HX1 Night Shots

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From Milson Point - Sydney



From Harbor Bridge - Sydney



From Harbor Bridge - Sydney



From Darling Harbor Sydney



From Darling Harbor Sydney

Incredible! I couldn't believe my eyes. I am thinking of getting a HX1, but have not made up my mind yet. There so many out there that are not what I expect. I have also sent back a few, either they were defective,or just not good image quality. I think the HX1 is proving that it is a great camera. Thanks for sharing those wonderful photos.
Jo

Very bright and rich in color. That is a city that really has some dazzling lights and scenes at night. Did you useTwilight mode for these? I think you may have the right camera for that area.
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Nice night shoots with rich colors.
But also good work done in pp
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nemo66...

I agree - Sydney is really city of lights -

Beautiful city landscapes.

No pp at all -- That's straight from camera -

I have used full manual settings and manual focus as well.

Here are the settings used;

f/3.2
8.0 sec
ISO 125
Green filter
Vivid color

next time

lowest iso possible... tripod... F8 ...play with exposure time......u will see what i mean.... i reckon..

have fun.
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Great night shots! How did you decide which filter to use? Did you try different ones?
Diane

The HX1 has built-in color filters, as well as a cooling and warming filter. It's in the menu when you are in the m, p, a, or s modes. I have never tired them, but I am inspired to do so now.

Marti... excellent tip and I think I will try that as well. I tend to forget about setting the f stop when in manual mode when using the HX1.

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The HX1 has built-in color filters, as well as a cooling and warming filter. It's in the menu when you are in the m, p, a, or s modes. I have never tired them, but I am inspired to do so now.

Marti... excellent tip and I think I will try that as well. I tend to forget about setting the f stop when in manual mode when using the HX1.

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as we both know Steven and Jerry have been experimenting with ANB and TWL in daylight situations which where giving different/better results.

now what will happen if u shoot the conventional way at night scenery's

i think a comparison could be very interesting. from what i've seen so far twl often will use around ISO400 and ANB will go further up.... so i really would love to see what conventional settings will bring.

as far as i know we did not see any examples yet.

as u see i'm not only negative.....negative and critical are two different things in my book

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Really valuable tip Marti --

I will definitely try these settings in my next shoot.

Cheers,

Adnan

I would say HX1 is the camera --

Great results and full of features --

The only thing I would say is you start getting good results from it after spending some time with it, playing around with settings are features

I would rate it as HIGHLY RECOMMENDED for sure.

Adnan

Marti,

Thanks for wonderful ideas and I also believe that positive criticism is always constructive.

Regards,

Adnan

Nice series.... the second one is my favorite !!

Hi Adnan. I have been out of town on a business trip and just now catching up on STF. Sorry for being late to the party.

Nice shots for manual and no PP. As Marti noted, we probably could experiment more with manual settings to bring out other capabilities for the HX1. I guess the problem is, too bad the cam cannot do this on its own with less fidgeting of the controls and settings--I mean for the P&S crowd to whom Sony are marketing the device.

In any case, you were using manual mode, but two questions I was curious about related to two other settings:
(1) Do you remember what setting you had the DRO on?
(2) Do you remember what metering mode you were in (multi, center, spot)?

Thanks!
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Jerry,

I have kept DRO setting to OFF and metering mode was multi.

I am still finding out ways to minimise the visible noise even on low ISO values.

Any ideas.

Adnan

Well, DRO as implemented on the HX1 is a strange little sucker--frustratingly unpredictable. Sometimes I love the result; sometimes I hate the result, and I cannot figure out why the variations. Since the results are sporadic, I have resigned myself to having the feature off all the time. I tried to run down the parameters that might show a pattern explaining these varying results, but had little success. Too many variables, both in camera conditions and in shooting conditions, for me to get a handle on the problem in the little time I had to explore. I thought I saw a phenomenon of DRO in your second shot, but I was wrong, since you did not have that feature on.

For these night shots, experiment with your metering. The first shot is definitely blown out. Try center-weighted (spot is too tight) metering, first point the camera directly at the hot spot in the frame, half-shutter to set exposure, then recompose and take the shot. This gives you an underexposed image, but by applying a gentle hand raising mid-tone levels a touch in PP, and you will have a sharp, evenly exposed image that makes a pretty dramatic shot.
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