUM_THREAD_ID=95182&highlight=car%20headlights ) with a standard Digital camera. Please bear in mind I am a complete novice with very little experience with photography and photography terminology.
I have a Sony Cybershot DSC-T100 8.1 Megapixel camera and would very much like to improve my general photo taking skils?
Are there any tutorials in either of these subjects?
Thanks for any help you can offer?
StuMcBill |
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08/19/2007 07:07:14 AM · #2 |
| This tutorial may help with basic night photography. |
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08/19/2007 07:33:40 AM · #3 |
| Get a tripod and experiment with some long exposures at night. |
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08/19/2007 02:37:56 PM · #4 |
Unfortunately, unless you can find somewhere where the cars are realllly speeding, 1/4 sec (the slowest that your camera can do) won't be long enough to catch much of a streak :( I just did the math, and at 60mph a car will travel 22 feet in 1/4 second.
Message edited by author 2007-08-19 14:38:45. |
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08/19/2007 02:43:38 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by BeeCee:
I just did the math... |
You're not just a pretty face, huh? ;-) |
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08/19/2007 02:48:44 PM · #6 |
Is this what you mean? This shot took 15 seconds to let the car go all the way through the frame. So yes you can do shots like these if your camera has a slow enough shutter...
TC
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08/19/2007 02:52:56 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by Beetle:
Originally posted by BeeCee:
I just did the math... |
You're not just a pretty face, huh? ;-) |
Hey, if I had to depend on the face, I'm be in deep doodoo! :D
TooCool, his camera can't, as far as I can see :( |
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08/19/2007 03:05:23 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by BeeCee:
Unfortunately, unless you can find somewhere where the cars are realllly speeding, 1/4 sec (the slowest that your camera can do) won't be long enough to catch much of a streak :( I just did the math, and at 60mph a car will travel 22 feet in 1/4 second. |
That's why you shoot ISO 100, f/16, with a 3 stop ND filter. Shoot on manual for 10-30 seconds. The lights are going to be over exposed anyways, so go manual and go long. ;) |
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08/19/2007 03:15:25 PM · #9 |
| Eug, do you know something about the OP's camera that I don't? :) |
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08/19/2007 03:18:56 PM · #10 |
| the specs at dpreview say 1 sec, buy that still isn't really any time to work with. |
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08/19/2007 03:20:36 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by BeeCee:
Eug, do you know something about the OP's camera that I don't? :) |
No... But I'm saying what I usually do. :P |
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08/19/2007 03:31:52 PM · #12 |
Originally posted by taterbug:
the specs at dpreview say 1 sec, buy that still isn't really any time to work with. |
Weird, I couldn't find it on the list at dpreview (the first place to look, of course) so I used digitaltrends.com's review. Hmm, now I gotta check again, just cuz I don't like unsolved mysteries!
And Eug.... always bragging about long.... :P
eta; Okay, I'm in the Twilight Zone. First time I searched, dpreview didn't show up on the list, went to the site, searched the list of Sony cameras, didn't find this one. Pasted exactly the same thing for a new search, now dpreviews shows up!
But at least the other part of the mystery is solved; under specs, digitaltrends didn't list the p mode allowing 1 second. Still, would only give 88 feet of travel at 60mph...
Message edited by author 2007-08-19 15:35:52. |
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08/19/2007 03:49:55 PM · #13 |
| It's not under 'reviews', you got to look under 'camera database' |
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08/19/2007 04:04:24 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by BeeCee:
First time I searched, dpreview didn't show up on the list, went to the site, searched the list of Sony cameras, didn't find this one. Pasted exactly the same thing for a new search, now dpreviews shows up!
But at least the other part of the mystery is solved; under specs, digitaltrends didn't list the p mode allowing 1 second. |
Well if you'd bothered to check Wikipedia...
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08/19/2007 04:20:33 PM · #15 |
| If the camera does not perform mandatory noise reduction you could always use the burst mode to get a bunch of 1 second exposures and stack them. |
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08/20/2007 03:59:58 AM · #16 |
Originally posted by _eug:
Originally posted by BeeCee:
First time I searched, dpreview didn't show up on the list, went to the site, searched the list of Sony cameras, didn't find this one. Pasted exactly the same thing for a new search, now dpreviews shows up!
But at least the other part of the mystery is solved; under specs, digitaltrends didn't list the p mode allowing 1 second. |
Well if you'd bothered to check Wikipedia...
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Hrmph, I don't DO Wikipedia! :P
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