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Old 23rd June 2008, 07:29 PM
matthew mcdonald matthew mcdonald is offline
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Default Night photography settings

I am quickly heading out to Richmond to see my first C-5 and was wondering what are the best settings to use on an EOS 350D Canon to get half decent shots at night.

Any quick reply's would be greatly appreciated.

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Old 23rd June 2008, 07:35 PM
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Just have a play round Matthew. Set your tripod up and mess around with the exposure times and see what comes out the best. Best thing about digital cameras over film

Have a good one mate! Hope you enjoy it.

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Old 23rd June 2008, 08:33 PM
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Unless Canon has changed their optics much in the last couple of years, long exposure times at night give you some wonderful star-shaped flares around lightsources.

Depending on the composition of your photo, getting those flares just right can add a lot to your photo.

But as mentioned above, if your subject is stationery, you have time to experiment with different settings.
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Old 23rd June 2008, 09:23 PM
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Taking photos at night of a military base...

Good luck on that one. I hope you make friends quickly
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Old 24th June 2008, 12:41 AM
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Taking photos at night of a military base...

Good luck on that one. I hope you make friends quickly
Dear me Stephen...where's your sense of adventure??
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Old 24th June 2008, 09:06 AM
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I think the sense of adventure would disappear when the Alsatians were let off the chain....
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Old 26th June 2008, 10:31 AM
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Hey Matt,

hope this is what you want to get, few of my collections of night photography.

set at 79 sec exposure:
http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.p...132636&nseq=14

Set for 4 sec exposure:
http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=6111179

Set for 30 sec exposure:
http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.p...991491&nseq=25

http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.p...800050&nseq=31
http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.p...129796&nseq=19
http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.p...785497&nseq=33

Enjoy!!!

most were set on TV "30 to take photos, but since i got the remote for canon shutter holder im going to start to expriment with longer exposure time.

Cheers.

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