nikon 990 at night

Hi

I m new in digital photography and I would like to know what are the basic for taking pictures at night and also the best settings for a coolpix 990

Jocelyn,

The best results will be accomplished with your 990 on a tripod. Drop the ISO to 100 or 200 for the least amount of noise. Disable the flash and shoot away...
Am sure someone else will add if I have forgotten something...

Regards,
Rick Cathey

jocelyn said:

Hi

I m new in digital photography and I would like to know what are the
basic for taking pictures at night and also the best settings for a
coolpix 990

Click to expand...

Hi, here's a photo I took last night. A tripod was used. And you are welcome to visit my online album at http://members3.clubphoto.com/xin243153/



DSCN0521.JPG
CAMERA : E990V1.0
METERING : MATRIX
MODE : S
SHUTTER : 4.00sec
APERTURE : F2.6
EXP + - : 0.0
FOCAL LENGTH : f9.9mm(X1.0)
IMG ADJUST : AUTO
SENSITIVITY : ISO100
WHITEBAL : AUTO
SHARPNESS : AUTO
DATE : 06.20.2000 21:28
QUALITY : FULL NORMAL

jocelyn said:

Hi

I m new in digital photography and I would like to know what are the
basic for taking pictures at night and also the best settings for a
coolpix 990

Click to expand...

Well, actually there are quite some noise in the origianl because of the long exposure and high tempreture. I use photoshop to correct most of the noise. It's quite simple. Just take another pix using the same setting but with lens cap on. Then copy the black image onto night shot. Choose difference in layer option. So the noise will be substracted from the original shot.

Good Luck

xin

xin said:

DSCN0521.JPG
CAMERA : E990V1.0
METERING : MATRIX
MODE : S
SHUTTER : 4.00sec
APERTURE : F2.6
EXP + - : 0.0
FOCAL LENGTH : f9.9mm(X1.0)
IMG ADJUST : AUTO
SENSITIVITY : ISO100
WHITEBAL : AUTO
SHARPNESS : AUTO
DATE : 06.20.2000 21:28
QUALITY : FULL NORMAL

jocelyn said:

Hi

I m new in digital photography and I would like to know what are the
basic for taking pictures at night and also the best settings for a
coolpix 990

Click to expand...

Click to expand...

Rick said:

The best results will be accomplished with your 990 on a tripod. Drop the
ISO to 100 or 200 for the least amount of noise. Disable the flash and
shoot away...
Am sure someone else will add if I have forgotten something...

Click to expand...

I agree with Rick. I usually stick with ISO 100, to minimize the noise. A tripod is essential. Two other things: (i) make use of the self-timer (press the shutter twice for a shorter, 3-second delay) and manual focus; and, (ii) turn on the "shot confirmation lamp" (so you know when those long exposures are done, if you're standing in front of the camera!).

The 990 takes amazing pictures at night -- especially if it's cool outside. (As with any current consumer-level CCD, the noise becomes much more noticable at higher temperatures...)

Cheers,
Courtney.

. . . there are a few night shots in my main gallery:

http://egate.net/~gibson/

as well as a "nighshots" gallery that I put together a while ago:

http://www.eecg.utoronto.ca/~gibson/images/night/

Cheers,
Courtney.

Well, here is a 990 shot from my hotel room in San Francisco.



Sorry, I'm not at home, so I don't have any data on camera settings...

--T

Hi!

xin said:

Well, actually there are quite some noise in the origianl because of the
long exposure and high tempreture. I use photoshop to correct most of the
noise. It's quite simple. Just take another pix using the same setting
but with lens cap on. Then copy the black image onto night shot. Choose
difference in layer option. So the noise will be substracted from the
original shot.

Click to expand...

Just curious, what's the 2 parallel lines above? From an aircraft?

Regards
CK Ng

Yes, it's a plane.

xin

Member said:

Just curious, what's the 2 parallel lines above? From an aircraft?

Regards
CK Ng

Click to expand...