bnsf wrote:
Sony has installked a 1 inch sensor in this camera which takes great photos when the lens is extended to 600mm, but how does this camera handle taking night photos? I heard good and bad results about this camera, but l noticed that Sony gives us the option of Nighttime scenery photography. Does this help is shooting night time shots? I am a newbee to this camera along with a newbee to night time shooting and need all the info l can get for night time shots.
I have the camera. I'm still learning, but overall I love the camera. Here is Gary Friedman's suggested settings for nighttime photography. I highly recommend purchasing (if not already) Gary Friedman's, "The Friedman Archives Guide to the Sony RX-10 IV"
Put the camera on a tripod and Turn SteadyShot OFF
ISO to 100
Manual exposure mode, set the shutter speed to 30 seconds or less.
Focus-lock on your subject and switch to manual focus mode.
If you’re shooting streets lit with mercury vapor lamps, set the white
balance to “Fluorescent”. If your scene is lit with normal light bulbs,
set the white balance to “Incandescent”. If you’re not sure, use Auto
White Balance or shoot RAW and find the right color balance later
on your computer.
Set the f/stop to something medium, like f/5.6.
For lowest noise, try enabling Multi-Frame Noise Reduction (in the
ISO menu) at ISO 200 (MFNR is greyed out if you're shooting RAW
or RAW+JPG)
If you're shooting for longer than 30 seconds, set the shutter speed to
"Bulb" and use either a wired cable release (RM-VPR1) to start and
stop the exposure.
Start with a 30-second exposure, look at the results, and tweak your
exposure from there