Get around Obstacles in Night Photography

Night photography can produce images that charming. With the right setting, the photo has a dark background and street lights or building lights will be a work that inspires the heart.

Whatever the object, aiming at night it takes skill and adequate technical. Else if you want to immortalize the event at an indoor concert or a show with poor lighting conditions, the rules remain the same. Here are tips for taking pictures at night, as quoted from PCWorld, Monday (11/14/2011):

1. Camera & Tripod

Almost all modern digital cameras able to shoot objects at night as well. Use manual exposure mode, or if not available, select the night scene mode. Plus, you must have a tripod because of the exposure that takes a few seconds, keep the camera becomes obligatory points. It is suggested to use the self-timer or remote control to trigger the shutter.

2. Capturing the Moving Object

If you want to catch an interesting scene in the night like a train that was speeding or a busy street in town, then make sure you have a manual mode on your camera. Use to set the aperture to the middle setting (like f / 8) and exposurenya 4 seconds.

Check the LCD after taking a picture. If the initial exposure picture looks overexposed, then lower the exposurenya into 8 or 15 seconds.

3. City Lights

You can make more bright city lights with a large aperture. Was also the background can be made such that the shutter speed is slowed between 1-30 seconds.

4. Digital Noise

Digital noise is a problem separately in night photography. High ISO will increase noise and long exposure, was also with a low ISO. Fix this noise when you process the photo in photo editing software.

5. Consider Shooting in RAW Format

Shooting an object in the night by using the RAW format will be very beneficial. RAW mode will produce richer colors than JPEG images. You can edit photos and 'remove' shadow detail where this is not possible in JPEG mode.

6. Concert or Performance Capture

One of the things that make it difficult when taking photos at concerts is cahanya that are too dark. The first thing to do is increase the ISO as high as possible even though he will bring up the digital noise.

7. Fast Shutter Speed

Fast shutter speed that is important to capture the scene in a dark environment such as a club or concert hall. Therefore the high ISO is needed because it will make the sensor more sensitive to light and the photographer can get a fast shutter speed in the darkness.

The easiest way to get a faster shutter speed is to use the Program mode. Program mode gives a chance to normally has the fastest shutter in low light. But if you set the shutter speed manually, dial in the speed that you can handle, usually at rates 1 / 15 or 1 / 30 sec.

8. Ready, Steady - Shoot

If you've locked the exposure, then it's time to act. Hold the camera with caution (if you do not use a tripod) to minimize camera shake. Take photos repeatedly when the object is still silent. Do not try to take a photo when, for example, the guitarist was across the stage as his picture will be blurry.

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When Should Mode 'M' on Cameras Used?

"Users of digital cameras will look silly if still using M mode (Manual)," he said Sari or Marrysa Tunjung nicknamed Sasha early in his workshop sessions.

But of course this statement applies to certain conditions, especially for journalism scene where a photographer should not miss the moment just because it's too long to do the settings.

Almost all camera range now has a lightmeter, that's stated reasons for his statements. With Av mode / A / F (depending on camera brand) or Tv / S, users have gotten the camera settings easier.

"The camera vendor banyal figured it by presenting these modes" said the figure known as the Twitter @ poeticpicture this further.

With Av, photographers live set opening, being shutternya will follow automatically. Contrary to the Tv, shutternya are set by the user, while the aperture or opening will follow.

So, when we should use the mode? There are three conditions where M suitable for use, namely:

1.Underwater

M mode suitable for use here because the particles in the water varies considerably.

2. studio

Lighting in the studio already fixed (not changing), so that users wear suitable Manual mode.

3. Long Exposure

M mode is also used when users want a decent long exposure to the sights, sea, or the city scape.

M mode is the mode in which users set up their own all the necessary settings such as the diaphragm (aperture) and shutter speed.

Sasha, a former sports photographer is sharing the knowledge about the mode of the camera in one of the sessions held in 2011 PictFest LifeStyke X'ntre fX, Jakarta, Friday (12/09/2011). PictFest event itself is still ongoing to this day, Sunday (12/10/2011).

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5 DSLR camera that is worth mentioning in 2011

DSLR cameras offer the best combination of features, performance and photo quality. Various improvements in various aspects of a camera carried by all vendors in order to reach more consumers.

From among DSLR cameras on the market in 2011, there were 5 cameras are considered superior in its class. Here's a summary of these cameras as reported by The Register on Friday (23/12/2011):

Canon EOS 600D

Wearing a APS-C sensor, the successor to the EOS 550D has a 18 MP resolution and screen tilt. Performance is still capable in low light shooting. For high performance but at a price not too expensive, cameras that fall into this category of entry level deserves thumbs up.

Nikon D7000

In the category of middle-class DSLR, Canon EOS 60 competing with the Nikon D7000. With the power of 2.16 MP, D7000 offers an ISO of 100-6400 which can be maximized up to 25 600. He has 39 AF points and is equipped with two SD slots and 6fps burst mode.

Nikon D5100

Like the D7000, Nikon this series also uses 16.2 MP CMOS sensor. ISOnya has a range of 100-6400 which can be expanded up to 25,600. Its position is between the camera for beginners D3100 and D7000 high-end cameras. Successor of the D5000 has improved in the body in which more concise.

Pentax K-5

Unlike Canon and Nikon, Pentax K-5 have image stabilization in the body, rather than the lens. With this, users will still be able to enjoy the sharpness of the picture although with different lenses.

With a 16.3 MP CMOS sensor, the device is capable of producing maximum sensitivity or ISO 51 200. Continuous 7.0fps shootingnya reach and he also was able to record 1080p HD video.

Sony Alpha SLT-A35

16MP Camera Sony Alpha SLT-A35 Mirror Transclucent using Sony's technology. This technology enables the creation of a smaller camera body without compromising image quality. He is armed with APS-C sensor and sensitivity 100-25600. Burstnya achieve 5.5fps at full resolution and 7fps at 8.4MP resolution.

Summary 5 DSLR camera that is worth mentioning the above is not set in stone. Each party has a different assessment for each product. So, maybe you have the choice of the best camera its own version.

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Fujifilm X-S1 Fill Photographic camera Competent of firing up to 10 supports per second

Fujifilm Holdings Enterprise, usually known as a film Fuji, the photo photographic camera regularly make things. This worldwide company picture and picture generating, with hq in Washington, Japan, the discharge of Fuji film X-S1, which symbolizes how the company is a new engineering of load automated cameras announced, and it does not Fuji 26x to reduce switch, plus 52x switch up to Issues equivalent wide range of 24-1248mm.

Fujifilm X-S1 Bridge Camera - 1

Made with excellent quality and can deal with other things, Fujifilm S1-X has the same 12-megapixel 2/3-inch CMOS EXR Fujifilm, like X10, and it can historical past up to 10 can handle per second, plus it can historical past complete HD film up to 1080p.

Fujifilm X-S1 Bridge Camera - 2

It is a really fantastic engineering, so as to produce images with better excellent quality. This, of course, very interesting to our knowledge. You can find particular complicated information about the new Fujifilm S1-X load photo photographic camera with a film of Fuji, it goes available in the UK in Goal for $ 699. Have a fantastic day. Share

History Pinhole Camera (Camera Hole Needles)

photo with pinhole camera

In some countries a pinhole camera (pinhole) has many names, such as Stenops (France), Utta Fotocamera Contorostenopieco (Italy) and Camera Obscura (Scandinavia). In Indonesia was given the name of the pinhole camera.
In this camera lensi function is to produce a focused image is replaced by a very small hole. The hole is too large will make the shadows have become blurred. Therefore a large needle hole on this camera works only spend a little cahay just the film on this camera requires a long exposure to light. Therefore, this camera can only be used to target a quiet and honest.
Look at the historical development of the camera, pinhole camera pinhole camera which has a name is found the embryo of the camera before the camera lens as it is today. The principles of the pinhole camera was invented by a Chinese writer named Moti in the 5th century BC. He writes "... the light moves through a straight line and an object will reflect light in all directions".
In the Western world, Aristotle (4 BC) formulated the theory of lighting on the pinhole camera is ".... why when through a rectangular slit (eg, webbing), sunlight does not form a rectangle, but a round? "
The experiments were continued and developed by mathematicians and physicists to -10 century by Ibn al-Haitan better known as Al-Hazen. Then also by famous artists, Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519). In the year 1475 there is also an astronomer at the Renaissance, Pablo Tascanelli served until finally Sir David Brester (1852). A Scottish scientist who is known as the first photographer to make a pinhole camera has no lens. The basic principle is the same camera with a pinhole camera made obskura first time by Gemma Friscius (1545) which is used to record a solar eclipse.
The illustration below shows an example of a pinhole camera lightbox-type, suitable for use with a digital camera (Hanft, 2005).

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