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GeekKopi

A quick tip for photographing at night to calculate a good exposure. First set you cameras ISO to 6400. This is just for exposure calculation. You won't be take long a photo at this ISO. If your light meter reads a 1 second exposure at ISO6400, then that equals 60 seconds at ISO100. 2 seconds = 2 minutes And so on. This is just a guide. You might need to exposure a bit shorter or longer depending on how you envision the photo turning out. You would want to take a photo at ISO100 to avoid the severe grain at night that you will get with a higher ISO. Basically it's a 6 stop difference in light between ISO6400 and ISO100 (1 second and 60 seconds respectively).

Brett_H

Great advice GK! Do you not just use a light-meter like us lazy folk?? 😉

GeekKopi

Brett H wrote:

Great advice GK! Do you not just use a light-meter like us lazy folk?? 😉

haha. In situations when 30seconds gives you an underexposed image you need to use BULB mode. So you need a way to calculate your exposure. Still use the light meter on the camera but with ISO6400 then do the calc to work out the time for ISO100. [emoji108]

GeekKopi

Sorry. Failed to mention this is for those that don't have an expensive light meter that can provide you an exposure time over 60seconds. [emoji482]

Koffee_Kosmo

GeekKopi wrote:

A quick tip for photographing at night to calculate a good exposure. First set you cameras ISO to 6400. This is just for exposure calculation. You won't be take long a photo at this ISO. If your light meter reads a 1 second exposure at ISO6400, then that equals 60 seconds at ISO100. 2 seconds = 2 minutes And so on. This is just a guide. You might need to exposure a bit shorter or longer depending on how you envision the photo turning out. You would want to take a photo at ISO100 to avoid the severe grain at night that you will get with a higher ISO. Basically it's a 6 stop difference in light between ISO6400 and ISO100 (1 second and 60 seconds respectively).

Thanks That photo was ISO 400 F 5.6 Bulb Mode ( I can use the touch screen to activate and I can see the counter time to stop ) Can't remember length but I liked that photo over the more normal ones because of the shadows KK

GeekKopi

A little sunset from a few days ago. This was taken at Fort Gellibrand. For some info on the location visit http://www.mhhv.org.au/?p=2351

Brett_H

Lovely. Used my camera last night to do some photography of a concert. Absolutely sensational results. I shot in raw and jpg and the buffer just did not suffer. I'm loving the 750 because it's so powerful yet so compact.

GeekKopi

Brett H wrote:

Lovely. Used my camera last night to do some photography of a concert. Absolutely sensational results. I shot in raw and jpg and the buffer just did not suffer. I'm loving the 750 because it's so powerful yet so compact.

Gotta love a compact FF body. I'm now holding out for the D5 which is anything but compact.

Brett_H

That's a serious camera! Sooooo, who's getting a 14-24f2.8 then?? Would you not be better if waiting for the 810 upgrade Te rumoured D900?? The landscape potential is medium-format worthy just with the 810 alone!! NikonRumours: New 20MP FX sensor 4k video 173 autofocus points (update: new focusing module with larger coverage) Native high ISO of 102,400 15 fps Body design similar to the D4s Read more on NikonRumors.com: http://nikonrumors.com/2015/06/22/the-nikon-d5-is-rumored-to-have-a-native-high-iso-of-102400-and-4k-video.aspx/#ixzz3tmOUrwYP

GeekKopi

Brett H wrote:

That's a serious camera! Sooooo, who's getting a 14-24f2.8 then?? Would you not be better if waiting for the 810 upgrade Te rumoured D900?? The landscape potential is medium-format worthy just with the 810 alone!! NikonRumours: New 20MP FX sensor 4k video 173 autofocus points (update: new focusing module with larger coverage) Native high ISO of 102,400 15 fps Body design similar to the D4s Read more on NikonRumors.com: http://nikonrumors.com/2015/06/22/the-nikon-d5-is-rumored-to-have-a-native-high-iso-of-102400-and-4k-video.aspx/#ixzz3tmOUrwYP

ill check them both out when specs are released. Hopefully DR surpasses 16stops. I'm trying to avoid the need for expensive square grad filters and just use post if the DR is there. So far with the d7200 I can boost exposure by 2-3 stops on foregrounds without degrading quality and still produce printable photos. So based on that info you can tell I underexposed a tad to not blow out the sky.

GeekKopi

Out on the town last night. First photo is Webb Bridge Docklands Melbourne. The second one is from under the Bolte bridge. Had to correct for lens flare due to bright lights in post as I shot fairly stopped down for depth field. If I shot fairly wide open it wouldn't be an issue but it wasn't the result I was going for.

Koffee_Kosmo

If you are in Melbourne City at night again I wouldn't mind seeing this scene photographed at night with your keen experimental eye Photo taken with my Canon Ixus when I was recently there on stopover

GeekKopi

Koffee Kosmo wrote:

If you are in Melbourne City at night again I wouldn't mind seeing this scene photographed at night with your keen experimental eye Photo taken with my Canon Ixus when I was recently there on stopover

I'll give it a go one of these nights KK. The arts centre does come up well at night.

Brett_H

Great pics chaps... Love those stars GK!

GeekKopi

In other news. I now am authorised seller of NISI square filters and systems for landscape artists. I'm not advertising just sharing the news.

Koffee_Kosmo

GeekKopi wrote:

In other news. I now am authorised seller of NISI square filters and systems for landscape artists. I'm not advertising just sharing the news.

I will have to get you to post or email me a how to guide by July 2016 That's when I am going to Papua New Guinea I should have time to be up early and set up at the back of the ship or when I visit a volcano ect Probably need one of those filters that turn day into night KK

GeekKopi

Koffee Kosmo wrote:

I will have to get you to post or email me a how to guide by July 2016 That's when I am going to Papua New Guinea I should have time to be up early and set up at the back of the ship or when I visit a volcano ect Probably need one of those filters that turn day into night KK

happy to help with landscape shooting anytime KK.

Brett_H

Good work!! I'll keep hat in mind!

Koffee_Kosmo

A couple on Canon EOS70D night traffic photos I was a passenger and I just snapped these through the windscreen while traveling on the highway KK

GeekKopi

Hi KK. if I may, bump your ISO up a few stops. It will give you a brighter exposure and provide some more detail. When I do some night shots, especially if I want some nice bright stars im shooting at ISO3200 sometimes even at 6400 with my lens wide open. What was your ISO and aperature for those photos? I did a quick snap last night outside my garage to test noise performance of my camera at high ISO. note there was heaps of ambient light and light pollution. The result, ny camera captured stars I couldn't even see.

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