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[old.user4556]

@Big G and @TdC it is clear tonight in Oslo so I may see the Northern Lights. What camera settings do you recommend?

Quick advice:

- get somewhere dark
- tripod mount essential
- wide angle / standard zoom required
- use full manual mode on your camera
- disable flash
- open the aperture as fully as it will go
- use the self timer function (2 second will do) to prevent camera shake of trigging the shutter
- manually focus the lens (probably need to use live view to ensure accurate focussing, use a distant illuminated object)
- set the ISO accordingly (start with ISO 800, adjust as required)
- set the shutter length to ~15 seconds

Practice all the above outside in the dark before shooting so you're used to doing it. If the above settings are too dark, then:

- increase ISO to ISO 1600 or:
- increase shutter length to 30 seconds

If it's overexposed:

- reduce ISO to ISO 400 or:
- reduce shutter length

Again - practice practice practice!

 

[Moriath]

Quick advice:

- get somewhere dark
- tripod mount essential
- wide angle / standard zoom required
- use full manual mode on your camera
- disable flash
- open the aperture as fully as it will go
- use the self timer function (2 second will do) to prevent camera shake of trigging the shutter
- manually focus the lens (probably need to use live view to ensure accurate focussing, use a distant illuminated object)
- set the ISO accordingly (start with ISO 800, adjust as required)
- set the shutter length to ~15 seconds

Practice all the above outside in the dark before shooting so you're used to doing it. If the above settings are too dark, then:

- increase ISO to ISO 1600 or:
- increase shutter length to 30 seconds

If it's overexposed:

- reduce ISO to ISO 400 or:
- reduce shutter length

Again - practice practice practice!

Damn that the easiest i seen it written down.

 

[Edmond]

Damn that the easiest i seen it written down.

Agreed!!

I'm gonna take this info and have a play with mine at the weekend now, thanks @Big G

 

[old.user4556]

No problem my friends.

 

[TdC]

Big G beat me to it, but yeah, that's basically it. Pro tip I learned in Iceland: don't be drunk

also, as G says turn off your autofocus. Set your manual focus to infinity. if you can't turn off the AF, pre-focus on anything you can that is as far away as you can find.

 

[Jupitus]

Agreed!!

I'm gonna take this info and have a play with mine at the weekend now, thanks @Big G

You play with yours every day, @Edmond , so stop being so silly!

 

[Exioce]

I got this on Hogmanay.
No tripod with me so just taken from the ground. The stars look bright because they're slightly out of focus.
30seconds, ISO1600.

 

[Moriath]

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I got this on Hogmanay.
No tripod with me so just taken from the ground. The stars look bright because they're slightly out of focus.
30seconds, ISO1600.

How did u get your subjects to stay still enough for 30 secs withput blurring the image

 

[old.user4556]

Ask them to stand still.

Or, in this case perhaps, ask them to stand still and use a flashgun to illuminate otherwise dark subjects.

 

[Gwadien]

30 second photo?!

Forgot it was the 1800s.

 

[old.user4556]

30 second photo?!

Forgot it was the 1800s.

Pfffffft that's nothing. I've got 5 minute exposures kicking about.

 

[caLLous]

You can also get a remote shutter release (it says remote but it really just means moving the shutter button off of the camera body, mine is still cabled) and have complete control over the length of the exposure. I do this for fireworks.

 

[Moriath]

Ask them to stand still.

Or, in this case perhaps, ask them to stand still and use a flashgun to illuminate otherwise dark subjects.

Yeah but to stand still out side. There must not have been any wind etc cause their skirt isnt blurred at all.

 

[Exioce]

Well you can also take multiple exposures and combine them together in software. Useful when taking longer exposures like star trails, when you want the foreground properly exposed too.

In this case it was just a still night, a bit of light painting with my smartphone, plus alcohol.

 

[Tom]

Burrs Country Park in Bury.

 

[Hawkwind]

View from Flushing, Cornwall looking back towards house in Falmouth, taken on wifies old S5 phone. Have to excuse the arrow it was to point out location to a mate in UK

 

[Yoni]

Stockholm today.... It was cold but wonderfully bright

 

[Hawkwind]

@Yoni Making me homesick. I miss taking the dog for a walk in the woods when it's clear, bright, you can see your breath, cold and crunchy underfoot.

 

[Yoni]

@Yoni Making me homesick. I miss taking the dog for a walk in the woods when it's clear, bright, you can see your breath, cold and crunchy underfoot.

Just for you:

 

[old.user4556]

Ein Berg.

 

[Yoni]

It was cloudy and the snow is now dirty

 

[Yoni]

Kolmården last weekend

 

[Deebs]

Kolmården last weekend

That is cute What is it?

 

[Yoni]

That is cute What is it?

A red panda... I would have liked to have got a clearer one in the tree ;/

 

[Deebs]

A red panda... I would have liked to have got a clearer one in the tree ;/

So nice! Take it they are the size of a small dog?

 

[TdC]

It's a fat-tailed tree fox!

 

[Yoni]

So nice! Take it they are the size of a small dog?

Small to Mid dog

 

[Tom]

I bought a Ricoh Theta S, I've just unboxed it. Obviously it's dark in this room so there's a lot of noise, but I'm pretty impressed. You have to click through to Flickr for 360 goodness.


View: https://www.flickr.com/photos/soundman/24211021163/in/dateposted-friend/


And yes I know the ceiling light needs sorting. And no I'm not having a wank.













Yet.

 

[Urgat]

Just had my birthday

folks put together to buy me a Cannon EOS500D

Cant wait for some clear skys

 

[Moriath]

Merry cake day.