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fatslug wrote:I know there a few SLR users here, so need your help.
Ive only recently gotten into taken pics of water/ waterfalls and stuff like that. I want to take shots so the water looks smooth and silky. Of course I set the shutter speed to about 2 - 10 seconds, but what else must i change so that the picture is not over exposed as in too much light ? At the moment, my pictures are simply bright white.
thanks alot -
fatslug wrote:I know there a few SLR users here, so need your help.
Ive only recently gotten into taken pics of water/ waterfalls and stuff like that. I want to take shots so the water looks smooth and silky. Of course I set the shutter speed to about 2 - 10 seconds, but what else must i change so that the picture is not over exposed as in too much light ? At the moment, my pictures are simply bright white.
thanks alot -
blackcat wrote:for example 60/f8 is the same amount of light as 125/f4 the shutter speed is slower in 60/8 by twice therefore letting twice as much light onto the film, this is compensated by the aperture of f4 letting twice the amount of light in...(aperture: smaller numbers means more light) but then again is changed by the faster shutter... speed twice as fast. 60-125 1stop, f8-f4 1 stop
so if you use 60/f4 that is 1 stop more light than 60/f8
fatslug wrote:thanks alot both of you for the info.
The camera is a Pentax *ist 35mm film, though thinkin bout getting the Nikon D-50.
FG Lurker wrote:As blackcat mentioned already, waterfalls tend to reflect a lot of light. This will probably confuse your in-camera meter so you are going to have to compensate for it manually.
If the waterfall is reasonably well lit then take a reading off of something near the water. Rocks, trees, grass... Remember that your meter probably does not "see" colour, but instead assumes that everything is a light grey colour -- 20% grey. If you read off of something that is very light coloured then you will get over-exposed images. If you read off of something that is very dark then your images will be too dark. Keep this in mind and it will help you adjust things.
omae mona wrote:FGL - just out of curiosity, why do you think this would confuse a camera's meter?
FG Lurker wrote:
fatslug, the easiest thing you can do is pick up a digital SLR. The feedback is immediate and if used properly it is a fantastic learning accelerator.
jingai wrote:Quote: FGL - just out of curiosity, why do you think this would confuse a camera's meter?
Depends on the camera, but a center-weighted meter would think that the bright reflection-dominated scene was 50% grey and would significantly underexpose (like a snow scene). A hand-held incident meter wouldn't have this problem, and increasing exposure compensation as you describe also gets you past this problem. Of course, you knew this already as your reponse indicates.
fatslug wrote:what u think about the Nikkor 18-200mm ?
Ive read only great reviews about it on forums, though of course its rather pricey $$$$.
fatslug wrote:what lens/es do u have with your d-70 ?
fatslug wrote:Every place in Tokyo has sold out the Nikkor VR 18-200mm lens !
Theres a 2 month waiting list !!
Fuck fuck fuck . never new a lens could be that popular !
Charles wrote:-snip- pictures at night, I'd dress in black, set my Hasselblad shutter open, then walk into the scene with a big handheld flash and blast the flash over and over on just the areas of the scene I wanted to light up.
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