Advice/Help Please.....
May 27, 2012 22:55:17 #
Going to be going to "The Top Of The World" tonight. A spot high up in the mountains where you can see the whole city...... lights and all. Wondering what settings to try on my Nikon D5100. It will be dark outside. I should have my flash off yes?
Thanks!
Thanks!
May 27, 2012 23:00:26 #
Flash off yes.
My advise is to play around with live view. Adjust until you see what you like.
Also wide open aperture and bring a tripod.
My advise is to play around with live view. Adjust until you see what you like.
Also wide open aperture and bring a tripod.
May 27, 2012 23:15:53 #
The flash is only good for about 30 feet, so all it would do is light up the area right in front of you.
May 27, 2012 23:23:29 #
feleekshia wrote:
Going to be going to "The Top Of The World" tonight. A spot high up in the mountains where you can see the whole city...... lights and all. Wondering what settings to try on my Nikon D5100. It will be dark outside. I should have my flash off yes?
Thanks!
Thanks!
Aloha feleekshia,
Yes it won't do you any good but you better have a tripod because you will need to go to manual and run your shutter speed all the way to bulb then experiment with different timed exposure settings.You should have a remote cable release also.Come to think about it start with a 5 second and keep going until it looks right to you.After 30 seconds you will then hit bulb and can go with a longer exposure although I don't believe you will need that long of an exposure.Many of the Pro's here could explain it better than I do but they must be with family on this holiday weekend.Hope this reached you in time.Good luck
Aloha
May 28, 2012 09:53:54 #
feleekshia wrote:
Going to be going to "The Top Of The World" tonight. A spot high up in the mountains where you can see the whole city...... lights and all. Wondering what settings to try on my Nikon D5100. It will be dark outside. I should have my flash off yes?
Thanks!
Thanks!
if you have enough power to flash the entire city from miles away, go for it. If not, turn on the flash anyway just to show that it cannot ruin your shot.
May 28, 2012 11:47:38 #
PNagy wrote:
if you have enough power to flash the entire city from miles away, go for it. If not, turn on the flash anyway just to show that it cannot ruin your shot.
feleekshia wrote:
Going to be going to "The Top Of The World" tonight. A spot high up in the mountains where you can see the whole city...... lights and all. Wondering what settings to try on my Nikon D5100. It will be dark outside. I should have my flash off yes?
Thanks!
Thanks!
if you have enough power to flash the entire city from miles away, go for it. If not, turn on the flash anyway just to show that it cannot ruin your shot.
Actually, I think it can ruin a shot. If the flash goes off and light bounces off nearby objects back into te lens could that not throw off your settings? I would guess that it could overexpose some shots.
May 28, 2012 11:55:44 #
May 28, 2012 18:05:54 #
Simple suggestion . . .
1. Use tripod
2. Use Auto - let camera choose correct exposure
3. If you have "RAW" use it
4. if not problematic, use self-timer to eliminate shake
5. Make sure FLASH is off.
Chimp your view using camera's facility to zoom in to assure sharpness - check dark and light areas for detail.
Once you have success - experiment with different settngs such as "P" or "A" with long exposure at different apeture settings.
Digital images is essentially free so take lots of photos.
1. Use tripod
2. Use Auto - let camera choose correct exposure
3. If you have "RAW" use it
4. if not problematic, use self-timer to eliminate shake
5. Make sure FLASH is off.
Chimp your view using camera's facility to zoom in to assure sharpness - check dark and light areas for detail.
Once you have success - experiment with different settngs such as "P" or "A" with long exposure at different apeture settings.
Digital images is essentially free so take lots of photos.
May 28, 2012 20:47:15 #
feleekshia wrote:
Going to be going to "The Top Of The World" tonight. A spot high up in the mountains where you can see the whole city...... lights and all. Wondering what settings to try on my Nikon D5100. It will be dark outside. I should have my flash off yes?
Thanks!
Thanks!
Yes, turn off the flash, it could illuminate small flying insects close to your camera and make white spots in your image.
As everyone says, try lots of different settings and see what you get. You will soon see what gets a nice image and then just keep on keepin' on.
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