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08/13/2004 12:22:51 AM · #1 |
Flexing some rusty night photography muscles...
   
  
Keep forgetting to bring a flashlight to focus with:)
Message edited by author 2004-08-13 00:24:13.
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08/13/2004 12:42:03 AM · #2 |
Flashlight, I bought a million candle power spot...
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08/13/2004 01:06:53 AM · #3 |
Keep flexing those muscles. I would like to know more about how you shot these. I love night photography and what you did here.
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08/13/2004 01:10:33 AM · #4 |
| Damn. I can't believe I've never thought of bringing a flashlight to spot with. |
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08/13/2004 01:13:14 AM · #5 |
Originally posted by d14:
Damn. I can't believe I've never thought of bringing a flashlight to spot with. |
Can you enlighten me and tell what that even refers to? Do you use the flashlight to meter your light????? I am sorry for my ignorance, but I really like night photography and would like to learn.
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08/13/2004 01:18:56 AM · #6 |
Can you enlighten me and tell what that even refers to? Do you use the flashlight to meter your light????? I am sorry for my ignorance, but I really like night photography and would like to learn.
Makes it easier to focus in the dark. |
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08/13/2004 01:21:01 AM · #7 |
Originally posted by d14:
Can you enlighten me and tell what that even refers to? Do you use the flashlight to meter your light????? I am sorry for my ignorance, but I really like night photography and would like to learn.
Makes it easier to focus in the dark. |
I apologize again for the ignorance. It helps the camera or you? Do you light your subject?
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08/13/2004 01:25:06 AM · #8 |
I am sorry for my ignorance, but I really like night photography and would like to learn
Like I said,. I'd never thought of it before myself so don't feel too bad. Basically for really dark shots,. shine the flashlight on a particular spot, focus your camera on the spot, turn off the flashlight and snap the picture. A lot of cameras (especially mine) have a tough time focusing in the dark. |
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08/13/2004 01:27:23 AM · #9 |
Originally posted by d14:
I am sorry for my ignorance, but I really like night photography and would like to learn
Like I said,. I'd never thought of it before myself so don't feel too bad. Basically for really dark shots,. shine the flashlight on a particular spot, focus your camera on the spot, turn off the flashlight and snap the picture. A lot of cameras (especially mine) have a tough time focusing in the dark. |
Thank you!!!! I love DPC, you can be an idiot and still have friends!
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08/13/2004 01:28:46 AM · #10 |
you can be an idiot and still have friends!
Birds of a feather,. lol |
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08/13/2004 01:50:16 AM · #11 |
Kylie, thanks for asking those questions!
and, thanks d14 for the answers. :)
This place is so great! makes me shutter... ;) |
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08/13/2004 01:54:44 AM · #12 |
Hmmm. Wonder if anyone can answer my question now. I know I won't be able to see it,. but if I were to use an infrared flashlight, since my sensor will pick up infrared, will my camera be able to focus on it?
edit: No problem guy's
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08/13/2004 02:24:32 AM · #13 |
| nice shots, how do you avoid graininess? Low ISO and really long shutter? What kind of exposure settings were you using, ballpark? |
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08/13/2004 08:23:48 AM · #14 |
Originally posted by d14:
but if I were to use an infrared flashlight, since my sensor will pick up infrared, will my camera be able to focus on it? |
I wouldn't think so. The AF sensors in almost all SLR-type cameras works by detecting contrast in the visible-light spectrum. For an overview of how this typically works, see this link. Some people get confused by the "AF assist beam" that some cameras emit, which is often red in color. Because you can see it, it isn't infrared! It is simply a red pattern intended to project contrasting lines on to the subject for the AF to lock on to.
I don't know what the AF sensor configuration is on the S2, but on the 10D/Digital Rebel, the center AF point is a cross-type sensor, meaning it is sensitive to both horizontal and vertical contrast. The four others on the horizontal axis (when holding the camera normally) are vertical-only , and the top and bottom are horizontal-only (see this diagram which shows the actual coverage area of the AF sensors in relation to the "red squares" in the viewfinder. 10D/Digital Rebel users: note that the AF region extends beyond the confines of the little red box!)
P.S. wwwavenger: interesting night shots! I like the palm tree the best.
Message edited by author 2004-08-13 08:25:52.
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08/13/2004 04:09:55 PM · #15 |
Well, I also use the flashlight to help compose the shot as well as using it to allow my camera to AF. Sometimes it's so dark I have to light the subject to make sure everything is in frame since a lot of it matches the inside of the viewfinder.
P.S. I find using a flashlight to help light anything in these scenarios just takes away from the shot.
I like using my Sigma 28-105mm f/2.8-4. With the 30 second exposure limit on the 300D, I end up with poor exposures with the kit lens. Most of these shots, the barricade and signpost in particular are 20-30 second exposures with metered aperture and usually no exposure compensation. I shot at ISO 200 for a few minutes before remembering I had a f/2.8 lens, so everything shown here is at ISO 100.
All of these subjects are lit by streetlight and cityglow as far as clouds are concerned.
I took a few of those last night before the hurricane hit so the night was still enough to get sharp shots of the trees.
Message edited by author 2004-08-13 16:13:48.
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08/13/2004 04:23:07 PM · #16 |
With the 30 second exposure limit on the 300D
Do you not have the "bulb" option? Even my old Nikon 995 had that.
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08/13/2004 04:25:51 PM · #17 |
Edit: Yes, in M mode I can set the exposure to BULB.
I'd rather not have to manually meter and count down my exposures. But I can capture almost all the subjects I've come across with the camera's meter and exposure. Living in a city with terrible light pollution makes that possible.
Message edited by author 2004-08-13 16:29:00.
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