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Post by Lotus Eater on Dec 5, 2006 8:08:16 GMT 7
I had a friend stay over because the electricity at her university has been turned off for a couple of days. She had to get up early to catch buses etc back to teach - and so, already being out of bed and coffee'd up, I decided to take photos of an awakening university. The library opens. Early morning tai-qi Warming up The chanters - they gather each morning in different corners of the oval to practice chanting their English pronunciation. Sword practice Line dancing anyone? Tai-qi lesson University still life Fan practice The subdued drift to class begins The really early morning photos are very grainy because I didn't want to use my flash. I figured it was rude to use my flash on people doing their morning exercises. Anyone got any ideas on how to take photos without flash in the palest of light - semi-dark?
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Post by Lone Traveller on Dec 5, 2006 10:53:41 GMT 7
Does night mode have a flash? ?
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Post by Lotus Eater on Dec 5, 2006 14:20:04 GMT 7
Yes night mode has a flash - it is meant to take photos of something close with the flash working, and a slower shutter speed for the background.
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Post by Eagle's Nest on Dec 5, 2006 15:43:01 GMT 7
My Sony has two night modes, one with and one without flash. When using the "without" flash setting it is wise to use a tripod as the aperture is left open too long to avoid movement blurring. This is a great setting to get night photos of moon and such.
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Post by phets72 on Dec 5, 2006 15:57:48 GMT 7
So where's the ice and snow??
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Post by Lotus Eater on Dec 5, 2006 20:47:47 GMT 7
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Post by nolefan on Dec 5, 2006 22:51:53 GMT 7
Mei you! The photos were taken without flash, and some of them with a tripod. Still grainy without the flash because it was still relatively dark. There has to be a better option some where!! Auto would have used a flash. There is a nightmode on most cameras to be used without flash where the camera takes a bunch of pictures in a row and merges them all for a better quality picture. The tripod is good for that since the camera has to stay still for almost a minute. It makes for some great shots
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Post by Lotus Eater on Dec 6, 2006 8:29:59 GMT 7
What's it called - is it manual? I don't play too much with the shutter speed and thingies yet - need to experiement more - although I did find spuermacro yesterday. My camera is a Canon Powershot PRO1.
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Post by Newbs on Dec 6, 2006 13:49:12 GMT 7
Once again, good stuff Lotus. Copy on what you said about a flash being obtrusive. I was always amazed at the ability of the locals to go on with Tai-qi, sword practice, whatever, in a most un-selfconcious manner.
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Post by Non-Dave on Dec 7, 2006 8:10:14 GMT 7
Try playing with the ISO setting - what would have been using a faster speed film on one of those old film cameras. If you bump the ISO up to a higher number the picture should be lighter. Try 400 or 800 - the picture may be a little "grainier", though.
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