How to take nice photo on cloudy day using S45 ?

Hello everyone,

Just want to find out how to take nice photos on cloudy days? Since I always like to use 'auto' mode on day-time, kindly share your experience what is the good combination that u guys always use on manual mode ?

Thanks for your reply.

Rgs - David

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S45 shot from David
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Auto should work fine on cloudy days. The exposure is not very contrasty and is pretty easy as long as you don't have the sky in the picture (aim down to exclude the sky when locking exposure).

You might want to set WB to Cloudy, but I haven't found this to be necessary.

If you want to try full manual, start with ISO50, 1/60th second, f/5.6. Check the histogram to ensure a decent exposure and shoot freely as long as your subject is lit by the overcast sky.

David Gu said:

Hello everyone,

Just want to find out how to take nice photos on cloudy days? Since
I always like to use 'auto' mode on day-time, kindly share your
experience what is the good combination that u guys always use on
manual mode ?

Click to expand...

Thanks a lot Samtkr. - David

samtkr said:

You might want to set WB to Cloudy, but I haven't found this to be
necessary.

If you want to try full manual, start with ISO50, 1/60th second,
f/5.6. Check the histogram to ensure a decent exposure and shoot
freely as long as your subject is lit by the overcast sky.

David Gu said:

Hello everyone,

Just want to find out how to take nice photos on cloudy days? Since
I always like to use 'auto' mode on day-time, kindly share your
experience what is the good combination that u guys always use on
manual mode ?

Click to expand...

Click to expand...

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S45 shot from Singapore
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