Photography Shoutbox

[DrOwZee]

so i tried rolling shots today.
plz help.

so i gots a nikon D60 with the 18-55m lense.

shutter was i believe 1/30 or 1/15? sry forgot. what would be a good aperture for a clear pic because this aperture is obviously letting in too much light. also when taking rolling shots, do i just take the shot or do i need to do the Panning technique too or is that only for when your taking pics of moving object while your not moving. thx.

sry for ghetto pics. but im learning. **flameon!**

 

[finch13]

Aperture only determines how organized the light enters... it's the combination of shutter and aperture that determine the output brightness (exposure) of the image.

So if you were shooting 1/30, the aperture would probably end up around f/16 or smaller, but it looks like you were shooting manual or had exposure compensation turned all the way up (2 stops)

Rolling shots are usually shot around 1/60 shutter, so turn the dial to Tv (S on Nikon?), set it to 60, and let the camera do the rest of the work.

PS - I can't open the images to view the EXIF data... but Firefox and Photoshop will, I just can't remember how to view the EXIF in photoshop or if you even can.

 

[DrOwZee]

thx for the input finch. i shot it with shutter. might be the exposure compensation. what do you mean by 2 stops?

 

[finch13]

It could also be your metering mode.

Exposure compensation adjusts the aperture or shutter to +/- whatever the light meter is reading. So, if the light meter reads f/16 1/30 and you wanted to underexpose 2 stops of light, the camera would take the picture at f/16 1/120. You can also do that in manual mode by adjusting aperture or shutter until the lgiht meter bar marker is at -2.

I think you light metering mode is also the issue... seems like it was on spot metering and you meter dark spots on teh car, making the camera think it's dark and needs to slow down the shutter/open aperture more.

There are 4 modes: spot, evaluative, average, center-weighted average. Look in the camera manual for more info on those.

 

[DrOwZee]

alrite. thank you for your time kind sir.
i will hit the books.

 

[finch13]

No problemo, good luck and practice practice practice, no one gets it right the first time around.

 

[Nismode]

finch: The ISO for both was at 800, the shutter speed was 1/15. First pic's aperture was f/32, second was f/20.

Seems like the ISO was waay up. Not really necessary for the daytime. Also, the shutter speed is a bit too long, making the image even brighter, and more susceptible to camera shake. Speed up the shutter speed, lower the ISO to around 400 or so, and you should be golden.

 

[DrOwZee]

Yea, lately i've been motivated to just go out and take pics. I think it was because of Adrian's Sunday night bike ride lol. but yea kinda suck with this weak 18-55m. but better then nothing.

 

[DrOwZee]

finch: The ISO for both was at 800, the shutter speed was 1/15. First pic's aperture was f/32, second was f/20.

Seems like the ISO was waay up. Not really necessary for the daytime. Also, the shutter speed is a bit too long, making the image even brighter, and more susceptible to camera shake. Speed up the shutter speed, lower the ISO to around 400 or so, and you should be golden.

wow. how did you figure out all that by just looking. i think it might have been the ISO. i was taking pics of bees/flower in the morning and it was kinda shady, so i tune it pretty high; must of forgotten to switch that back down. so for standard daytime pics, ISO 400 would be good?

 

[Nismode]

wow. how did you figure out all that by just looking. i think it might have been the ISO. i was taking pics of bees/flower in the morning and it was kinda shady, so i tune it pretty high; must of forgotten to switch that back down. so for standard daytime pics, ISO 400 would be good?

Firefox + FxiF ftw. Right click, Properties, gives me everything I need to know.

And yea, but play around with the settings. You'll learn quicker. I learned by shooting on full auto for a bit after experimenting with full manual for a while. When I looked at the data from a full auto pic, I looked at it and took the same pic right after with slightly diff settings. You'll get used to it.