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 06/21/2006 06:52:42 PM · #1
Hey everyone! I hit another speed bump with my Rebel XT today.

Went to the beach, and wanted to take some shots of the ocean with a slow shutter speed. I was shooting RAW, but if I went any lower then 1/30, it came out alllll overexposed. Didn't matter if I was facing the sun or not. I tried ISO 100 and 200, but nothing worked.

Any tips for this mode? I'm hiking to some falls next week, in hopes of getting some shots where the water looks soft like "cotton candy". What's the ideal shutter speed for those?

Thanks for any advice!

~Heidi
 06/21/2006 06:54:11 PM · #2
What mode are you shooting in? Av is generally the most desirable.
 06/21/2006 06:55:34 PM · #3
Not Oceans, but this thread may give you some usefull information..

Achoo's Waterfall
 06/21/2006 07:00:52 PM · #4
Originally posted by jrjr:
What mode are you shooting in? Av is generally the most desirable.


Usually I shoot in Av, but I was shooting in Tv because I wanted a slow shutter speed.

Thanks for the link buzzrock, I'll check that out right now! :-)
 06/21/2006 07:17:06 PM · #5
the problem is the sun is SUPER bright. Get some ND filters and you can lengthen the exposure a lot.
 06/21/2006 07:50:55 PM · #6
Watch the exposure indicator in the viewfinder. It tells you whether the shot is going to be over exposed or not.

With sand (like snow) you may need to employ some exposure compensation to get it to look right.
 06/21/2006 08:55:59 PM · #7
ND filters are your best bet in bright open sunlight, if you want to blur anything, your lens can only stop down so far, usually f/22.
 06/22/2006 09:44:07 PM · #8
Originally posted by kyebosh:
the problem is the sun is SUPER bright. Get some ND filters and you can lengthen the exposure a lot.


What's an ND filter and how much? :-)
 06/22/2006 09:46:09 PM · #9
Originally posted by cosmic:
Originally posted by kyebosh:
the problem is the sun is SUPER bright. Get some ND filters and you can lengthen the exposure a lot.


What's an ND filter and how much? :-)


ND = Neutral Density, they darken the scene so you can get slower shutter speeds.
 06/22/2006 11:20:50 PM · #10
Circular polarizer will help a tiny bit too.
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